how much more money you'd have if you spent zero on females? pretty sure I'd have a Ferrari by now.
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how much more money you'd have if you spent zero on females? pretty sure I'd have a Ferrari by now.
And a corollary:
How much would you have made if you'd purely never even listened to a female?
a different Ferrari for every day of the week :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by j2k4
thousands.......
OK you guys wanna bash women?
Mine has earned / saved me over $200K over the years
I thought you were gunna mention cars lol I'm pretty sure I spent more money on my mildly modified car than my girl.
If women was changed to alcohol then I'm pretty sure I would have a little more money in my bank account.Quote:
Originally Posted by Echo419
In an approximate one year period I spend $5,000 and $6,000 on alcohol.
I wouldn't have my 3s and all that I have done to it if it wasn't for mine.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jimvr4
The women that want you to spend a bunch of money on them usually aren't worth it. The ones that don't care usually are.
Such things aren't worth keeping track of. I also don't keep track of how much I've spent on my 3k. I'd probably cry if I knew the answer and that would take the enjoyment out of it.
Bobby, quit spending your money on strippers...
I appreciate the pro-wife sentiment here, and I adore my wife, without whom I would be dead, true story.
But none of you knows my ex.
If she did a better job you would be dead. :w00t:
Women buy me shit, you must be doing it wrong.Quote:
Originally Posted by Echo419
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Originally Posted by dbest671
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Originally Posted by Jimvr4
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Originally Posted by HLxDrummer
Quoted all the PWed guys for reference.Quote:
Originally Posted by EvanH
Yes drummer, your car counts
Well, I spend money on women even if they don't ask me to (or want me to.)
Rough total off the cuff, about 14k over 8 years. Given unemployment for a chunk of that time and my low minimum wage jobs though, it's probably close to about 1/5-1/8 of what I made during that time.
Very little. Forever single
From the phone.
I'm with Brian on this one...I did some stupid things in my early college years that ended up costing me some good $$.
As for the ex, I didn't really spend too much considering how much fun we had (originally met in the NLs, aka Amsterdam)...My flight there was a little steep, but that was an awesome way to spend Christmas/New Years up in Lapland. I surprised the shit outta her when I said that I bought a flight to come see her again. :D (this was like two months after we had broken it off due to distance)
Must have a broken woman picker.
No complaints here..my wife is a 10/10..
never had any gf's in high school and college crew checking in...
can't say I have this problem. gf spends more on me than I her :blush:
I got married at 21. What is this "dating" you speak of?
Hard to say what's cost me more, but let's face it, my car has been with me for 11 years and I've been banging my wife for ~17. So even if it's an equal amount, I've gotten WAY more miles out of the wife than the car. True Story. :p
My wife does the budgeting. She's the reason we've got almost 6 figures saved for retirement--because I'd be buying useless shit (not necessarily NOT on the 3/s).
Brian needs to get a different job. If you're spending 6 grand on self medicating each year, you could get lower stress job that pays 3 grand less and still come out ahead. :)
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Originally Posted by Jimvr4
and I saw a guy on the discovery channel free swimming with a great white shark and he didn't get eaten alive but that doesn't make it remotely normal. ;)Quote:
Mine has earned / saved me over $200K over the years
and that's why I stopped going to Taco Mac. I've got over 140 beers on my "Brewnaversity" list. given the prices for their beers that's a lot of damned money over the years.Quote:
Originally Posted by stealthee
I just told my dog to stop being a dog. that didn't work either. :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by dbest671
is this your way of telling us that you're in a relationship with a man and that you're a gay?Quote:
Originally Posted by Ange
I think SOME women deserve a good bashing.
Key word: SOME.
Others are purely excellent; we are glad for the ones we have, and wish there were more to go around.
I say this with the humility of one who has made the ultimate mistake, but also as one who has been lucky with my second chance. :)
trust me when I say that you don't want more of the ones that I've had. :lol:
Another pro wifer here.
She talked me into buying my '99 VR-4 before we had our kiddo. She plays video games, reads comics, makes good money, her and I both live on a set reasonable budget (monthly allowance to buy whatever the fuck we want) and supports my car hobby.
Yeah, no women bashing, just a list of them I broke up with until I found the awesome one to marry. :)
We hit 12 years together in January.
Your woman should be working with you to create more wealth for the both of you. Not working against you.
on anecdotal evidence alone you guys with awesome wives are in the vast minority.
I quit a job a few years back in no small part because it was straight up depressing listening to him complain about his wife and kids. I've never heard one person say the word "sucks" so much in my entire life.
