Economist: Prostitutes Cheaper Than Wives Over 20 Years

[Dari]

To think anyone is obligated to do anything, even in a relationship, is likely one of the key drivers to the divorce rate and abuse in this fair country.

That said I'm going to say different strokes for different folks. Some people are just built that way. In my experience most are not. Shit like that only builds resentment over time which leads to separation in the long run. I've seen it happen with far too many friends to dismiss as coincidence at this point. They usually stay together only long enough for kids (if they're involved) to get out of the house then it's game over.

For most men, having sex I don't think has anything to do with feeling loved.

Note: I am not a licensed psychologist, I just play one on TV.

What's the point of being in a relationship if there is no obligation to your significant other? May as well not be together.

 

[ninaholic37]

What's the point of being in a relationship if there is no obligation to your significant other? May as well not be together.

Sounds like you've never been in love or genuinely cared about anyone. :awe:

edit: I interpreted your phrase "obligation to" meaning they are obligated to do things for you, but maybe you meant something else.

 

[Spungo]

My ex use to have salon visits that would last 11+ hours.

I can't believe nobody post this image yet:

Also, the joke article would be funnier if they took 2 seconds to do the math

The result is eye-opening. For marriage, the 20-year price tag comes to $2 million, on average, 10 times more than the roughly $208,000 a man would pay over the same time period for a weekly liaison with prostitutes.

2 million dollars over 20 years is $100,000 per year. That number only makes sense if:
1) your income is 3x the national median
2) you pay no taxes
3) your wife consumes 100% of your income while contributing no income of her own

 

[tortillasoup]

I can't believe nobody post this image yet:

Also, the joke article would be funnier if they took 2 seconds to do the math

2 million dollars over 20 years is $100,000 per year. That number only makes sense if:
1) your income is 3x the national median
2) you pay no taxes
3) your wife consumes 100% of your income while contributing no income of her own

Well, they COULD always do a comparison between hookers and divorce. I mean why assume anybody will even stay married in the first place.

What is a girl that you don't have sex with? A friend... I can easily make friends with people I won't have sex with so why get married.

 

[Dari]

Sounds like you've never been in love or genuinely cared about anyone. :awe:

edit: I interpreted your phrase "obligation to" meaning they are obligated to do things for you, but maybe you meant something else.

That's exactly what I meant. I didn't get married purely out of love, but out of certain expectations and obligations. On her end, some of those included the fact that I like to be alone for certain lengths of time; I like to eat cooked food and I like sex. What was implicitly and explicitly agreed on in the beginning has been slowly, and methodically, broken down and reneged on. Excuses are legion. Work should not be an excuse.

 

[Blackjack200]

Aw, man. That brings back bad memories... of my sitting at my effing barber waiting for the womenz to finish their 2 hour appointments. Then it took about 20 minutes to cut my hair.

Almost glad I'm bald and shave my head in 5 minutes at home -- cleanup takes about 20 with shower.

Wow man, that's efficient, 20 minutes to cut your care and take care of that week's shower.

Stop over this summer when I'm doing hay. You can go up in the loft and help me stack the hay; my wife will put it on the elevator. It's about 120 degrees or warmer up there, and dusty from the hay. When we're done and we climb down, I'll gasp, "beer, please get me a beer," and she will happily oblige - because she didn't have to go up and stack hay.

Is this an open invitation for anyone to come up to NY and roll in hay with you? :awe: