Just give her a pearl necklace,
Problem solved.
[quote]Kalle wrote:
Just give her a pearl necklace,
Problem solved. [/quote]
ding ding ding we have a winner.
[quote]FlavaDave wrote:
A lot of what was said on the first page was locker room talk. I’m going to assume you’re familiar with that. Men get in groups and the entire conversation is based on them one-upping the other.
That said, there is no reason that a women should expect to have money spent on her for having a baby. Like the article suggests, cook for her, pick up the chores around the house, etc. There’s no reason to go blow money on some ostentatious rock. How about a professional portrait of the new family all together? You can’t deny that a lot of women have this “I deserve it attitude” that’s becoming more prevalent. I actually had a girl tell me, and I quote, “I’m a princess and I deserve to be treated like one.” She was bitching that I didn’t foot the bill when we ate out.
Guess what bitch, I’m in college (read: broke) and until I feel like this is a relationship that’s headed for marriage I’m not spending my most precious resource on you. Even then, for the women to come out and suggest that “well it’s pretty common now for there to be a push present” is absolutely unacceptable.
This is without a doubt something that has been manufactured by marketing just as the engagement ring was.
Khronos
It is fitting and proper for a woman to receive some sort of recognition from her spouse regarding a new baby.
WHY DOESN’T THE RECOGNITION OF THE HUSBAND EVER INVOLVE SPENDING LOTS OF $$$$$$?? Women seem to think that recognizing their husband involves sucking his dick and that’s ridiculous as sex is simply a part of a relationship (unless you guys don’t have sex for whatever reason).[/quote]
I agree. The culture of consumerism seems to cheapen what could be meaningful relationships based on intangible and abstract concepts like respect, love, caring, and understanding. The fact that many people feel a deeper connection with products(and things that come about as a result of them staying in relationships) than with the other living person is also disturbing to me.
[quote]Avocado wrote:
Steel Nation wrote:
Avocado wrote:
Don’t they know that the average kid takes about 1.9 mill to raise to the age of 18?
Whose ass did you pull that number out of? The average person won’t make that much in their entire working life.
But I agree. These women are selfish, materialistic cunts. A few grand would look a lot better in a college fund than it would on her wrist.
That is the latest longitudinal (18yrs) study in Canada, so I suppose it’s in canadian $$$. That is also within the middle class demographic and includes government spending on the child as well. So It includes supposed tax money coming back at you. Things like school, medicare blah blah. the US one would include insurance payouts and things like that that you guys pay for privately.
So that is why it seems inflated but that is the price of children not only to the parents but to the community etc.
-chris[/quote]
Damn, that is a boatload of cash. I guess Canadian parents better make damn sure their kids end up being worth the $$$.
In the US we save a lot of money by giving our kids as little education as possible. We are thrifty like that.
[quote]FlavaDave wrote:
WHY DOESN’T THE RECOGNITION OF THE HUSBAND EVER INVOLVE SPENDING LOTS OF $$$$$$?? Women seem to think that recognizing their husband involves sucking his dick and that’s ridiculous as sex is simply a part of a relationship (unless you guys don’t have sex for whatever reason).[/quote]
I would take a blowjob and some anal over a fucking diamond any day of the week.
But that’s me.
[quote]Steel Nation wrote:
Damn, that is a boatload of cash. I guess Canadian parents better make damn sure their kids end up being worth the $$$.[/quote]
I don’t know how they get a figure of 1.9 million. Average family income in Canada is somewhere around 55,000$… if you assume a kid is at home for 20 years, you’ve got only 1.1 million total. I remember reading the figure of 250,000$, and that came from assuming a good return on investment if you put the cost of kids in stocks.
They can learn everything they need from watching TV anyway.
[quote]Kalle wrote:
Just give her a pearl necklace,
Problem solved. [/quote]
My first grade teacher always praised the added value of a gift you made yourself.
Just to show you’re willing to splurge a bit, get her a copy of Fight Club and Blood Diamond. With any luck, she gets the messages, if not, she at least gets Brad Pitt and DiCaprio.