>
> What people forget is for most of human history it has been the woman's
> job to take care of the family. It was the man's job to provide for the
> family. Thus I see nothing wrong when a woman requests a husband with
> resources to support a family. The question is simply how much is a
> reasonable amount?
>
> Supporting family has many levels of comfort and varies with where you live.
> I personally think $25,000 income per person in the family will support
> them quite well, anything more is luxuries. But that amount does need to
> adjust for location, what is fine in the Midwest is not enough on the
> coasts due to housing costs.
>
> And for a basis, a $100,000 house in the Midwest is a quite nice new 3
> bedroom. They get nicer from there. And older homes can be bought for
> less. In a smaller city that price is much lower than in one of the
> larger Midwest cities. Jump to the coasts and as someone mentioned
> $500,000 won't get you much. It is silly but that is the cost of so many
> people in a small space, land price shoots up far more than it needs too.
>
> So a Million is a lot in the Midwest and not so much on the coasts. It
> may not even purchase that simple 3 bedroom home, though it should.
>
> So is $2 million a lot to ask? Maybe not if she expected to live in
> California in nice neighborhoods. Japan can be just as bad or worse but
> for quite a large part of the world $2 million is a lot.
>
> But do not assume those assets mean you are set for life. My Family lost
> far more than that due to 911 and now has many problems. We still have
> not recovered from that. My parents went from having Millions to living
> on social security, we hope their renaming asset can be sold for enough
> to improve on that but it has been years with no sale. My brother lost
> $3 million and now is struggling finding enough work, he lost his home
> as well to poor bankers. And I am no better off, though I did not loose
> my home. Hopefully the economy will improve.
>
> So Sharon had every right to request such an asset but equally it
> shocked the men on here simply because it was so blunt. Men do not like
> to look at their own assets as a bargaining chip. Only those who inherit
> it or have been quite lucky in life tend to have enough to brag about
> and asking for Millions tends to need those people. I would recommend
> asking for a decent stable income as well since that asset may not last
> long.
>
>
> On another topic, Beauty
> It is built into men to desire beauty, though that standard may be
> different for each man
> It is built into men to desire younger women
> But man is more than his desires and his mind can overcome the animal
> nature, but he will still desire it
> So what he wants is not what he will get and be happy to have
> Often what is desired will not make you happy
> You are far better off if you can find a woman who will love you for who
> you are and that you can love for who she is, as then you are more
> likely to be happy.
>
> And for me the mark of beauty in Asian women is the Face followed by
> slender builds.
> Culture follows, as Asian women are more often raised with decent morals
> and better family values.
> I add that because American women are no longer like that due to the
> moral crisis in this country.
> I am not even sure I would want to raise any daughters here where it is
> considered normal for them to have sex before high school!!!
> Sure you can try to teach them better but when all their friends are
> doing such things, peer pressure is hard to fight.
>
> Well, that is enough of a post
>
------------------------------------
Yahoo! Groups Links
<*> To visit your group on the web, go to:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/asianamericanromance/
<*> Your email settings:
Individual Email | Traditional
<*> To change settings online go to:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/asianamericanromance/join
(Yahoo! ID required)
<*> To change settings via email:
asianamericanromance-digest@yahoogroups.com
asianamericanromance-fullfeatured@yahoogroups.com
<*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
asianamericanromance-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com
<*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to:
http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
No comments:
Post a Comment