Women and Money

[Anonymous 6]

Women don’t understand money. There, I said it. That sentiment probably doesn’t come as a shock to most married men, but it sets everyone else right off – “How dare you spread such scandalous lies!” and so on and so forth. It’s still true though.

Unfortunately, money is one of those things we all have to deal with to get by in this world. Unless you’re one of the few who have obtained true financial independence, you have a certain amount of money to spread between all of your financial obligations, and sometimes there’s a bit left over to just do whatever you want with. At least, that’s what a common-sense approach to money would seem to dictate. Women however, spend more than they earn*; much more. And it’s not just because they have a man around to pick up the tab for them.

When I say that women don’t understand money, I mean that they genuinely don’t seem to understand its function or purpose. It’s a medium of exchange, and in some way represents the value you have provided to someone else for a task you have performed, or goods you have supplied. When a man works, he knows exactly how long and how hard he had to work to acheive something.

He understands the inherent value of what he is doing, and has an internal accounting system for keeping track of it. So when a man pays for something, he knows exactly how much effort he put in to aquire it. A sandwich? That might have cost him a half-hour at a his desk. A fancy dinner for him and his wife? Perhaps most of that day’s work. A new computer? He’d be working late for 2 weeks for that. All of this mental arithmatic takes place subconciously, and happens before he actually makes a purchase.

For women however, the sole deciding factor in whether to make a purchase seems to be “I want it”. A woman will make her purchase first and then worry about where the money is going to come from after the fact. She’ll seem genuinely surprised or even offended when the bill comes due! Similarly, just watch what happens when a man tells a woman that she can’t have something because they can’t afford it. Is there any acknowledgement of the fact that money is finite?

Hell no!

A symphony of cajoling and whining springs forth to try and get the man to accede to her demands, and it’s amazing just how many men are prepared to put themselves in debt to try and satisfy their wife or girlfriend’s material demands. There really doesn’t seem to be any awareness on women’s parts of where money comes from or what value it has other than “it buys me stuff I want” and “that person has more than me”.

I suppose this comes across as a little bitter (something I try to avoid when I write), but some lessons in life are hard learned. NiceGuy once wrote that you should never loan money to a woman, but perhaps he didn’t go far enough. Don’t loan money to women and don’t spend any on them unless you want to spend a lot more.

[The_YoungParticipant 1073]

I’ve saved 10k in the last six months by not having a GF. too expensive man

Brother, we need to stick together.

[MonkParticipant 16996]

Yes.

Men see money as work.

A woman, who either doesn’t work, or if she does, probably has some bulls~~~ non-job, doesn’t make that connection.

I recall hearing this many years ago:

‘If there’s a big ticket item you want, save cash. Then on the day you have enough, take out the money and look at it. The chances are that you’ll decide that the item isn’t worth it’.

[StargazerParticipant 12505]

Women DO understand money… they just want to get it all and spend it on themselves.

But seriously folks; I discovered the truth about women and money during the brief and enlightening period of my engagement a few years back.

There are six players in this parable:

Me
My fiancé (Susan)
My mother (C~~~)
My sister (T~~~)
My sister’s husband (Shmoe)
My sister’s daughters (Yip and Yap)

My mother always gave me s~~~ about how I spent my money, saying it was wasteful of me to travel and buy gear for my hobbies and so forth.

Then I got engaged and she met Susan and thought Susan was the best thing that ever happened to me.

Meanwhile she’d talk s~~~ about my nieces because they were trying to spend up my brother-in-law’s money.

Later, after I called off my doomed marriage but kept f~~~ing my former fiancé, my mother now hated her.

I figured it out like this: My mother’s loyalties are 100% about money… money that can be controlled by the women of the family.

Anyone who brings money INTO the control of the women of the family… like my brother-in-law Schmoe giving his paychecks to my T~~~ sister… and my soon-to-be wife who will stop me spending my money on myself… she likes.

Anyone who takes money OUT of the control of the women of the family… my single self, a girlfriend I can blow cash on and then dump, Yip and Yap the nieces who are spending up my T~~~ sister’s stockpile… she hates.

And it wasn’t like she was hoarding cash to save us all from our own destruction, either. She spent $30,000 on renovating the downstairs guest bathroom because she didn’t like the tile. A complete and utter waste of resources.

The bottom line is that she believes men should be economic slaves to women and that women should control the finances and spend the money on whatever they want. Any individual who doesn’t conform to this model gets slagged.

That was pretty much the beginning of the end for our relationship. Bitch, I’ll make as much or as little as I want and spend it doing whatever I want. Women get nothing from me except what I choose to give them.

[Ranger OneParticipant 16836]

I’m even more offended then most by women’s attitude towards money; I have an accounting background, before STEM.

Its like women don’t get it.

All my life I've had doubts about who I am, where I belonged. Now I'm like the arrow that springs from the bow. No hesitation, no doubts. The path is clear. And what are you? Alive. Everything else is negotiable. Women have rights; men have responsibilities; MGTOW have freedom. Marriage is for chumps. If someone stands in the way of true justice, you simply walk up behind them and stab them in the heart-R'as al Ghul.

