How much would you spend to find a mate? Well, if you’re a never-married, forty-something, mensa member from New York…you might be inclined to spend Three Million Dollars! I first heard this story on Mike & Mike in the Morning today on the radio and I just had to research it to be certain of it’s validity…well, it’s real.
Forty-something New Yorker Amy Borkowsky is fed up with the dating game and is looking for a ring…and I don’t mean a Super Bowl ring. Amy wants a husband and rather than spend time on dating sites, or going to speed dating meetings she wants to sink Three Million Dollars into a 30-second Super Bowl spot. If she’s successful in raising the money (oh yeah…she needs your help) it will be the world’s most expensive personal ad. When I mention she needs your help, she’s asking for donations to get her to her goal. When I first heard the story I thought oh she must have like half in the bank…oh no! I checked her website SuperBowlSingleGirl.com and she’s WAAY OFF the mark. As of this post she is sitting at $2,170 with $2,997,830 to go!
In this time of economic hardship, that three million bucks could be better served investing in something more stable than a marriage to a desperate forty year-old. I’m thinking some better photos might help her cause, maybe a trip to Glamour Shots? I guess a $20 investment to her cause wouldn’t be any more risky than putting it into my 401(k), but I’d rather stick it under my matress for safe keeping. Will you help our poor Amy Borkowsky? Will she make her goal before all of the spots for the Super Bowl are sold out? Oh the suspense is killing me…we’ll find out in 96 days!
~ GrandmasterB