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August 1, 2006 at 6:09 AM #30311August 1, 2006 at 7:31 AM #30315BikeRiderParticipant
Desmond, I’ve been married 22+ years. The first year of marriage the only fights we had were over money. Then we worked it out. Three checking accounts….a joint account for bills, and our own accounts. We both work, so we have a percentage automatically deposited to the joint account from our checks, the remainder of our checks goes into our own accounts. We’re DINKS, double income, no kids. Any large purchase we talk about. It works fine. We both have our own money and the bills (food, utilities, etc) get paid from the joint account. Our house is paid for, so the bills don’t amount to much anymore, which is nice and another factor that tends to cut down on fights. We live a rather simple life, but are happy. We have money allotted for an emergency fund in a money market account that we don’t touch (so far no big emergency). Currently we each have 15% of our before tax pay taken out for 401K and are doing some other investing. A marriage is a partnership and you share everything. You talk about everything and you should be friends and lovers. If you don’t have that kind of relationship and you don’t think it will ever be that way, end it. Life is too short. I’d give it a good shot at trying to make it work first and if it didn’t work, I’d divide everything up fairly and move on. But that’s just me.
August 1, 2006 at 9:28 AM #30321AnonymousGuestMan. I’m glad I’m gay.
Seek help, my friend – marriage counseling or something. That’s no way to live.
August 1, 2006 at 10:23 AM #30325kewpParticipantSell your current wife and rent a new one.
Why is everyone looking at me like that?
August 1, 2006 at 10:25 AM #30326VCJIMParticipantKewp, that’s exactly what I was thinking!
August 1, 2006 at 10:32 AM #30327PerryChaseParticipantI wonder if gays have less marital problem than straights. How do gays work out their housing/real estate and financial situation?
My brother is getting a divorce from his wife. He was nice and gave her the house even though it tripled in value. But she’s still not happy. She’s pissed because brother is perfectly happy getting her out of his hair (even though he’s poorer). She’s miserable so she wants him to be sad too. I admire my brother because he was generous and he’s moving on with his life trying to make himself happy. He said that, money wise, he can make it again.
I hate to say it but I think that women tend to be insecure and constantly need re-assurance. They constantly try to find little ways to control their husbands. I don’t think it’s cute and I don’t understand how people can deal with all this drama.
I have a feeling that gays have a better quality of life (aside the the descrimination).
August 1, 2006 at 10:32 AM #30328desmondParticipantThanks for all the help, I called a Therapist and made an appoinment, enough about me.
August 1, 2006 at 11:05 AM #30334VCJIMParticipantI have been around many homosexuals; IMHO they have roughly the same amount of relationship problems as heterosexuals. It comes down to commitment, love, responsibility, etc…not orientation. IMHO.
August 1, 2006 at 1:39 PM #30372novice1027ParticipantPerry, Perry, Perry,
After all the uproar of generalizations, and you had to go down that road. Geeez, I would of figured you would have been smart enough to stay away from that topic!!
And for the record, let’s just say that men aren’t always a picnic to live with either!
August 1, 2006 at 2:29 PM #30380waiting hawkParticipantlol sell the wife and rent a new one.. I can’t wait to tell my wife that one when she gets home!
August 1, 2006 at 3:30 PM #30382CardiffBaseballParticipantI don’t know how real the pics are on Yahoo, but there are some incredible free women from 28-45 range. Upgrades across the board.
I’d be more scared that such a great looking gal was free because she had these insecurity issues and some guy couldn’t take it anymore.
August 1, 2006 at 3:35 PM #30384VCJIMParticipantAs long as the rental rate = wife purchase price / 8 (or less), how can you go wrong?
August 1, 2006 at 3:57 PM #30388(former)FormerSanDieganParticipantwife ratio …
I would hold off until the wife purchase-to-rental reaches 16. That’s a 50% drop compared to the peak (1962, when Father Knows Best went off the air). But don’t forget to account for the hidden costs(expensive dinners, flowers, jewelry, etc).
August 1, 2006 at 4:29 PM #30391VCJIMParticipantAnd perhaps find a newer model, with more user conveniences while at the same time occupying less real estate.
August 1, 2006 at 4:30 PM #30392waiting hawkParticipant“But don’t forget to account for the hidden costs(expensive dinners, flowers, jewelry, etc).”
Crap I forgtot about that. Maybe you can pay less in a cheaper area? location location location. Hemet chicks cost less than one from Del Mar!
Edit: Except for the montly meth payment
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