Should socio-economic status matter in the choice of a life partner?

On Thursday last week,i travelled to abeokuta in ogun state to keep an
appointment to be a guest presenter on heart and soul show on rockcity
fm; the show is being anchored by missy. I finally got to meet her in
person  after keeping tabs wit some of her programs on different radio
stations for close to six years now. She was really delighted to see
me and the feeling was quite mutual.

We later got down to business after the usual exchange of pleasantries 

and offer of refreshments as well as a long wait for the show to be kick 

started at the set time for it. I was ushered into the studio at about 10:15pm; I was quite
impressed with the sophisticated equipments and gadgets on display
there as it would be the second studio of a radio station I’d be
visiting as a guest on a show.

I was shown around before being led to the talk back studio which is

demarcated with a glass compartment from where the presenter sat with the console. 

I'd been briefed a day before on the topic for that night's show which was on what dating
couples should have on their shopping list when looking for a life
partner and also qualities to know if you are with the right person.

We had a brief discussion on the summary of how the show would go
before it actually started with her giving an introductin on the topic and
her guest, which happened to be yours truly, she first asked if I was
dating which i initially tried beating around the bush before
answering, then she proceeded to ask what i usually looked out for in a
date. As the show went on, the phone lines were opened and callers made
their own contributions to the topic. Most talked about looking out
for such virtues as the fear of God, tolerance, patience and the likes.
Some also mentioned caring attitudes, religious background, personal
values<openness and how their partners treat their friends and family as determinants

for picking a life partner

In my own research for the topic, social economic status came up and luckily
the presenter later mentioned it in the course of the show but we had
divergent views on it. I was making her understand that it's an
important issue that must not be ignored based on stories I have heard
where it has caused problems between both families of the partners.
The rich side always consider the lady or guy as a gold digger while
the poor side sees the rich family as being oppressive as in always
wanting things done their way which if not well handled can get out of
hand. She was of a contrary view that love and patience can overcome
any future challenges they might face as husband and wife. She said
the rich one should polish and brush up the one from the poor
background to his or her taste.

We continued the argument even after the show but we couldn’t see things 

the same way. We talked into the wee hours of the morning about many other 

things and she encouraged me to consider taking up a career in radio broadcasting 

due to my performance on the mic. Well, am throwing this issue over to you, 

what do you think? Should socio-economic status
matter in the choice of a life partner?