The new “trophy wives”
A couple of years back I met a girl that put me in this path of thought. Let’s call her “Vicky”.
Vicky was a very sweet, and pretty girl. She was well educated, very well mannered, and liked expensive things. She liked really expensive things. Vicky wore designer clothes, drove a high-end luxury car, wore a Rolex, and collected designer crystal ornaments. She was a Republican (as far as she could tell me), and believed in the nature of good people. Vicky was up-beat and seemed quite content with her life.
Vicky will be someone’s new trophy wife. Let’s all hope this guy has a nice-sized savings account and a substantial source of income.
There has been a paradigm shift toward Vicky’s lifestyle by modern women. 
Not ten years ago, a trophy wife’s job was to look hot (often confused with beautiful) and hang off her older (and generally “richer”) man’s arm. But the modern age has called for an evolution of these women. Trophy wives are now going to college, getting nice starter jobs, and establishing themselves in the professional workforce. Although generally speaking, once the children arrive the trophy wife’s career disappears.
Previously we’ve seen, that after a few years these marriages are strained by the trophy wife’s’ constant need for upgrade and change, usually fed by spending more and more exorbitant amounts of money on completely unnecessary items (usually art or jewelery). This normally led to a wife-change-up on the part of the husband. And expectantly, the new wife was generally a complete deviation from the trophy wife personality.
This cycle was responsible for creating an entire class of well-off, aging, former beauty queens who fill their over-sized houses (often full of cats) with expensive “heirlooms” that no one will want when they die.
Only time will tell if we will see the trend of trophy wife “replacement” that we have witnessed in the past, and if that cycle is broken… What will we do with all of the deisgner crystal Christmas ornaments?