On: How to Afford Anything

[edw519]

...women don't give a crap what kind of car you have...

How strange.

OP advises being able to afford anything by being "frugal" and then claims to know what women care about. He must not be married.

I agree with much of OP's advice. Just be aware that the quickest way to stop following it isn't loss of discipline but falling in love with someone who doesn't want to live that way.

[afterburner → edw519]

"women don't give a crap what kind of car you have"

Not when you're married, no... but when you're single? It's taken as an indicator of your wealth and status (whether consciously or not).

[billybob → afterburner]

Personally, I think women who are concerned about your wealth and status (beyond "he's not a bum") are too shallow to worry about, anyway.

[afterburner → billybob]

To a certain extent I agree, but to another extent, everyone worries about your ability to provide. It's just... a factor, along with the rest. Not to everyone, but to most people.

[rythie → afterburner]

Well in the U.K. we have a very easy system that tells you age of the car based on the number plate. Despite this, very few women know the ages of the cars they see. If the car is clean and a good make, they don't know the difference. If not, a personalized plate hides the value to most of the rest.

[elbenshira → edw519]

Ken is, in fact, married, as you'll find out if you just read further down the article.

[edw519 → elbenshira]

How'd I miss that?

Marrying smart means to marry someone as cheap as you are.

That would require me to marry someone from the intersection of the sets WomenWhoWouldMarryMe and WomenWhoAreAsCheapAsMe. I suspect that the population of that intersection asymptotically approaches zero.

[sp332 → edw519]

Well really, how many spouses does one need?

[potatolicious → sp332]

One, but the smaller your total viable set the less likely your search algorithm will return within your lifetime.

[younata → sp332]

Well, depending on where one lives, one can have between 0 and as many as one can afford.

As for need, that obviously varies from person to person.

[jemfinch → edw519]

How does a set intersection have an asymptote?

[pigbucket → jemfinch]

I think its population declines with the number of hours logged in to HN

[pvdm → elbenshira]

Married with 2 kids. Hypocrisy.

[jasonlotito → edw519]

> Just be aware that the quickest way to stop following it isn't loss of discipline but falling in love with someone who doesn't want to live that way.

He addresses this specific issue further down.