For M.D. and Eve

[DAMINK™]

Women save more money so that they can buy clothes/shoes/accessories when they want to. Men don't have any real need to keep bits aside unless its for beer & cigarettes.

A lot of you are talking about who brings in the most money etc... But that is a totally different thing to saving your money. And I agree, women do like to save but its purely so that they can treat themselves every now and then.

I also don't think this is a class issue. Upper class women are exactly the same as lower class.. Only difference being that they may have more money.

Again i dont agree. Most people. Men and Woman over 30 will be trying to save money.
I brought up the fact men earn more simply to illustrate a point.
Men save more simply because they earn more.
To generalise any more than that would be bad.

[Dcrac23]

Again i dont agree. Most people. Men and Woman over 30 will be trying to save money.
I brought up the fact men earn more simply to illustrate a point.
Men save more simply because they earn more.
To generalise any more than that would be bad.

But really in a sense How often do you see a guy save a ton of money I mean you see it often but Gotta have money for HDTV's Surround Sound Grill, Etc...

[Fragma]

Again i dont agree. Most people. Men and Woman over 30 will be trying to save money.
I brought up the fact men earn more simply to illustrate a point.
Men save more simply because they earn more.
To generalise any more than that would be bad.

What is "saving" though? In my opinion, it is keeping money aside for something you wish to buy.
Men might have more money, but they don't save it.. They just don't spend it.
It shouldn't matter how much you earn. It's the reasoning behind why you would need to keep money aside.
If I have £10 and don't spend it for a week, that isn't saving.. It's just not spending.. But if I have £10 and decide that I want to wait a week until I get another £10 so I have enough to buy a DVD or whatever, then that is saving.

[Eve]

Why is that Women tend to save more money then Men in most relationships? I understand ya know Women gotta buy their purses and clothes and stuff, But in all actuality and truth Women save more then Men and I wanna know why & How??

I don't think women necessarily save more than men. Saving and spending habits depend on many factors: maturity, ambition, earning capacity, peer pressure and family history are some. For those women who do save more than their male partners, I assume that they are conscious of the need to be financially independent, to safeguard their personal future.

Women who are not financially independent are vulnerable in ways that men are not. When a woman raises a child alone (and many women do, with or without child support) there is the added responsibility of supporting a dependent. When divorces happen, women who are dependent on their husband's income are forced to enter the workplace.

Single women benefit from partnerships in their 20s and early 30s, when two-income households ease the pressure of rent and living expenses. But the social reality is that as women age, it can (arguably) be more difficult to establish a family or a permanent relationship - which leads to the pressure and limitations of single-income living. Conversely, it is socially acceptable for men to continue forming partnerships with women their age or younger.

In short, relationships are an economic partnership, but the effects are not felt until later in life. Women can't afford to be unprepared.

[Swat Runs Train]

because women live longer than men on average?

[Dcrac23]

because women live longer than men on average?

Um no Stop Trolling. Can we lock this down now kinda Irrelevant./