Originally Posted by AKA_Monet (Post 1559574)

But you're right: no romance without finance

Originally Posted by PrettyBoy (Post 1559754)

Originally Posted by fantASTic (Post 1558466)

Haha, aren't you so clever!

:)

Originally Posted by AKA_Monet (Post 1559995)

A broke joker is starting out is one issue.

A joker who loses all your money so you cannot pay the mortgage and now is broke is another issue altogether. Especially if the money is yours.

A fella that loses his job, and slowly his finances dwindle, with careful planning, things can be handled, slowly and carefully.

But the fella who loses his job, spendthrifts his way to oblivion and the repo man as well as the collectors start calling and harassing the house, that must be dealt with swiftly.

Originally Posted by PrettyBoy (Post 1560057)

Originally Posted by PrettyBoy (Post 1560057)

Originally Posted by PrettyBoy (Post 1560057)

The joker that loses his job, what if things never get back to the way they used to be? Does she stay or leave? Some women will stay. It would be wrong to leave.

If he loses his job and spends freely that dude sounds irresponsible too. Who would stay with a man like that?

Originally Posted by AKA_Monet (Post 1560168)

We are talking in the context of marriage. If one makes the vow for "richer or for poorer" and they leave because the man somehow loses in a business failure and tries to have subsistent level of income from a career, then I think the duty falls on the wife if she is not working and may need to make a contribution if the couple does not have children.



I know of a man that purchases cars, not flashy ones, but gottdayum dumbass stupid cars like a Blue Hawaiian Chevy Truck from 1977 with a lift gate. AND a 1980-something Fiero--El Fuego! AND a Pathfinder Truck, A 1970-something RV that looks like junk.

Let's just say the IRS has questions and is charging him more than what some people make per year.

It is enough to make his wife go insane...



For the first case, most women will take off if the man has no job in sight. I think it would be wrong if say, I were to leave, if my husband was unable to find a job in 6 months to 1 year. But, my husband is unique and has placed himself in a position that if the folks laid him off, there would be TONS of companies begging for his expertise.

There is nothing wrong with women achieving similar circumstances. Sometimes it is not like that especially when someone has children. But there are SEVERAL women here who are doing that right now.

For the second case, the spendthrift, lazy dude or dudette, who would want to stay with someone like that... Well, you'd be amazed who folks stay with...

Originally Posted by ktbug10474 (Post 1602248)

so i know i'm drudging up an old thread but it's one i get EVERY year and i know it's supposed to be a joke but now it's just not funny anymore.

Every year for my birthday (as a gag gift) i get a partridge in a pear tree.... care to guess what day my bday's on???

Originally Posted by tben#32 (Post 1603677)

will first of all a $20 sweat shirt? will u know u can use it as a night wear....

so here is my story:
i dated this guy for about 3 years, from the beginning of my high school year to the beginning of my junior year in high school. as our 3 year anniversary was coming up i went to town trying to find the perfect gift. as i was looking around the mall i saw this cute dog. he is so into dogs so i thought u know i could buy him a dog. the dog was a pit bull. so the day came and he came over ( to my house) we sat there and we talked about our years together then i told him i had a gift for him, he told me he had a gift for me too so i was pretty hyped up about that day, as i gave him my gift he told me he loved it, as i was waiting for my gift he gave me coupons for a fast food resturant. he knows that i don't eat at fast food resturants. so the next day he told me that we should just be friends...

it was a great laugh though because i gave the coupons to a couple of kids. so yeah right now i am a senior in high school..

Originally Posted by christiangirl (Post 1606153)

I'm always a little offended when people buy me clothes that are way too big. Someone bought me a shirt that was a 3X for my birthday. :eek: At the time I wore about a L/XL, so I was just sitting there thinking, "Is that really what I look like to you????" It wouldn't be a problem if I were closer to it, but I was definitely offended. Now I'm about a medium, so a 2X would probably tick me off (unless it was someone who hadn't seen me recently). It doesn't bother some people, but I'm a little sensitive about it.

Originally Posted by fantASTic (Post 1553262)

What do you do when you get a gift for an anniversary or something that CLEARLY has no thought put into it?

Advice?