Just read Johndoe's post in this board regarding affording lifestyle and one area where I feel a little clueless is how to handle finances in a LTR.
My life plan as outlined in another post is make decent money without working too long, invest as much as possible for passive income, and use the rest of money for travelling and experiences. I'm on a good path towards that but don't have a lot of assets yet.
Expensive stuff like cars, watches, first class seats, yachts or oversized houses don't attract me much. I also couldn't be attracted long term to someone who was obsessed about such stuff either. (I'm probably an extreme case, so if she occasionally likes to treat herself, that's fine).
With my ex, she was similar to me in terms of how we spend our money but I still felt like somehow I was losing frame because of the way we did things.
Since money and frame seem to have a strong link. I.e., if you have good frame, then you can have girls who are more easily "satisfied"? - whether that is through doing more chores or expecting less. I also don't mind sharing chores if she brings out other positives to make up for it, but I feel like that by splitting all chores, I'm losing frame.
One example is cooking, I like to cook. I don't mind doing it. I usually say, whoever cooks, the other cleans up. But my ex used to both cook and clean for her ex, and well, I felt like I was being judged for willingly accepting a worse deal than he was getting lol. Especially since he was definitely less financially abled. I know it's also an ego thing but how should a confident man handle such situations?
What are some good resources to learn or finance systems you guys have/know of for when you want a LTR to go the distance with kids etc?
My life plan as outlined in another post is make decent money without working too long, invest as much as possible for passive income, and use the rest of money for travelling and experiences. I'm on a good path towards that but don't have a lot of assets yet.
Expensive stuff like cars, watches, first class seats, yachts or oversized houses don't attract me much. I also couldn't be attracted long term to someone who was obsessed about such stuff either. (I'm probably an extreme case, so if she occasionally likes to treat herself, that's fine).
With my ex, she was similar to me in terms of how we spend our money but I still felt like somehow I was losing frame because of the way we did things.
Since money and frame seem to have a strong link. I.e., if you have good frame, then you can have girls who are more easily "satisfied"? - whether that is through doing more chores or expecting less. I also don't mind sharing chores if she brings out other positives to make up for it, but I feel like that by splitting all chores, I'm losing frame.
One example is cooking, I like to cook. I don't mind doing it. I usually say, whoever cooks, the other cleans up. But my ex used to both cook and clean for her ex, and well, I felt like I was being judged for willingly accepting a worse deal than he was getting lol. Especially since he was definitely less financially abled. I know it's also an ego thing but how should a confident man handle such situations?
What are some good resources to learn or finance systems you guys have/know of for when you want a LTR to go the distance with kids etc?
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. I hadn’t have an ltr with US born women yet (cuz I don’t really like white girls in general) but with the ones I been on dates - not a single one even offered to pay, I point this out because when I was preparing to move to the States, I was under the impression that women here are super duper feminist/independent/etc, turned out that’s not the case, at least when it comes to money
. Ultimately, you need to decide what is comfortable for you and find girls that share same values. But most likely, you will still have to to cover lion’s share of the expenses.