John, welcome to the PW club....:lo5l: J/KQuote:
Originally Posted by J-Groove
29 years for us this August :) Mine tolerates all my shenanigans but has her own interests (dance, art, etc)
Got to appreciate it when it happens, Jim.
Blessed be. :wink:
I saw a girl today I would have blown some money on. I had to make a delivery today and I walked into the office of the company and the secretary was HOTTTTTTT.
Actually there was another girl later on too. Went out to dinner with my brother's family and my mom for my sister-in-law's birthday. Our waitress was hot as hell too.
I think Echo is just dating teeny-boppers. I would venture a guess that EVERYONE (men and women alike) under the age of ~28 just don't have the emotional maturity it takes to really handle a lasting relationship. And I say this as someone who got married at 21. It took a LOT of growing on my behalf to get where I am now. And on this end, even if I was single tomorrow, I couldn't date someone under ~28. There's just not enough perspective.
how did you know? :lol: generally I make it a rule to try and keep it between 20-25. time just isn't kind to most of these girls bodies. :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by IPD
but I have dated older and the 2 most batcrap crazy bitches I've ever been with were 30 and like 28(iirc). on the other hand the most stable and normal relationship I've ever been in was with a 35 year old japanses woman when I was 21 so there's that. :dontknow:
And the older women who are f'd up are the same women who wanted to date outlaw bikers when they were 18-21; they were NEVER good pickin's.
if you ever meet a woman who is trying to define value in her life via a relationship or children--RUN. i'm firmly convinced that the best person to be in a relationship with--male or female--is someone with a very secure sense of self. someone who doesn't need to amass conquests to fuel a need for self worth--nor someone who needs external sanction/approval for his/her actions.
p.s.
if you're worried about "time being kind", then don't EVER get married. stay single, and stop lamenting broken relationships--because you aren't ready. perhaps someday, when the prospect of a truly profound mental connection means more to you than carnal pleasure, then you'll be ready. i'm no authority on this, so feel free to disregard my advice. all i CAN tell you is that the mental connection between me and my wife of 14 years is incomprehensible to someone who hasn't been in a relationship longer than 5. and i'm sure that when we hit 30, it will be even stronger.
It's a conundrum. Lots of single 18-25 year olds are trying to get by with looks, and most single 30+ year olds are single for a reason.
Lots of problems come down to a "grass is greener" thinking pattern. If you find someone, mutual attraction is there, and most importantly trust, it's worth working for. There is always going to be someone hotter, better in bed, makes more money, but there comes a point in time where trust, and a willingness to work on a relationship are the most important qualities.
This. It takes a degree of perspective to accept a "good enough" solution. Perfection is impossible--I don't care who you are. Couple married for 70 years have ALL had fights. You need to know yourself well enough to know what truly is a "deal-breaker" and what is "nice, but not required". Once you know that about yourself, you can more accurately gauge potential mates. If EVERYTHING falls into the "deal-breaker" category, you're simply not ready for a real relationship.Quote:
Originally Posted by donniekak
Oh, and as my wife is fond of saying, NEVER marry someone you'd be afraid to get divorced from. There's a LOT of truth in that.
Great post donniekak. Mutual attraction and trust are key. So are acceptance and shared goals and values.
That said, there also comes a point where what you're looking for is a 95 year old multimillionaire woman with one foot in the grave and the other on a banana peel :DQuote:
Originally Posted by donniekak
Otherwise, totally agree. Admittedly I don't have all the perspective most do (26, and about 4 different 2+ year relationships, so definitely something missing) but I have to agree that many people my age (guys and girls) are always going after the grass is greener in money and appearances and other things that can be lost pretty quickly. I do think that there is a fear that comes with longer relationships in your early twenties though, primarily because there is the fear that you've settled and because normally at that age most people are easily swayed by peers. Women in particular (no offense ladies, and anyone can correct me if I'm wrong) seem to be susceptible to being swayed by friends to leave someone and go live the single life..Guys on the other hand are often encouraged to either keep upgrading their woman, or to see multiple at once. In short, in your late teens and early twenties: peer pressure is a bitch and people are often seeking their acceptance and validation from external sources.
Perfection is impossible, whether alone or with someone. But if you work with someone towards being perfect for each other, you'll often find excellence and happiness I feel.Quote:
Originally Posted by IPD
I'm not keeping track or anything, but I would have roughly..
$27,550.47
Given an annual return of 4% compounding yearly, and assuming payments amortized over 10 years.... $31,516.31
But who is keeping track, anyway?