Deciding between being materialistic and moralistic
I don't know.
If I had the option to marry someone that would pay me $5,000 a month for the rest of my life, or work my own way to obtain money.. I would probably go for the easy way in and take $5,000 and do nothing rather than work my way into society with a degree and work for many years.
Would you choose morals over your materials?
October 9, 2012
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[quote=Chema]If I love said person and marry him, how would that be amoral?
it would be a win-win situation[/quote]
IF you find the one. But I doubt it though.... you'll be really lucky and i would really jealous.
@Oyster : Oh sorry I misread what you said on the other page. (Thought you were talking about yourself).
@trashed: I am fine at the 45K range, and working my way up. By 80k I mean, most of my friends wants to do a Ph.D. or go to med school, I wasn't talking about myself. I know these days are though finding a job, which is as soon as I can get my working papers (when I turn 15), I'll start finding jobs in a field hopefully, related to my major/career choice as work experience.
@TrueAtheist: Yeah, I know living in the city costs a lot. But you don't actually have to be living there, you can find a place where you can rent a "cheap" apartment for 1-1.5k monthly outside the city.
[quote=Oyster]@trashed: I know that it is around 60k annually. But there are lots of jobs these days, esp. in the business offers around 35-30k annually with little to no college education, and if you keep working and getting promoted, your salary increase. Well, most people I know of parents, relatives, or even some siblings of friends who graduated recently makes around 45k-66k range.
[Edit] Well one of my friend's older sister works as a medical technician and she makes around 54k? (If I remember correctly), and someone else who works in the business field for around 66k annually and they didn't go to Ivy leagues either, both graduated from a community college with a bachelors. I guess it depends on the locations, I'm referring to NYC.[/quote]
You also have to take into account cost of living. It costs a lot to live in NYC.
@Oyster : I think you have a skewed idea of what amount of money you'll be making once you're done post secondary. Usually, right after graduating, people are making around $35,000 - $50,000. I'm sure it all depends on what career you're going for, but don't be expecting $80,000+ when you're like 23.
@CorsairKen : Lol wat. "I don't care that she's rich and I don't care if she's hot -- [i]all i look for in a girl is her personality[/i]."
Yeah, suuuuure. /sarcasm
If you're looking for a life partner, you want to be attracted to them as well as being able to get along with their personality, but I think you're totally undermining how important attractiveness and financial stability is in a relationship.
@trashed: Yeah they could be really rich, but I still rather earn my own 60k or less income rather than to rely on my spouse. It would make me feel bad
Haha "$60k is a lot" tell that to my friends, they are always talking about making 80k+! after they get their degrees. Well they're only in HS like me. I guess people these days are falling for the money instead of going after a job they truly love. I don't really know what's "a lot" I guess enough for me to pay off my bills.
@Oyster : I am aware, and personally I don't know anyone who is struggling with an annual income of less than $40,000 for their entire household -- but that is all throughout Canada, and just a statistic I was throwing at you to put that $60k a year into perspective. $60k a year [i]is actually a lot,[/i] especially considering (from the thread's context) it would essentially be your allowance money from your spouse -- so you can only assume they are making at least $300,000 a year to be giving you a chunk of change like that. Lol.
[quote=Xgo321]ok think of some celebrity and they marry a really hot super model ok[/quote]
If I love said person and marry him, how would that be amoral?
it would be a win-win situation
@trashed: I know that it is around 60k annually. But there are lots of jobs these days, esp. in the business offers around 35-30k annually with little to no college education, and if you keep working and getting promoted, your salary increase. Well, most people I know of parents, relatives, or even some siblings of friends who graduated recently makes around 45k-66k range.
[Edit] Well one of my friend's older sister works as a medical technician and she makes around 54k? (If I remember correctly), and someone else who works in the business field for around 66k annually and they didn't go to Ivy leagues either, both graduated from a community college with a bachelors. I guess it depends on the locations, I'm referring to NYC.
@Oyster : $5,000 a month is $60,000 annually. Which is more than what the average Canadian [i]household[/i] makes per year -- which is $40,000 (with a dual income).
[quote=Xgo321]the option to marry someone that would pay me $5,000 a month for the rest of my life,[/quote]
[b]What? No way![/b] I refuse to rely on someone esp. my bf/spouse for money. Besides, making 5k a month by yourself isn't such a stretch anyways. If there's one thing in this world that I don't want to owe people, it's money, or any other tangible items.
Having your spouse financially support you does not make you materialistic. Working to support yourself does not mean that you aren't materialistic.
Deciding to live "the easy life" does not mean that you have low morals. Working hard throughout your life does not mean that you have high morals.
This situation is very circumstantial.
[quote=Chema]This thread lacks some context[/quote]
ok think of some celebrity and they marry a really hot super model ok
This thread lacks some context
I don't really believe in morals or ethics, so I would never pass up a chance to get $5K for doing nothing (srs)
If you marry someone you don't love, you will have to work every time you are in the house with said person
specially during nights