How to Bleed Men Dry

Perfect_Sir4820 · 2025-05-15T15:51:15+00:00

More and more men can see that marriage is a poisoned chalice, full of pitfalls, and with few benefits to the male. Meanwhile, when the female can see no present advantage in the arrangement, she walks.

And when marriage rates fall to sufficiently low levels, the laws will be changed to uphold the same benefits for women and responsibilities for men without the need for a pesky formal contract.

It already happens in other countries (warning: don't read if you suffer from high blood pressure), and will eventually be rolled out state-by-state.

Hefty-Rip-5397 · 2025-05-15T16:33:36+00:00

Sad to say that for the first time in my adult life I've learned that my worth is directly correlated to my performance. I had lost my job. And then my kids were separated from me for 5 months and I almost lost my house and half of my 401k.... all because life was a little difficult for the person I married at the time. Yeah they are fair weather people and you are absolutely replaceable. And they'll do it much easier and faster than you think.

jjj2576 · 2025-05-15T14:40:12+00:00

I love reminding folks how upper class Victorian women were put on a pedestal— the writing is an excellent example of this, but I usually look towards the etiquette at social gatherings to reflect this.

I finally got caught up on the Fantasy series, and I’m about to start going through works commonly taught in MS/HS curricula. Austen is actually on my list, as I never read one of her full texts completely in college, despite studying Secondary English Education.

I remember for the Praxis II Exam, being given an excerpt from a text and having to select the correct author. Pretty easy when it’s a small pool, but when the entirety of what can be taught, it’s a bit daunting. Whenever Austen was an option, I asked myself, “Does this writing sound Victorian & Bitchy?”

Good post, dude.

Jojothereader · 2025-05-15T18:06:00+00:00

More comments from women than men in here.

dougpschyte · 2025-05-15T17:38:44+00:00

This post seems to have attracted more than a fair share of female response. Probably mistook the post title as offering advice!

Accomplished_Dirt722 · 2025-05-15T21:54:03+00:00

Men. Use your brains when dealing with these leeches.

IceCrystalSmoke · 2025-05-15T20:59:39+00:00

That line is meant to be tongue in cheek and come off as blatantly romanticized and superficial. Basically the soft core porn our great grandmothers were reading.

IamAwesome-er · 2025-05-15T16:59:27+00:00

Important to note, Jane Austen never married....her writings are absolutely fantasy and have no basis in reality.

tomsnrg · 2025-05-16T05:08:25+00:00

One and only way out - your potential partner must be significantly richer than yourself. Then you stand a chance.

Ok-Cranberry-9558 · 2025-05-16T09:27:30+00:00

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F$%k em today and forget em tomorrow

pearl_harbour1941 · 2025-05-16T14:01:00+00:00

'It is a truth universally acknowledged that [women think] a single man, in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife...'

FIFY.

toblotron · 2025-05-15T15:05:34+00:00

I've always seen that first line as fine comedy - especially this book by Austen is (I think) full of subtle humour and irony.

She's great, IMHO

kit-kat315 · 2025-05-16T10:59:32+00:00

That line isn't even about the expectations of women. It continues:

"...this truth is so well fixed in the minds of the surrounding families, that he is considered as the rightful property of some one or other of their daughters."

In other words, it's about parents securing a good future for their daughters. Familial expectations to marry wealth or rank (for both men and women) feature in every Austen novel.

What about the dudes who are not in possession of a 'good fortune'?

Jane Austen only wrote about the gentry- landowners, clergy and military officers. So, mostly a comfortable living, though not necessarily wealthy. Growing up as a clergyman daughter, that's the world Austen was familiar with. She wan't writing about lower class women either.

nick690000 · 2025-05-17T22:43:32+00:00

If you want to get bled dry, just marry a modern woman! WALLA penniless in a flash!

Ippomasters · 2025-05-17T23:13:26+00:00

Knowing what I know now I would never of gotten married. Its just such a big risk for a man these days. For any reason she can leave and take 50%. If you have children she will destroy you in child support payments. This is all supported by the state to destroy the family.

LittleDogsBark · 2025-05-15T19:56:13+00:00

Maybe you should read the book. The entire premise is that he was expected to marry a woman of means - as all men were encouraged to do and financial dowries had to be paid to the man . So yeah…. Husbands basically had to be purchased .

amaidhlouis2 · 2025-05-15T20:02:11+00:00

Haha just rewatched the TV series. Divorce was rare in those days, women had no rights, no bank account, no possessions. A woman was her father's property, until the wedding where he gives her away to become the property of her husband. And yes a single man with wealth would be searching for a wife, to produce male heirs. Only boys could inherit their father's estate and the child has to be legitimate and born in wedlock. So yes they would want a wife. And because infant mortality was high, there would be impetus on having lots of babies.

Divorce laws were very different, none of this 50% ect. Marriage was for life

Women would be expected to be virgins, being pure was extremely important. They were also expected to obedient, loyal, Christian and good wives and mothers. Hence the scandal that Lydia potentially brings upon the family and how it would tarnish the reputation of the family

SheerFe4r · 2025-05-15T17:07:24+00:00

The sad state of reading comprehension of today, unfortunately...

flipsidetroll · 2025-05-15T16:23:40+00:00

That had nothing to go with women and feminism as you try to imply and everything to do with class. Men with money could buy titles and men with titles could get money. And men AND women with neither, were not part of that class.

Men used to have gentlemen’s clubs where they would keep out other men from different financial backgrounds, different religions and different colours. So your act is bs. Feminism is bad. But not in this way.

Shadowvalkyrja · 2025-05-15T23:56:56+00:00

Wealthy men ought to just be generous with the women they love. They can’t have a legacy without USING her body.

oofieoofty · 2025-05-15T16:48:39+00:00

Women who did mot marry wealthy men were destined for a life of difficult labor. Women had no way of making their own money in those days and even things like cleaning dishes involved hauling buckets of water from a well.

Choose_Routine4794 · 2025-05-15T15:26:38+00:00

Mhmm so you reference now - WOW so impressed!!!

Title	How to Bleed Men Dry
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