FWIW, that's the only thing some men have to offer. I've jokingly said the men who complain the most about women using men for their money and want women out of careers also want women to choose them over "bad boys" because they have "money".

I think it's the bizzaro version of the strategy where men marry the woman that they're emotionally/intellectually compatible with, but cheat on her with the "hot" girl that evokes sexual desire. They're doing the inverse where they marry the woman for sex, but desire to cheat on her with the intelligent and interesting woman.

FWIW, one of the more interesting quirks is that contracts that would have gone to European (and Japanese) firms are now going to Chinese firms. It's arguably a make work scheme for the Chinese to fuel internal economic growth, reduce unemployment, and ensure greater control over their own natural resource supply chains.

If youre buying super high end cuts that usually go to high end restaurants and other upper class buyers, it seems sensible in terms of pricing.

If you’re buying average ReWe cuts, then this is just awful.

FWIW, are they doing this to women outside of Southeast Asia?

I get why you're so viscerally against it, but if this all done on a consensual basis, I personally see nothing wrong. If a bunch of white dudes started marrying off Caribbean women, I wouldn't be mad. That just means the apex people think our women are pretty too! :-)

…and now you see why Americans feel broke.

The fun part is that the insurance industry is highly regulated in the US, its not very profitable, and home insurance is slowly becoming unaffordable due to natural disaster risk with some states losing coverage because regulators won’t allow even higher rate increases…

I remember reading that Germans love insurance, but its rather cheap compared to the US. Hell, full coverage for my decade old car is $180 per month, and thats with a multicar discount. Its cheaper than Canada, but it’s been hinted to me that ten timwa my coverage limit is near what I currently pay…

*And you don't need $500k. He estimates that you just need a bit over 6-figures per household.*

IOW, as I've jokingly said, you live like an immigrant.

The problem is that most people don't do all of this work to merely live like an immigrant.

NGL, my debt from some irresponsible spending was eating away at me. I can service the debt, but it still eats away at me compared to having no debt or just debt for something like a car loan.

With that said, I suspect I'm not feeling food inflation to the same degree because the giant package of chicken only serves two people with multiple feedings here.

FWIW, you're admittedly in a wonky spot given that while your American peers had student loan debts*, you missed out on their working years. So you married and had kids versus the others who maxed out their income and rode the housing ladder.

*You're slightly younger than my comp engineer cousin who was single for *years* and earned relatively high incomes compared to the rest of us.

Racists: This is a way better choice than the black guy! (/grimacing)

$15/hr at 6 hours per day for 5 days per week over four weeks is $1800.

FWIW, Medicaid pays for nursing home stays. In most states, it does not pay for home care, so it's easier to state parent X is broke and have the state cover the care than to spend your own money to care for your relatively while you're at work.

You too can live in an expensive top flight city with low income and few “coworkers” you can trust. :-/

FWIW, some of those men would love to go back, but the women dont want them for varying reasons. :-(

With that said, as the son of somebody that was an unmarried single mom until she met my dad, it’s possible, but you have to do some filtering. My parents were married until my dad’s passing, and theh were seen as the strongest marriage by others.

My 401k will be less depressing!

OTOH, time to secure some high rate long term CDs and bonds!

Some of them bought BTC. Some of them bought other, um, crypto instead. Some stored their stuff at a local institution called FTX…

Hence why some porn stars make “come backs”. Previously to mainstream porn studios or strip clubs, but now to Onlyfans.

And FWIW, even if the sex *stops*, a husband deciding to replace her with somebody else is seen with some degree of social scorn and shame even in modern secular circles. And there's an implied sense that she *supports* him in various ways and should be entitled to *something* if he opts to leave.

There's just far less public, widespread sympathy for the recipient of a sugar daddy's benefits. Her friends might feel sorry for her, but nobody will treat her the same way as married woman going through a divorce.

That's so crude.

He's more of a sugar daddy that actually loves and cares about you. :-P