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<blockquote data-quote="SueEllenRules!" data-source="post: 37682" data-attributes="member: 87"><p><strong>Trophy wife</strong> is an informal term for a wife, usually young and attractive, who is regarded as a <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Status_symbol" target="_blank">status symbol</a> for the husband, who is often older or unattractive, but usually wealthy. Such a gentleman may be referred to as a <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugar_daddy_(slang_term)" target="_blank">sugar daddy</a>.</p><p></p><p>Referring to a spouse as a trophy wife usually reflects negatively on the character or personality of both parties. For the husband, it has a connotation of pure <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narcissism" target="_blank">narcissism</a> and the need to impress other men, and that the husband would not be able to attract the sexual interest of the attractive woman for any reason apart from his wealth or position. It can also be used to imply that the trophy wife in question has little personal merit besides her physical attractiveness, does very little of substance beyond remaining attractive, requires substantial expense for maintaining her appearance and is in some ways synonymous with the term <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/gold_digger" target="_blank">gold digger</a>.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trophy_wife" target="_blank">https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trophy_wife</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SueEllenRules!, post: 37682, member: 87"] [B]Trophy wife[/B] is an informal term for a wife, usually young and attractive, who is regarded as a [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Status_symbol']status symbol[/URL] for the husband, who is often older or unattractive, but usually wealthy. Such a gentleman may be referred to as a [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugar_daddy_(slang_term)']sugar daddy[/URL]. Referring to a spouse as a trophy wife usually reflects negatively on the character or personality of both parties. For the husband, it has a connotation of pure [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narcissism']narcissism[/URL] and the need to impress other men, and that the husband would not be able to attract the sexual interest of the attractive woman for any reason apart from his wealth or position. It can also be used to imply that the trophy wife in question has little personal merit besides her physical attractiveness, does very little of substance beyond remaining attractive, requires substantial expense for maintaining her appearance and is in some ways synonymous with the term [URL='https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/gold_digger']gold digger[/URL]. [URL]https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trophy_wife[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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