Money > Love

So while I was watching Gossip Girl with my roommate earlier, I realized that Lily van der Woodsen seems to have some of the same views as Lily Bart. They both choose money over love. Lily van der Woodsen was threatened to loose her inheiritance if she stayed with Rufus, so she left him. Although Lily Bart wasn't losing money, she wouldn't be gaining much money by marrying Seldon, so she tried to marry both Percy and Rosedale instead.