I was reading up on Nikon/Canon reviews and one thing led to another and found this little gem of advice for us males with regards to marriage:
Marry Smart
This isn’t about marrying someone rich; that’s marrying well.
Marrying smart means to marry someone as cheap as you are.
Your woman is always in charge. If she’s as silly with her money as most people, after you’re married, you can forget about having any money ever again.
A woman’s job is to spend your money. If she hasn’t shown that she can spend her own money well, she certainly won’t spend yours any better.
I got lucky with my wife. She’s even cheaper than I am, but she’s rare.
Want to know how cheap she is? She hates flowers because she can’t bear knowing that they die in a week and then the money is gone. She’d rather just have the money. I sometimes leave a $20 on the counter. When she asks “what’s this?” I respond “flowers.” She then gets all smiley.
Marriage is weird.
Though, as wierd as it is, it’s quite appealing to someone like me. I’m pretty cheap as well (contrary to popular belief) I just think some investments are more valuable than others; I’d sooner get my GF a boxed set of a series of books she likes than flowers simply because they last.