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I have probably known the salaries of about 6 people outside my family my entire life from them directly.
I have probably known unmeasurable numbers of stories of sex from other people.
Although finances and sex if private, friends will discuss sex.
However, typically, once a romantic interest begins, the previous sex life becomes 'private', and only if I really really press will I find out the salary of a romantic partner. Now that I think about it, the most recent woman I dated told me her salary without me asking. May have been first time ever.
I think people that discuss income do so to compare them self to other people. But I bet the less money someone makes, the less they advertise it. You don't hear ANYONE bragging bout the 30K salary their getting. But 120K ? People will disclose that. But then, once people start making serious coin, they stop bragging, cause then it becomes dangerous.
WTF? How is talking about money a cause for women?
Your misogyny could just as well say the opposite -- people should talk about their finances, so no pitiable guy will be suckered by a golddigger with massive, secret credit card debt that he will have to pay for.
I've met lots of people who are willing to talk very openly about their sex lives, but are extremely guarded about financial matters. I mean, to the extent they refuse to even let their spouses know how much money they make. Anyone wonder why this might be true?
I don't really see that. Not in my own life, at least, as I generally don't discuss my sex life with anyone but my partner, and even then, only about the sex I have WITH my partner.
Discussing financial matters can make one a target for crime in a way that discussing sex can't. You can't exactly hack into someone's crotch like you can hack into their accounts.
However, I think people who will not tell their spouses how much they make are people destined for divorce. I can't see how anyone can build a life together without knowing that kind of thing about one another, especially if children are involved.
Discussing financial matters can make one a target for crime in a way that discussing sex can't. You can't exactly hack into someone's crotch like you can hack into their accounts.
Lol, I was just thinking earlier that people who were raised in the ghetto (like I was) would read the OP and say, "So?"
In real life I'd say there's less than 10 people that know how much I make or how many people ive slept with. On the internet, I'll gladly discuss my income (especially in threads where people think non college grads don't make much)
My sex life is wide open for anyone that cares to discuss, just not the number of people.
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I've met lots of people who are willing to talk very openly about their sex lives, but are extremely guarded about financial matters. I mean, to the extent they refuse to even let their spouses know how much money they make. Anyone wonder why this might be true?
Is that a good thing or a bad thing? Can I ask on what would you suggest that people should do, start talking more about their finances or talking less about their sex lives?
By the way - if you work in a bigger company, you can easily know rough or exact estimate of paychecks of people around you, especially if you go through rankings in that company. It is so because most bigger companies often resort to give the same paycheck to workers and they usually have "paycheck hierarchy" and many other (similar) things as well, which is a bad thing if you are pushing to establish yourself in general... but that's why bright teams of well-connected individuals can easily fight their share and push their way to become successful, because big companies can't effectively capitalize their enormous advantage due to somewhat "backwards" ways of reasoning WITHIN such companies.
I've never talked about either to anyone outside of my spouse so I definitely do not understand the logic behind it.
Pretty much this. I think it depends on what kind of crowd you run with. I don't know anyone who's open with their sex lives or their finances, other than maybe to complain about the economic crisis affecting their investment portfolio, or to mention their rental property, or something. Only one female friend has ever said anything to me about her sex life, and it was pretty general.
Talking about personal finances has always been taboo in the US, at least, among the kind of people who had much to discuss. Sex has been taboo, too, but that's loosening up a little. Maybe that's why you're noticing a difference.
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