03-04-2017, 12:19 PM
(03-03-2017, 05:56 PM)The Wonkette Wrote:(02-28-2017, 01:05 PM)X_4AD_84 Wrote: Any prospective marriage partner, whether male or female, is sort of dumb to marry unless they want to possibly give up a substantial portion of cash flow. The only exceptions to this are cases where one is marrying "up." But if one's marriage couples one with a lesser earner, one will be making a financial sacrifice, one way or another.I don't get your logic. Let's say you have two people making $40,000 a year, living in two separate households, paying rent or mortgage for their separate apartments, with two sets of furniture, etc... When they marry, they move into one dwelling. How does that not save money? Same goes for if one makes $50,000 and the other makes $30,000; both are still better off combining income and sharing a home.
Unless you are comparing tax rates of married couples versus cohabitating couples. That's another story...
Another factor is if children come into the picture. Yes, children are a big hit on one's finances.
...and sharing some household duties, driving, child care (if a blended marriage). Many entertainments from publications to cable TV are cheaper for two than for one, especially if the pair have some shared cultural and intellectual interests. (If they don't have those, then why are they marrying)? There comes a probable end to some expensive activities of singles, like night-clubbing. Down go the bar bills. Maybe one or the other gives up an expensive hobby that eats time and money.
Then there is
S-E-X
which is far safer and more reliable inside a marriage than outside a marriage.
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