okwithmydecay@leminal.space to Australia@aussie.zoneEnglish · 8 days ago'One thing after another': The almost $20,000 penalty for being single in Australiawww.sbs.com.auexternal-linkmessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up156arrow-down18
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minus-squareTaleya@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down2·8 days agofair, but you’re kinda wedded to the idea that “People with more money” more readily get partners in a weird way.
minus-squareDavidDoesLemmy@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·8 days agoIt is true that it’s harder to date when you’re poor. Try taking a woman out to dinner and asking her to pay for you. See if you get a second date.
minus-squareTaleya@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·8 days agoIf these are the only dynamics you think possible in dating, then money ain’t the reason you’re not getting a second one.
minus-squaremlc894@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·8 days agoI mean, by inspection, it seems easily true. If you’re working 100 hours per week, you’re probably not taking much time out for dating.
fair, but you’re kinda wedded to the idea that “People with more money” more readily get partners in a weird way.
It is true that it’s harder to date when you’re poor. Try taking a woman out to dinner and asking her to pay for you. See if you get a second date.
If these are the only dynamics you think possible in dating, then money ain’t the reason you’re not getting a second one.
I mean, by inspection, it seems easily true. If you’re working 100 hours per week, you’re probably not taking much time out for dating.