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''One fair with lots of money
''I don't know which one to choose
''The flower or the honey''
|'''[[Celtic Woman]]''', "At the Ceili"}}
{{quote|''Marry him, or marry me
''I'm the one who loves you baby, can't you see
''I ain't got no future or family tree
''But I know what a prince and lover ought to be''
|Spin Doctors, "Two Princes"}}
One of the most common complications in the classic [[Love Triangle]] scenario. Two men (in most cases they're men—probably has something to do with a woman needing a man to "provide" for her) are vying for your affection. Who's the right one? It's hard to tell, but there's a good chance that one of them is considerably wealthier than the other, and he can provide security, glamour and the good life, while the other (who has a good chance of being an impoverished artist) can give none of the same. What are you gonna do?
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{{examples}}
== Anime & Manga ==
* ''[[Maison Ikkoku]]'': Yusaku Godai is the poor college student, Shun Mitaka is the rich guy who only coaches tennis as a hobby. Kyoko Otonashi spent six years choosing between them, thanks to a rash of [[Status Quo Is God]]. {{spoiler|She chooses the Poor Suitor. The Rich one finds [[The Ojou|a girlfriend of his own]] and they're happy together, tho.}}
* ''[[Fushigi Yuugi]]'': Miaka Yuuki is the Suzaku no Miko and main
** Subverted in {{spoiler|Hotohori's character novel and OAV, ''Suzaku Hi Den''. His future wife and empress Houki is in the middle of the [[Love Triangle]]; Hotohori is the rich suitor, while his long-lost brother Tendou Shu is the poor suitor. This time, Hotohori wins. And Shu actually ''dies''... in Houki and Hoto's arms.}}
* With a little bit of [[Shipping Goggles]] applied, ''[[Axis Powers Hetalia]]'' can be seen as having this in the form of aristocratic [[Kuudere|Austria]] and rough-and-tumble [[Hot-Blooded|Prussia]] both being interested in [[Hot Amazon|Hungary]]. Atypically, Austria is [[Official Couple|canonly]] the [[Victorious Childhood Friend|victorious one]], but the fanworks that emphasize this trope the most are the ones that believe Hungary would be better off with the "more fun and passionate" [[Unlucky Childhood Friend|Prussia.]] And they often apply [[Die for Our Ship]] to Austria to "justify" why Hungary would dump him.
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