Why men can’t afford to get married! #money #marriage #husband #wife #personalfinance

[BenProVids]

Absolutely, I work full time and my wife stays at home and takes care of things there. Her dad also lives with us and he helps out too. My job is very physically taxing as I am a heavy equipment mechanic. She usually takes care of a lot of the cleaning and cooking, while her dad does most of the grass-cutting and other such chores since he is retired and just wants something to do. I offer to help out a lot of the time, but they end up taking care of it for me. I am very blessed to be leading the life I am. Although we are not rich, we are also not impoverished. We are able to get by with my paycheck/a little help from her dad. It was a better deal for her overall since she has anxiety especially towards driving. There are some chances out there, but no longer are there "traditional marriages" regardless. Everyone's marriage is their own and will adapt based on them. Not how everyone else is.

[Monasaurus_Rex]

“What is she submitting to, POVERTY?” Had me dead 😭

Edit: oh boy it’s a war zone down here

[jasonfisher]

Me and my wife are a team. We both work, cook, and clean.

[pinkdiamond]

Yeah I've always said I want to be a traditional woman. I want to marry a man who takes care of me and in return I take care of the house and children but for some reason that makes me a gold digger in the eyes of these men 🤷‍♀️

[Username-hdco]

I don’t even like to agree or disagree with any side nomore. It’s sad as shit the division I see on social media when it comes to partnership and marriage. Of course men are broker than they were in the 50s, inflation has gone up more than fucking a billion percent. Unless you’re making a amount of money, it’s no longer possible to support a family of 4-5 people on one salary/income. On the other hand, women aren’t supposed to just cook and clean and look pretty, if both partners work, both partners cook, clean etc. Just am sick of the constant division I’m seeing now, bunch of idiots. Find a balance with your partner and respect each other, both of you grind, both of you respect the struggles of each other, both of you try and understand one another. Social media is killing society

[teddymonadnock]

Because in the 1950’s you can earn all that with a high school education.

[marcmoon]

In the end "adapt to your circumstances" is what's really the lesson here. Don't expect unrealistic things from each other.

[misspanda]

Same with me as a woman. I can't afford to have a family. Heck I can't even take care of myself properly.

[koklol]

Never forget this simple truth; When you boil it down to the core, it's always about money. Always.

[mariadavis]

Allot of women my mothers age (70’s) live in poverty because they didn’t work. Social security pays them less than $1K a month. They have no pensions or retirement plans. In the 50-60’s, and some of the 70’s, women worked for “pin” money. Men made more because they were expected to be the sole providers. Both partners need to work today. But this is a whole different conversation…

[brnrxn]

When households started getting two salaries, employers realized they could pay them less and less and less until they couldn't afford it anymore.

[cu]

“I don’t wanna lose half of everything!”….baby, simple maths: half of nothing is NOTHING.

[TheGentlemanGamerLive]

"men aren't getting married because they can't afford to". Truuuueeee. I'm not tryna lose half my shit for no reason 😂😂😂

[mettleheart]

I’m a man and I approve this message. I’m working on allowing my wife the choice to work if she wants too.

[rebelsoldier]

There used to be a "family wage" for men! Doubling the workforce killed the traditional lifestyle!

[makingmoney]

I actually agree with her as a man . My wife works so we can give a better life to our children and also accomplish goals to set our blood line up long after we are gone. She chooses to cook and clean and do laundry, but I do an equal amount of things if not more to alleviate her of doing more . You got to find the balance and get everything done so you have at least 4 hours of down time every day to spend with one another and your kids . And of course spending the entire weekend together . We have a wonderful life together and I am truly lucky and blessed in every sense of the word . I can support and run the house on my salary but we wouldn’t of been able to buy extra homes go on four vacations a year and save 40k a year to our retirement accounts . She did stay home for 7 years to raise our children until they were old enough to go to school full time, but we planned in advance for that . As a man I can work five a day overtime making even more money, but then I would never enjoy my wife or my children, what would be the sense of having them if that’s what I wanted to do .

[RonRyder]

It's probably harder to even live by yourself nowadays than it is to support a family in the 1950s.

[KAOS-rzlb]

i just want to atleast be a good man and more importantly a decent human being to whoever i end up with.

[MayleMan]

That’s why I’m perfectly fine with never getting married.

[SirLowRoller]

If you want to be annoyed and have a headache for the rest of your life, and if you hate enjoying your life, get married