Does the size of a significant other's paycheck affect whether you would marry him (or her)?
The socially acceptable answer is, "No, of course not!" Love trumps money, after all.
But let's play devil's advocate for a moment. How much money a significant other makes greatly affects how you will be able to live your life. Marrying someone with a hefty paycheck allows for vacations, a big house, nice cars and a new wardrobe every season. Marrying someone with a modest paycheck means watching every penny you spend and always ordering the least expensive thing on the menu.
For someone who grew up wealthy, it might be hard to adjust to live in the same world as a sexy starving artist.
That's not to say it can't be done or that a person's financial profile is more important than their personality. It's just an example that shows there are some arguments for factoring paychecks into the equation.
So now I leave it to you: How much does a person's paycheck matter? Do you have a rule, like "I will never marry anyone who makes less than X amount of dollars"? Would the reason why a person makes little money matter at all? For example, if someone worked for a cause they really cared about but made no money, would that be different than flipping burgers and making no money?
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Paychecks big and small
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2 comments:
i have never actually placed a dollar amount on how much my future husband must earn. but i do believe that he should be making more money than i am. i dont care if its just $1 more but i would prefer it to be more. i am not your typical traditionalist, but in that aspect i am. and it will help to avoid future conflicts of me being the bread winner, which i would so throw in his face during the heat of moment in an argument.
but i am also an avid believer in working in a field you love rather than just chasing dollar signs. so if you love him/her and the person's a kindergarten teacher who really really loves teaching (as opposed to having fallen back on teaching cause the job market sucked at the time) then by all means marry him/her. just learn to live within your means.
sorry it was so long
Fact -- most women marry for security (why do you think there's a glut of 10+++ year age difference in marriages now). Money equals security. period.
Men marry their mother. period.
Top reason for divorce? Money.
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