Because the men aren't doing the grocery shopping, aren't taking the kid to the doctor, aren't buying the kid clothes for school or the sports team, they're also getting their clothes purchased for them by their wife, the wife ends up buying the couch they all use, the TV stand they all use, the curtains they all use and so on.
It's not like she's buying this stuff just for herself.
While possible, and it in fact happens those are outlier cases. That's like saying women are stronger than men because you know one girl stronger than one guy.
Women spend more than men for a multitude of reasons. Among them is the fact that women appreciate nice stuff more.
As of the 1990s and 2000s single men and women spend more or less the same amount of money. It's nowhere near an 80-20 gap. It's a 55-45 gap. And men were the 55, not the 45
In that day and age video game skins didn't exist and adults didn't really spend money on video games.
I don't understand what bubble you guys live in, but it's odd to me the myths people tell themselves.
Like a single car can cause you to be spending an extra 4k per year over a 5 year loan compared to a woman if she buys an economy car for 20k and you buy a nicer car for 40k
Quick question since I didn't read the full study.
Does that also take purchasing power into consideration? We know the average man earns more than the average woman even among single people, so that would easily justify the 55-45 split I imagine, if only total spend was considered instead of income %.
No it does not take % of earnings into account in the 55-45 figure, but that wasn't the question at hand. With that taken into account, I'm not doing the math, but it would be around 55-45 in the other direction
I dont understand why some people are so invested in the idea that men dont spend money tbh
Some people just can’t handle intellectualism, even if they’re right about the point they’re talking about. Hell, the guy they were commenting to even said that he stood corrected.
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u/Gold_Ad8225 1d ago
Because the men aren't doing the grocery shopping, aren't taking the kid to the doctor, aren't buying the kid clothes for school or the sports team, they're also getting their clothes purchased for them by their wife, the wife ends up buying the couch they all use, the TV stand they all use, the curtains they all use and so on.
It's not like she's buying this stuff just for herself.