Why Do We Disapprove Of Gold Diggers?

Isn’t it time to accept they’ve always been around?

John Lewis
3 min readSep 18, 2021

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Gold diggers. Sugar babies. Kept women. Mistresses. Trophy wives and girl friends.

They’ve been known throughout recorded history. The women who have bartered their looks, charms, and other skills in order to live lives of ease and luxury, often gaining access to riches, power, and…

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John Lewis

John Lewis was born in Europe, and came by both wanderlust and curiosity from that beginning. He considers this his Third Act in Life.