Hello there,
I just have to share this story:
A friend of mine, bringing home 3000€/mo (above 80% average income), is spending all of it and more.
He financed a used BMW 330d for 10K and is paying it off at a whooping 250€/mo. Instead he spends all his money on consumer shit for himself and his girlfriend. She is still an college and always broke buying clothes, photograph shootings, make-up, whatever.
They life several hundred kilometers apart and she is not willing to pay for gas to drive, so he always drives there.
She doesn't have money to go on snowboard vacation, so he pays for 8 days and buys both of them new snowboards (they both already own fine boards).
Her IPhone breaks, so he buys new Nokia Lumina for both of them. His smartphone was getting old anyway...
Her car breaks down, he borrows her a couple hundred, which has yet to be paid back (2 years now).
He also promised to buy her a brand new BMW 125 in case they get married (not engaged yet).
He also bought 2 Windows Surface Pro for both of them (779€ each).
Whatever is left over by his girlfriend is spend on new speakers, new XBox, new Laptop the usual.
I tell hom from time to time to pay off his debt and he says sure, whenever he has bought everything he needs, which, of course, is going to be never.
I do get how people can buy stuff for themself, hell I'm looking for a new laptop myself, but to double each expense for the GF, who is never paying for anything and always happy to be invited? I don't know.
Also I do know a very unpleasant word for ladies, who exchange love for material benefits. How can she not feel like that?
Damn I tought society has evolved beyond the Man-brings-Meat stage!
Thanks for listening to my rant.