going broke on 300K/year

[davelj]

[quote=fredo4][quote=davelj][quote=fredo4]Plus, you want to have a wife to grow old with, don’t you? Who else is going to give you sponge baths?[/quote]

When I discuss my aversion to marriage with others, people often ask, “You don’t want to grow old and die alone, do you?” My response: God willing.

If you have sufficient funds, you can pay for sponge baths. From women much more attractive than a 60+something spouse.[/quote]

That’s fine, if you can still enjoy it while the sponge bather is gagging. I was an in-house nurse for an old guy while I was in college, so I know what I’m talking about.[/quote]

Someone’s gonna gag. Either it’s the young nurse looking at my wrinkly old ass, or it’s me looking at my wife’s wrinkly old ass. I’ll defer the gagging to the person providing the service, thank you very much.

[davelj]

[quote=Allan from Fallbrook][quote=scaredycat]1. is it possiblet hat people in general weren’t designed to be married for long periods?

2. When is it time to pack it in?

3. i dont know[/quote]

Scaredy: I saw an interesting interview with a socio-anthropologist and he had spent his career looking at marriage, monogamy and relationships in modern and pre-industrial cultures. According to him, the average relationship in many pre-industrial cultures only lasts about four years, which was the period of time necessary to bring a child forth and out of the toddler stage.

Following the logic that a man’s biological instinct is to spread his seed as far and wide as possible, that seemed to make sense to me. Do your thing and then on to the next mate and so on and so forth.[/quote]

When the idea of marriage started to take hold many thousands of years ago, the life expectancy of humans was maybe 35-40 years. Marriage in that context, while still a stretch, wasn’t completely nuts in the context of raising a family. As life expectancies have doubled while, at the same time, humans’ basic instincts haven’t changed, marriage doesn’t fit very well with reality. It is largely a social construct with a fairly small chance of long-term success (“success” being defined as each party’s true contentment with the arrangement).

[davelj]

[quote=Allan from Fallbrook][quote=scaredycat]1. is it possiblet hat people in general weren’t designed to be married for long periods?

2. When is it time to pack it in?

3. i dont know[/quote]

Scaredy: I saw an interesting interview with a socio-anthropologist and he had spent his career looking at marriage, monogamy and relationships in modern and pre-industrial cultures. According to him, the average relationship in many pre-industrial cultures only lasts about four years, which was the period of time necessary to bring a child forth and out of the toddler stage.

Following the logic that a man’s biological instinct is to spread his seed as far and wide as possible, that seemed to make sense to me. Do your thing and then on to the next mate and so on and so forth.[/quote]

When the idea of marriage started to take hold many thousands of years ago, the life expectancy of humans was maybe 35-40 years. Marriage in that context, while still a stretch, wasn’t completely nuts in the context of raising a family. As life expectancies have doubled while, at the same time, humans’ basic instincts haven’t changed, marriage doesn’t fit very well with reality. It is largely a social construct with a fairly small chance of long-term success (“success” being defined as each party’s true contentment with the arrangement).

[davelj]

[quote=Allan from Fallbrook][quote=scaredycat]1. is it possiblet hat people in general weren’t designed to be married for long periods?

2. When is it time to pack it in?

3. i dont know[/quote]

Scaredy: I saw an interesting interview with a socio-anthropologist and he had spent his career looking at marriage, monogamy and relationships in modern and pre-industrial cultures. According to him, the average relationship in many pre-industrial cultures only lasts about four years, which was the period of time necessary to bring a child forth and out of the toddler stage.

Following the logic that a man’s biological instinct is to spread his seed as far and wide as possible, that seemed to make sense to me. Do your thing and then on to the next mate and so on and so forth.[/quote]

When the idea of marriage started to take hold many thousands of years ago, the life expectancy of humans was maybe 35-40 years. Marriage in that context, while still a stretch, wasn’t completely nuts in the context of raising a family. As life expectancies have doubled while, at the same time, humans’ basic instincts haven’t changed, marriage doesn’t fit very well with reality. It is largely a social construct with a fairly small chance of long-term success (“success” being defined as each party’s true contentment with the arrangement).

[davelj]

[quote=Allan from Fallbrook][quote=scaredycat]1. is it possiblet hat people in general weren’t designed to be married for long periods?

2. When is it time to pack it in?

3. i dont know[/quote]

Scaredy: I saw an interesting interview with a socio-anthropologist and he had spent his career looking at marriage, monogamy and relationships in modern and pre-industrial cultures. According to him, the average relationship in many pre-industrial cultures only lasts about four years, which was the period of time necessary to bring a child forth and out of the toddler stage.

Following the logic that a man’s biological instinct is to spread his seed as far and wide as possible, that seemed to make sense to me. Do your thing and then on to the next mate and so on and so forth.[/quote]

When the idea of marriage started to take hold many thousands of years ago, the life expectancy of humans was maybe 35-40 years. Marriage in that context, while still a stretch, wasn’t completely nuts in the context of raising a family. As life expectancies have doubled while, at the same time, humans’ basic instincts haven’t changed, marriage doesn’t fit very well with reality. It is largely a social construct with a fairly small chance of long-term success (“success” being defined as each party’s true contentment with the arrangement).

