Income/Housing required to get married

[Theorist]

Re: Income/Housing required to get married

@Zafra

What your salary is matters little in the grand scheme of things. What is your savings and what are you living expenses. That is the crux of the matter. I get paid adequately but I have saved for years before I got married, so it places a cushion for my mental well-being when it comes to married life.

Take some basic points into account.

1. Your current living costs - when married triple them.
2. Put aside 2x your salary for furnishing your own place. If you have a higher standard of living you need to make it 3x or 4x.
3. You won’t save any money from the moment of your wedding till the end of your 6 or 7 months after your wedding. You need to make sure you have enough savings to make that transition comfortably.
4. Do not be stupid and take on too many financial liabilities as soon as you get married. Meaning do not buy a home, do not make financial investments right when you are married. Patience is a virtue after all.

I would highly recommend you look at a home buying or an apartment by the end of your second or third year of marriage. But that is a personal preference due to economic insecurity and the volatility of the world economy.

And I would make a basic point about marriage most men are lucky to get without thinking about it but I have friends who have been burned by this.

**Marry a woman who understands the realities of life and that living on your own is hard. If you don’t get a woman like that no matter what you salary, saving or living standards are it won’t make a **ing difference.

This here is make or break! Now, how is one to supposed to find that out before marriage? PCG?