Do you think that even this era of economic stress, attractive young women are still not doing the wise thing and get with a man with a good income?

[MatureDJ]

I watching this video where this guy is talking about how expensive things are "for me, my wife & kid", and I'm thinking that it would seem that women would prioritize marrying well so that they don't have to live so hard. Of course, once they become single mommies, they do think this way, but by that time, of course, they are spoiled goods.

 

[viking22]

Women would much rather get taken care of by the government or turn to sex work/only fans rather than be economically dependent on an regular guy with a good income. There is a reason so many women are left leaning. The conservatives who want the trad wife lifestyle end up with millionaires who buy them farms where they can churn butter.

Of course there is a breaking point and if AI does displace a lot of service jobs women will be disproportionately affected and some will look to older guys with resources to fund their lifestyle. But I imagine these relationships will be more transactional than romantic.

Then again you do get reactionary shifts between generations. So perhaps the younger generation will reject the Sex and the City lifestyle of serial dating/situationships/hook ups/chasing career success and instead look for relationships and commitment and have children young

 

[RangerMIke]

Significant social change will not happen until the economy drops into levels of misery. I'm not saying we should all hope we have misery levels as was experienced during the Great Depression, but this is what it will take to see a paradigm shift in attitudes.

Until someone is miserable, they will always pursue what they want as opposed to what they need.

 

[Solomon]

Women would much rather get taken care of by the government or turn to sex work/only fans rather than be economically dependent on an regular guy with a good income. There is a reason so many women are left leaning. The conservatives who want the trad wife lifestyle end up with millionaires who buy them farms where they can churn butter.

Of course there is a breaking point and if AI does displace a lot of service jobs women will be disproportionately affected and some will look to older guys with resources to fund their lifestyle. But I imagine these relationships will be more transactional than romantic.

Then again you do get reactionary shifts between generations. So perhaps the younger generation will reject the Sex and the City lifestyle of serial dating/situationships/hook ups/chasing career success and instead look for relationships and commitment and have children young

This is true, but as you mentioned, AI is already disrupting lives and it's going to get much worse.
When the CEO of Anthropic (one of the biggest AI companies in the world) says publicly that 30% of entry-level white-collar jobs will be gone by 2030, this doesn't just hit men. It impacts women too. The dating landscape will change completely. Right now, a huge chunk of men already struggle to afford dating. With AI wiping out opportunities and inflation piling on, women's standards in 2026 won't survive to 2036. They'll loosen in some areas like prioritizing a man's looks, but tighten in others like demanding real provision and stability.
Economic pressure always reshapes relationships. History shows it. The smart move is adapting now: build skills AI can't easily replace, focus on value and resilience, and keep your options open in dating and life. The game is changing fast.

Significant social change will not happen until the economy drops into levels of misery. I'm not saying we should all hope we have misery levels as was experienced during the Great Depression, but this is what it will take to see a paradigm shift in attitudes.

Until someone is miserable, they will always pursue what they want as opposed to what they need.

A buddy and I were talking last week, and he’s noticing a big rise in older women getting BBLs. These aren’t Instagram models we’re talking regular women in their 40s and 50s working at the post office getting BBLs.

He also mentioned seeing a noticeable increase in women hitting on him. My buddy is a red-pilled guy who got married two years ago, but since tying the knot, the amount of women shooting their shot even right in front of his wife has been insane. One even offered to be his side piece.

Poly and ENM relationships are exploding too. He’s in a big city (Houston) and I’m in a smaller one, but I’ve seen the same trend among women: the beta provides stability and pays the bills while she runs off on weekends for alpha attention.
I think a major economic crash is coming soon. The economy isn’t sustainable. When it hits, women will prioritize security and safety again, basically a man with a solid job or money who can provide the basics. You can already see the fractures forming, and anyone who thinks inflation is coming down anytime soon is mistaken.

We’re in for a wild ride the next few years. Don’t forget AI is taking jobs too.

 

[corrector]

I don't have a woman I believe primarily because I don't have a good income and have a crushing life situation that's consuming most of my bandwith, which includes issues of lack. I had a divorce that happened with financial stress or financial incompatbility being the primary deiver. I see couples out there allot of times. So I assume most guys are doing better than I am and pairing off because I see more couples in public than I see single people many times around.

You write these threads but you also claim you have allot of money/millions. What is your experience like when women know you are making a good income or have good assets? I don't understand why you are struggling with women if you have money.

 

[Slowhandluke]

This is true, but as you mentioned, AI is already disrupting lives and it's going to get much worse.
When the CEO of Anthropic (one of the biggest AI companies in the world) says publicly that 30% of entry-level white-collar jobs will be gone by 2030....

Look up luddites. Also, the ceo has a vested interest in pumping up his stocks... just like all ceos. "we are going to innovate the world. we are going to disrupt XYZ". its just so the stock climbs higher and higher... dont believe the hype. At the end of the day, its just about people interacting with people.

John Boyd a famous fighter pilot said something to the effect, the tools of war may change, but at the end of the day war is fought between people. AI is just another tool, there will be people using it... perhaps not just in war, but in other aspects... but behind the scenes will be people running it.

 

[corrector]

Women would much rather get taken care of by the government or turn to sex work/only fans rather than be economically dependent on an regular guy with a good income. There is a reason so many women are left leaning. The conservatives who want the trad wife lifestyle end up with millionaires who buy them farms where they can churn butter.

Of course there is a breaking point and if AI does displace a lot of service jobs women will be disproportionately affected and some will look to older guys with resources to fund their lifestyle. But I imagine these relationships will be more transactional than romantic.

Then again you do get reactionary shifts between generations. So perhaps the younger generation will reject the Sex and the City lifestyle of serial dating/situationships/hook ups/chasing career success and instead look for relationships and commitment and have children young

Most women working in onyfans, the vast majority, barely make enough money to do anything meaningfully with it, you are talking like $ 200/month. That is also the 5/95% rule, the pretory principle, that a very small minority of women may be making millions / hundreds of thousands of dollars while the vast majority are barely scraping by. Also, in my lived experience in seeing people in public, I see more couples than single people in general, and if women appear by themselves, they are usually with someone, like their parents or another women going about their busienss. To make an assumption they are all quietly doing onlyfans in the side doesn't add up to that. Sometimes you see a rare very hot looking women, by herself, that has a fancy car, or wallet, then you might have these back of mind thoughts about wondering what she is up too, but again that is very rare.

The government here provides next to nothing so it's not a real support. (ie compare food stamps or $ 700/mo allowance when basic rent is $ 2000 /mo, and say a woman would choose that over a guy that can provide a car, a roof and a credit card to spend money on her free time?). Sex work....that is it's own discussion. I don't know about third world countries like Thialand where there is allot of that going on, but I don't see that as a glamarous alternative and doesn't align with my lived in experience of seeing just a large number of couples. I'm seeing that women naturally like guys they are together with and normally it's a broken women with a past of abuse or someone she trusted tricked her into it, is usually the backstory, rather than someone work up one day and decided, what a great way to make money and have some fun..so that doesn't add up.

 

[BackInTheGame78]

Not stressful for me, TBH