How much do relationships cost?

SufferableKant · 2020-08-04T10:19:09+00:00

Your soul.

battyryder · 2020-08-04T10:23:49+00:00

Everything

Encrypted587 · 2020-08-04T11:34:31+00:00

Life

Makonar · 2020-08-04T12:45:12+00:00

Basically each time when I was single, I was swimming in money. I basically couldn't spend all my money fast enough on me and I was saving each month. Whenever I was in a relationship - REGARDLESS of how much money I was earning, I was always living paycheck to pacheck, even when I was living on a mimimum wage, or I was earning 3 times the minimum. There was always something to spend the money on - like her clothes, shoes, dates, food, her phone bill, etc. Always something at the house needed repairs, upgrades - always not enough.

debanked · 2020-08-04T10:14:39+00:00

Depends, but if you get married (or the equivalent) , how much of your pay check will be all yours?

That's easier to answer

jackpayne65 · 2020-08-04T14:55:35+00:00

Time is the most important currency we have.

John_Oakman · 2020-08-04T17:47:18+00:00

I did the math before, but a marriage to an unemployed single mother with a child will cost at least over $4 million over the course of your lifetime:

-retirement plan for the couple: 2 X $1.73 million,

-cost of raising a child: $233,610

-cost of a child's college: $87,800

-cost of the mother of the child (after all, motherhood is one of the toughest job in the world that's being unpaid): 30 X $31,099 (this is heavily lowballing it since no one can place a value on priceless).

Also not note that all this costs guarantees nothing, not sex (not gonna go in detail of that can of worms), not retirement insurance (kids are no longer considered to be retirement plans), not even necessarily fulfilling social obligations (divorce means that you the male have failed in fulfilling the social expectation of maintaining a stable family unit).

So in conclusion it is not worth the cost if your goal is to acquire any benefits of any kind. It would be cheaper to donate $4 million to charitable causes to be honest if one wishes to contribute to society, although I would even advice against doing that as most charity organization tend to have so much of their budget as their admin costs.

ClowntownDenisen1234 · 2020-08-04T13:50:22+00:00

Mine cost me roughly $300-400k over 5 years when we were together, and about the same in the 5 years since we divorced. Not including the car and all the belongings (thank God we didn't have a house).

TripleMaxor2 · 2020-08-04T12:37:55+00:00

More than I'm willing to put in of my freedom and financials. Also I just don't feel the need to satisfy some female's opinion of me all the time. Like if I had to quit my job I don't have somebody to answer to for why except myself.

RedPilledWorld · 2020-08-04T13:51:08+00:00

Your life if you’re not careful.

nuttzo36 · 2020-08-04T11:22:13+00:00

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Dunkman83 · 2020-08-04T12:49:56+00:00

65 cents on the dollar.

TXJohn83 · 2020-08-04T15:42:10+00:00

Take your yearly income now. Look at it, and set it on fire in the grill, after its done burning, that how much you will have left.

TigPlaze · 2020-08-04T15:51:30+00:00

Every cent you've got plus your soul and however many pints of blood you can spare while barely surviving.

MGTOWfromEAST · 2020-08-05T08:33:41+00:00

Money can be replaced.

Broken relationships can re-started.

Mental harassment can be taken care of with time.

BUT, time.

Time my dear friend, can be recovered.

2020-08-04T13:00:12+00:00

That's what my marriage cost me.

unisopure · 2020-08-04T13:48:41+00:00

Yes.

mechdemon · 2020-08-04T14:18:50+00:00

Too much.

Maximum_Afternoon · 2020-08-04T15:15:06+00:00

Dunno on the relationship, but LEAVING cost me about 4 years wages. As in, ALL of my wages, just spread over 10 years.

jasa99 · 2020-08-04T21:18:17+00:00

Everything you have constantly trying to keep up with the joneses.

MechaDuff · 2020-08-04T23:44:03+00:00

average household income in the US is 60k-ish a year so your number is way too high. I can easily see $10k/yr until marriage which can lead to much higher later.

I'd argue the biggest cost is your time depending on how you value it.

mnchrme · 2020-08-05T18:04:43+00:00

Your sanity.

Title	How much do relationships cost?
Author	PrestigiousGreen3
Upvotes	37
Comments	29
Date	August 4, 2020 10:10 AM UTC (6 years ago)
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