Chip Chick
“This is the thing. Until you’ve actually paid bills and been out on your own or even had to worry about money, you just don’t understand until someone puts it into perspective for you or until it’s forced on you.”
“Budgets are often generous too and usual spending can easily exceed that if you’re not careful. Real life is pretty expensive.”
“Lol how dare you manipulate her with facts and logic!”
“Honestly – books and movies can generate unrealistic expectations on love and marriage. Marriage is a legal lifetime partnership.”
“Love makes it wonderful, but if you base a marriage off of love alone – you’re gonna need a lot of luck too. Life goals need to align, how you handle conflict, financial tendencies, even work ethic.”
“I dated a guy briefly who I was really into – but he was a 3rd shift stocker at Walgreens making a little above minimum wage.”
“Which is totally fine for some folks – but he had zero ambition beyond that. That’s absolutely fine for him.”
“I had graduated from college, I wanted to own a house, I wanted to retire someday. My goals and his didn’t align. Probably would have had a lot of fun, but I wouldn’t have been happy long term with someone unmotivated.”
“My husband and I clicked on every level, he has a good blue-collar job as a machinist, and we love the hell out of each other. All of the big pieces were there, a lot of little ones fit too.”
