I dated an extremely rich woman for a few years when I was in the Army - she was from what I *think* at the time was the richest family in Louisiana. Regardless they are very prominent. i met her in Savannah, GA.
It was fun - when my friends took their girlfriends out to a nice place in Atlanta, I went to Key West. When they had weekend get aways in Panama City, I went to her place outside of New Orleans.
While they were initally less than thrilled, over time her family didn't object much - instead they made sure that I was exposed to all of the things they had grown up with - private clubs etc.
Our relationship fizzled when she decided she wanted to go to Asia for 6 months. She asked me to go but I could not because of military life. She then offered to write a check for me to get out of it. (The Army has a program for officers where you can actually pay back what you received in training and get out), but I declined. I was 22.
I'm dong great now - they'd love to have me. And she's still single. Hmmm....
You're right on Curling. It;s great way to go if you can.