Why are the majority of women so bad with money?

[Robert28]

One of the main reasons I've held off getting married isn't because of the high divorce rate, it's because I don't want to marry some woman who will break me financially. I know so many women who don't have a dime to their name and depend on their boyfriend/husbands to take care of them financially and most of the time it becomes a financial strain on the man(who had plenty of money prior to meeting the woman) and ends up in divorce because "he got lazy and we were broke and we never had any money for my kids and I need a man who's responsible". Now, I'm no millionare but I do have a good bit of money saved up, I have VERY little debt and I sweat just thinking about getting married to a woman who will have access to my finances and leave me broke in a few years because she has to have 45 purses that are name brand and shoes to go with each one. Or they want to take yearly vacations to expensive places when all you need to have fun is go rent a cabin for the weekend and fish, but no they want to go to Paris for two weeks and fly first class or some sh*t.

How do you find financially responsible women?

 

[Albatross953]

I've actually thought about that a lot. But if want my best guess, I really believe its a hundred thousand years of us bringing home the mammoth. They are bred to spend, we are bred to go get.

 

[SoSuave666]

Women are coddled by their parents unlike men. When I went to college I got jack sh!t from my parents with regard to money. My sister? They paid her way and got her a house to live in. Granted, I earned an athletic scholarship, but I didn't have any extra cash on the side from my parents. When I got out of school I was on my own. When my sister got out she was free to live in her house by herself "searching for a job."

My most recent ex does not earn a dime of her own money, lives alone in a house her parents bought, and has her grad school classes paid for. No loans, no debt, no nothing. There is no concept of earning your own way, paying your dues, or any other expression used to define financial struggle. Men have to put up with it, women do not.

And oh yea, big daddy government will be there just in case the mother and father can't provide.

 

[IBreatheSpears]

So don't give her unfettered access to your finances. Maintain separate accounts and give her an allowance. If she wants to spend like a child, she can be treated like one.

 

[Robert28]

So don't give her unfettered access to your finances. Maintain separate accounts and give her an allowance. If she wants to spend like a child, she can be treated like one.

My friend did that but it backfired on him when she filed for divorce and she was awarded half of his savings, oh and she also left him with $14,000 worth of credit card debt and he never had a clue she even had a credit card! When she applied for it she used HIS income.

 

[skinnyguy]

You're a smart man. Women have an addiction to buying crap like accessories with can be really expensive. I plan to only get married if the girl makes more money than me.

 

[mangotot]

The problem is that some of them like shopping too much hence the drain in money. You should find someone frugal if money is a big concern.

 

[VladPatton]

Women are coddled by their parents unlike men. When I went to college I got jack sh!t from my parents with regard to money. My sister? They paid her way and got her a house to live in. Granted, I earned an athletic scholarship, but I didn't have any extra cash on the side from my parents. When I got out of school I was on my own. When my sister got out she was free to live in her house by herself "searching for a job."

My most recent ex does not earn a dime of her own money, lives alone in a house her parents bought, and has her grad school classes paid for. No loans, no debt, no nothing. There is no concept of earning your own way, paying your dues, or any other expression used to define financial struggle. Men have to put up with it, women do not.

And oh yea, big daddy government will be there just in case the mother and father can't provide.

I sort of rant about the financial situation of some of these girls in my latest thread, but yeah, I agree with this. A lot of them are spending machines because mom and dad shovel money their way.

 

[In2theGame]

Its simple, because all they want to do is spend. However... if they dont want to spend their money, They will just use your money.

 

[The_411]

As simple as men making decisions from a logistical viewpoint as opposed to women letting emotion interfere in making decisions.

 

[Poonani Maker]

They justify EVERYTHING in the short-term. In other words, they are incapable of thinking long-term.