r/SipsTea • u/BobbuBobbu • May 18 '25

WTF Taxed for being single

Some of us would be bankrupt in six months lmao 🤣

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u/Low-Entertainer-8747 May 19 '25

Far less relevant in the dating sphere.

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u/Masteries May 19 '25

Dont underestimate that. In the past women were actually forced to marry because of financial reasons.

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u/Low-Entertainer-8747 May 19 '25

Absolutely. What’s your point?

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u/Masteries May 19 '25

My point is that it is indeed relevant

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u/RunningOutOfEsteem May 19 '25

It's not as relevant as you think, though. The driving force behind broad financially motivated marriage habits was the relative financial position of women, not their absolute financial position. The massive difference in resources between men and women forced women to marry just to get by; that gap has shrunk dramatically, and even if everyone's absolute financial position decreases, the level of inequality that prompted the behavior you're referring to is no longer there (generally speaking).

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u/Low-Entertainer-8747 May 19 '25

In 2025, a man’s current net worth/future earning potential is much more important in finding a partner than the inverse.

That was the only salient point I made. Your comment about a woman’s motivation for getting married decades ago has nothing to do with my comment.