I get a magazine from USAA (called surprisingly enough USAA Magazine) that had some interesting stats on love & money.
3 in 4 single Americans are turned off by excessive credit card debt
46% of Women don't care how much their date spends on a date & coupons are OK
41% of women would pick up the check on 1st date
$116 is the typical amount spent on Valentine's Day (I spent slightly less, approx. $116 less))
$60 is average monthly amount spend on primping (not much of a primper)
Typical date costs 30% - <$50, 10% > $100,rest between 50-100
91% women say they would marry for love over money
cost of date $12-drinks,$36-dinner,$16-movie,$5-coffee = $60
managing finances in house - 25%-husband, 20%-share,55%-wife
3% of people with spouse or fiance have pre-nup
$4466 average cost of honeymoon
wedding costs $13370-reception, 1290-dress, 3300-photo, 1430-flowers, 400-cake,1500-rings,5130 - others = $26500
$3250 average amount of engagement ring
2.1 million marriages 2010
900,000 divorces 2010
1 in 3 married Americans say recession has stressed their marriage
22% of divorcees say money was cause of the split
$9.8 billion amount of alimony paid in 2009
30% admit to lying to partner about money
cost of education: $28500 tuition & fees, private,$8240 public (my first year was $324)
what kids cost : $226920 child born in 2010 to 18 (college not included)
$1014 monthly cost to feed family of 4
$4294 cost of raising baby to age 1
Weekly allowance: >$10-15%, 5-10 25%,<5-12%, rest nothing
I'm glad I am already married to a wonderful woman and educated and my kids are on their own!
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Saturday, March 3, 2012
Thursday, October 14, 2010
5 Things
My LW told me about a conversation she had with relatives when driving in the car at the Women of Faith gathering. They were talking about 5 Things that They Love about their Husbands.
I hope my LW was able to think of 5. I was thinking about the Top 5 Things that I love about my LW.
1) She is a great mother to our children - when I was in the military she was able to raise them with me away for months at at time. They turned out very well. Both are married to great spouses and have 2 or 3 boys (our grandsons). The kids did very well in school and have great personalities.
2) She laughs at my humor - I like to make fun of various situations involving both of us or activities with which we are involved.
3) She has a sense of adventure - she joined a Women's Swedish singing group and sings in Swedish and English. She then studied Swedish so she could do better.
4) She sings about everything - in a Bible Study (I think) we were talking about a musical and how everyday people do not burst out in song about everyday occurrences, well she is the one person who actually does it! Fortunately she has a lovely singing voice.
5) She is sexy!!!!
An archeologist is the best husband any woman can have; the older she gets, the more interested he is in her.-- Agatha Christie
You know it's love when you want to keep holding hands even after you're sweaty.
No man is truly married until he understands every word his wife is NOT saying.
A man is already halfway in love with any woman who listens to him.-- Brendan Francis
The trouble with some women is that they get all excited about nothing -- and then marry him.-- Cher
To be happy with a man you must understand him a lot and love him a little. To be happy with a woman you must love her a lot and not try to understand her at all.-- Helen Rowland
If love is the answer, could you rephrase the question.-- Lily Tomlin
LOVE, n. A temporary insanity curable by marriage or by removal of the patient from the influences under which he incurred the disorder. This disease, like caries and many other ailments, is prevalent only among civilized races living under artificial conditions; barbarous nations breathing pure air and eating simple food enjoy immunity from its ravages. It is sometimes fatal, but more frequently to the physician than to the patient. (DD)
I hope my LW was able to think of 5. I was thinking about the Top 5 Things that I love about my LW.
1) She is a great mother to our children - when I was in the military she was able to raise them with me away for months at at time. They turned out very well. Both are married to great spouses and have 2 or 3 boys (our grandsons). The kids did very well in school and have great personalities.
2) She laughs at my humor - I like to make fun of various situations involving both of us or activities with which we are involved.
3) She has a sense of adventure - she joined a Women's Swedish singing group and sings in Swedish and English. She then studied Swedish so she could do better.
4) She sings about everything - in a Bible Study (I think) we were talking about a musical and how everyday people do not burst out in song about everyday occurrences, well she is the one person who actually does it! Fortunately she has a lovely singing voice.
5) She is sexy!!!!
An archeologist is the best husband any woman can have; the older she gets, the more interested he is in her.-- Agatha Christie
You know it's love when you want to keep holding hands even after you're sweaty.
No man is truly married until he understands every word his wife is NOT saying.
A man is already halfway in love with any woman who listens to him.-- Brendan Francis
The trouble with some women is that they get all excited about nothing -- and then marry him.-- Cher
To be happy with a man you must understand him a lot and love him a little. To be happy with a woman you must love her a lot and not try to understand her at all.-- Helen Rowland
If love is the answer, could you rephrase the question.-- Lily Tomlin
LOVE, n. A temporary insanity curable by marriage or by removal of the patient from the influences under which he incurred the disorder. This disease, like caries and many other ailments, is prevalent only among civilized races living under artificial conditions; barbarous nations breathing pure air and eating simple food enjoy immunity from its ravages. It is sometimes fatal, but more frequently to the physician than to the patient. (DD)
Sunday, March 1, 2009
Match.com
All of the relationship websites seem to tell you that only if you & your date match each other in at least 40 - 400 different factors of personality can you be happy with that person.
My wife and I are different people (of course we have only been married 40+ years). She has many wonderful qualities; she is kind, smart, pretty, & considerate.
I like sports she feels they are a waste of time; she is a great singer I try but do not have the artistic abilities she has. I like finance things she lets me do the finances. I like to pick up as I work (like in the kitchen); she would rather cleanup later all at once. I tend to put things in their place (since my memory is not as good as hers) she tends to use all the space.
She was great with our kids; I tended to work too much & didn't spend as much time with them as I should have. I am very lucky she married me.
For two people in a marriage to live together day after day is unquestionably the one miracle the Vatican has overlooked. Bill Cosby
It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.Friedrich Nietzsche
There is nothing nobler or more admirable than when two people who see eye to eye keep house as man and wife, confounding their enemies and delighting their friends. Homer
Success in marriage does not come merely through finding the right mate, but through being the right mate. ~Barnett R. Brickner
A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person. ~Mignon McLaughlin
MARRIAGE, (n) The state or condition of a community consisting of a master, a mistress and two slaves, making in all, two. (DD)
My wife and I are different people (of course we have only been married 40+ years). She has many wonderful qualities; she is kind, smart, pretty, & considerate.
I like sports she feels they are a waste of time; she is a great singer I try but do not have the artistic abilities she has. I like finance things she lets me do the finances. I like to pick up as I work (like in the kitchen); she would rather cleanup later all at once. I tend to put things in their place (since my memory is not as good as hers) she tends to use all the space.
She was great with our kids; I tended to work too much & didn't spend as much time with them as I should have. I am very lucky she married me.
For two people in a marriage to live together day after day is unquestionably the one miracle the Vatican has overlooked. Bill Cosby
It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.Friedrich Nietzsche
There is nothing nobler or more admirable than when two people who see eye to eye keep house as man and wife, confounding their enemies and delighting their friends. Homer
Success in marriage does not come merely through finding the right mate, but through being the right mate. ~Barnett R. Brickner
A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person. ~Mignon McLaughlin
MARRIAGE, (n) The state or condition of a community consisting of a master, a mistress and two slaves, making in all, two. (DD)
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