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Alternatively, cultivate a relationship that ascends beyond money. That's something worth cultivating?
by grwthckrmstr 9y ago
Alternatively, cultivate a relationship that ascends beyond money. That's something worth cultivating?
- xiphias 9y agoLike not eating and living under a bridge?
- throwaway2016a 9y agoThe reason money ends relationships is because severe lack of money creates tremendous stress. Overdue bills, not being unable to put food on the table, losing your house, ruining your credit score, not being able to afford your kid's college, not being able to afford medical care, etc. Not to mention it helps cause or bring out depression. Which is a crippling mental condition that requires a lot of awareness and fortitude on behalf of the people around you (aka your significant other). The kind of stuff people often commit suicide over. In fact, I'm shocked the suicide rate in startup founder's isn't higher. Never mind the divorce rate. Now you can argue up and down that "all you need" to whether those things in life and a relationship is "strength." But not everyone can be strong all the time. And it is even harder to be strong when, for example, one partner is the cause of most of the money troubles and you know leaving them would solve the problem for you. At some point the basic human instinct of self-preservation comes in.