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Originally Posted by westopher
Lol its truly fucked up if anyone is saying earning potential is that big of a factor for partnership. Literally gross. That said, my wife makes more money than I do.
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Originally Posted by Tapioca
I lit a fire here.
It's not about earning potential per se, it's about ambition and wanting to build something. The world is changing fast. The money follows from having a partnership/marriage where both parties are supporting and pushing each other to achieve more.
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I would actually say earning potential is a big part of who you pick, but it's at the back of the list, of things someone would want. Yeah I'm shallow, deal with it
Tapioca is correct, when I would date women, and they didn't have any ambition to get a higher end job / go further in life, it would.be a turn off. (I'm talking like someone with no school, making 15-25$/hr)
Ex: Knowing I'm going to be carrying the vacation costs down the line, I'm paying the majority of the "nicer" property she gets to live in, etc, while she just "drags along" with no education and a lower end job.
Why does one person need to put in the efforts of school, sacrifices, and working overtime, so that the other gets a nice life just for being there?
Also goes in the marriage / divorce direction, if a dude makes 150k a year, and he found
the one making 50k a year, and they get divorced, he is going to get financially raped. Prey he does not have any savings or property, then he will get properly financially raped.
Vs if both people made 150k, it would not be as bad.
Yeah it's not good to look at things in the example above, but from how many people I know paying out 2500$/mo for their ex wives for alimony, and child support, THAT disgusts me.
Not to mention some of those poor bastards lost 10-40% of their net worth, for "making her happy by marrying her".
I bet she is real happy after the divorce, the payout of the property she never dropped a dollar of downpayment for, and his current efforts working 7-3, so he can give her XX% for the next 5-18 years.
Ok I'm done
Someone post a disgusting real estate deal to get this thread back on track