[Oz-BlokeParticipant 3233]

Once worked with a woman who had been oveseas ‘backpacking’ and had clocked up $30,000 on her credit cards. It was obvious she was trying to get her talons into a financially established man to help her pay her debts so I had fun deflecting her sexual advances. In frustration she tried snagging the boss, also to no avail. Prostitution does not always involve a red light or a street corner my brothers. Stay vigilant.

#ManOut

[ForeverDoneParticipant 2928]

Venom is preaching the spoken word. Amen.

[Modern Day WarriorParticipant 499]

When I was married, my wife would announce that she’s going shopping. I’d ask her what she was shopping for and she’d reply, “I don’t know yet”. Men generally don’t do that. If we need something we go get it. We don’t decide to go get it first and then decide what it is we need when we see it. The mentality is baffling. Ready, Fire, Aim.

"One must put up barriers to keep oneself intact." - Neil Peart

[BeerParticipant 11832]

Oz-Bloke wrote:

Once worked with a woman who had been oveseas ‘backpacking’ and had clocked up $30,000 on her credit cards. It was obvious she was trying to get her talons into a financially established man to help her pay her debts so I had fun deflecting her sexual advances. In frustration she tried snagging the boss, also to no avail. Prostitution does not always involve a red light or a street corner my brothers. Stay vigilant.

I’ve met many like this over the years…could give a f~~~ less about running up debt or sabotaging themselves financially in their 20s because they assumed they’d get married and their future husband would bail them out. Now they’re all hitting the wall, unmarried, and hating life lol. Parties over ladies…hope 10 years of fun was worth the next 50-60 sucking for you.

Modern Day Warrior wrote:

When I was married, my wife would announce that she’s going shopping. I’d ask her what she was shopping for and she’d reply, “I don’t know yet”. Men generally don’t do that. If we need something we go get it. We don’t decide to go get it first and then decide what it is we need when we see it. The mentality is baffling. Ready, Fire, Aim.

My mom would do this s~~~ constantly. She’d go spend a day shopping just to go browse and see what she wants to buy, and sometimes buy stupid s~~~ nobody had any use for just because it was on sale…it never occurred to her that something really cheap that nobody has a use for is still a waste of money. I’m the complete opposite when I shop for things…I know what I want long before I go in the store, and since I don’t buy tons of stupid s~~~, when I do buy something I’d rather pay a little more for quality or to get exactly what I want.

The other thing I noticed women do is compare prices a lot more then men. They’ll waste 3 hours and who knows how many gallons of gas to check 4 different stores for something just to save a couple bucks and think they won lol. I’ll compare a bit, generally checking prices online before I even leave my house, if I’m buying a big ticket item because it makes sense if a little research can save me 100 bucks…but to waste all kinds of time and gas money to save 2 dollars on something…no thanks…its a net loss in the end.

[LionOnTheLooseParticipant 1315]

Oz-Bloke wrote:

Once worked with a woman who had been oveseas ‘backpacking’ and had clocked up $30,000 on her credit cards. It was obvious she was trying to get her talons into a financially established man to help her pay her debts so I had fun deflecting her sexual advances.

Mindblowing, isn’t it. I think a business analogy puts this in an interesting perspective:

Let’s say we knew for certain that crude oil will run out in 20 years. Imagine a company which does nothing but pump crude oil out the ground. The clock is ticking. Doesn’t take a genius to realise that company needs to start diversifying before s~~~ goes down.

But imagine the company says, “to hell with diversifying, let’s just take on a load of debt and spend it on soda fountains and pool tables and other cool stuff for our office. And then, when we’re about to go bust, we’ll try to find a company stupid enough to buy us out.”

Women have always known that their “natural resource” (looks) will run out, and 50 years ago they saw the value in “diversifying” into other activities so that they could still provide “value” later in life. But not anymore. These skanks who expect everything and give nothing in return are just massively overvalued.

There aren't holes in your pockets. It's called marriage.

[CrowbarParticipant 192]

My wife has absolutely no concept of money. She claims that she’s frugal but we have more crap that we don’t need than anyone. She actually thinks the government can pay off the national debt by printing more money. This is why I keep money in my business account and only bring home what we need.

When I was single I never stressed about money – being married I’m always stressed about money.

[bigboy83Participant 11312]

Women and money?

They dont have any.

I see a lot of women at my job work overtime, and have nothing to show for it.

Shit Tested, Cunt Approved.

[Free manParticipant 83]

It’s funny, my ex would shop herself right to death every weekend spending money like it was water. Now that she’s gone I do all of the buying of food and supplies for the house and spend a mere fraction of what she did and yet we lack for nothing. Isn’t that odd? Lmao

You would have better luck finding the Loch Ness monster hanging out with Santa Claus and Elvis in El Dorado than finding a liberal with a lick of common sense or integrity.

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