/biz/ - Business & Finance

>>51154970
same here.
> 28, ex-gf 25
> I am a software engineer, working in Norway. i have a good income to live/travel etc but taxes are killing me.
> i am almost top %10 in my field but i can't climb more because i am just sick of it.
> friends have working gf's. they are building life together. home, car, van, travel, nice restaurants etc. mostly comfy jobs, scrum master, pm etc.
> and my ex girlfriend wants to be stay at home wife.
why ?
> because she had bad experiences in workplaces before and don't like to work at all.
i explained her basic economic facts about house, car, travel etc. and it doesn't worked.
desu, they want to live 'rent free'. if you can afford it, you need to sacrifice a lot as a middle-class man.
and if they are really believing in becoming a stay-at-home wife you can't do anything at all, they don't care.
it's so hard to find a partner nowadays.
and, I worked hard to climb the god-damn Maslow pyramid, I don't want to live at the second stage for the rest of my life.
also, my parents were edge of the middle-poor class, so I am scared of being at the edge rest of my life, I don't want to take that risk because someone wants to live rent-free.

>>24565763
You're still fairly near the bottom, anon...

Anybody want to share a newton referral code?

PSA:
GIVE FISHING RODS NOT FISH
PIC REL

PSA:

1. Stay away from drugs and alcohol with no restrictions I can see the addiction converting into OD

2. Don't give money away without letting them know that this is a one time and last gift or give them small small amounts consistently if they're reckless spenders

b) It is better to give a system that makes them money than to give them money; give a man a fishing rod is better than giving a man fish.

pic rel explains the emptiness one is to incur

>>22152957
It's called nofap, exercise, friends, and hobbies

>>8585163
if i were going to make that case, i would do it like this.
basic human needs
sex is one, but acceptance, belonging, achievement etc. - social needs - are also there
all of them release dopamine to tell your brain that you've made it in life and positively reinforce whatever you've done so you keep doing it
beating illidan 1st on server is a huge achievement that fills some of those primal social needs
the question is whether the dopamine it releases is greater than or less than the dopamine released when beating teen pussy
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