[davelj]

[quote=Allan from Fallbrook][quote=scaredycat]1. is it possiblet hat people in general weren’t designed to be married for long periods?

2. When is it time to pack it in?

3. i dont know[/quote]

Scaredy: I saw an interesting interview with a socio-anthropologist and he had spent his career looking at marriage, monogamy and relationships in modern and pre-industrial cultures. According to him, the average relationship in many pre-industrial cultures only lasts about four years, which was the period of time necessary to bring a child forth and out of the toddler stage.

Following the logic that a man’s biological instinct is to spread his seed as far and wide as possible, that seemed to make sense to me. Do your thing and then on to the next mate and so on and so forth.[/quote]

When the idea of marriage started to take hold many thousands of years ago, the life expectancy of humans was maybe 35-40 years. Marriage in that context, while still a stretch, wasn’t completely nuts in the context of raising a family. As life expectancies have doubled while, at the same time, humans’ basic instincts haven’t changed, marriage doesn’t fit very well with reality. It is largely a social construct with a fairly small chance of long-term success (“success” being defined as each party’s true contentment with the arrangement).

[sd_matt]

[quote=temeculaguy]Your compliments are my payment and if I was paid then it would be called work, it would cease to be fun and probably cease to be funny. Turning your passion or hobby into a living rarely works out and in the end you just have one less hobby, the mere fact that gynecologists, male porn stars and professional golfers take time off for vacations or being sick is evidence of this theory.[/quote]

Now I don’t feel so bad about not growing up to be a jet pilot.

[sd_matt]

[quote=temeculaguy]Your compliments are my payment and if I was paid then it would be called work, it would cease to be fun and probably cease to be funny. Turning your passion or hobby into a living rarely works out and in the end you just have one less hobby, the mere fact that gynecologists, male porn stars and professional golfers take time off for vacations or being sick is evidence of this theory.[/quote]

Now I don’t feel so bad about not growing up to be a jet pilot.

[sd_matt]

[quote=temeculaguy]Your compliments are my payment and if I was paid then it would be called work, it would cease to be fun and probably cease to be funny. Turning your passion or hobby into a living rarely works out and in the end you just have one less hobby, the mere fact that gynecologists, male porn stars and professional golfers take time off for vacations or being sick is evidence of this theory.[/quote]

Now I don’t feel so bad about not growing up to be a jet pilot.

[sd_matt]

[quote=temeculaguy]Your compliments are my payment and if I was paid then it would be called work, it would cease to be fun and probably cease to be funny. Turning your passion or hobby into a living rarely works out and in the end you just have one less hobby, the mere fact that gynecologists, male porn stars and professional golfers take time off for vacations or being sick is evidence of this theory.[/quote]

Now I don’t feel so bad about not growing up to be a jet pilot.

[sd_matt]

[quote=temeculaguy]Your compliments are my payment and if I was paid then it would be called work, it would cease to be fun and probably cease to be funny. Turning your passion or hobby into a living rarely works out and in the end you just have one less hobby, the mere fact that gynecologists, male porn stars and professional golfers take time off for vacations or being sick is evidence of this theory.[/quote]

Now I don’t feel so bad about not growing up to be a jet pilot.

[Allan from Fallbrook]

[quote=davelj]Someone’s gonna gag. Either it’s the young nurse looking at my wrinkly old ass, or it’s me looking at my wife’s wrinkly old ass. I’ll defer the gagging to the person providing the service, thank you very much.[/quote]

Dave: There are so many straight lines (comedically speaking) in here, I don’t know where to begin.

So, I think I’ll just leave well enough alone and chortle to myself.

[Allan from Fallbrook]

[quote=davelj]Someone’s gonna gag. Either it’s the young nurse looking at my wrinkly old ass, or it’s me looking at my wife’s wrinkly old ass. I’ll defer the gagging to the person providing the service, thank you very much.[/quote]

Dave: There are so many straight lines (comedically speaking) in here, I don’t know where to begin.

So, I think I’ll just leave well enough alone and chortle to myself.

[Allan from Fallbrook]

[quote=davelj]Someone’s gonna gag. Either it’s the young nurse looking at my wrinkly old ass, or it’s me looking at my wife’s wrinkly old ass. I’ll defer the gagging to the person providing the service, thank you very much.[/quote]

Dave: There are so many straight lines (comedically speaking) in here, I don’t know where to begin.

So, I think I’ll just leave well enough alone and chortle to myself.

[Allan from Fallbrook]

[quote=davelj]Someone’s gonna gag. Either it’s the young nurse looking at my wrinkly old ass, or it’s me looking at my wife’s wrinkly old ass. I’ll defer the gagging to the person providing the service, thank you very much.[/quote]

Dave: There are so many straight lines (comedically speaking) in here, I don’t know where to begin.

So, I think I’ll just leave well enough alone and chortle to myself.

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