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help him get through, if she ain't working get a job and support him
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I’ll stay with him n maybe start also looking for a job 
Get a life insurance policy in his name, get him killed in an accident, take all the money and find another murgha 
Kaisay kaisay topics shuroo kar daitay hain log 
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When you get married to a person....that is basically a commitment that two people now have one life....they will be together through every thick and thin....leaving someone just due to financial constraints is not correct...both morally and socially....until and unless the person is a dumb ass, kaam chor...and doesnt wanna work....thts a different case :p but otherwise...no no no.....
and remember....marriages dont come with lift time guarantee....ups and downs come in every married life and when two ppl grow together......the love and bond gets stronger with time :)
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If I were in a marriage solely based on convenience, and felt no obligation to him, I don't think I would stay. However, if you care about each other, I can't imagine leaving them because of a situation they can't control. Material is just material, love and compromise can transcend that.
Though, I may just be too idealistic.
So why 'in this day and age', the basic qualifications for a man to get married are degree, salary and overall financial status?
If these qualifications are not for money, then what are they for?
Ummmmm...those are not the qualifications I look for in a man and neither do my parents. You only got ONE right out of three...not lookin' good for ya buddy.
Here is what we look for:
Character
Degree/Education
Sense of Responsibility/Zimmidaar
His financial status doesnt really mean much to me if his ego is too big to fit through the door. His salary doesnt mean much to me because I can support myself. I'll be happy living an average lifestyle for the rest of my life and prefer that over having oodles of money and misery.
Unless he improves the quality of my life in a way that I cannot alone...I dont see the need for keeping a man around simply for financial stability. Its too much work for something I can manange well on my own Alhumdulillah. He should make me a better person, help me look at things from a different perspective, compliment my flaws and vice versa. We should be able to joke around, laugh, have fun and make each other happy. Thats what is really important. Yes, money helps a lot. No argument there. However, is it the reason one should marry and stay married? No...that would be miserable and a fate I would dread.
Here is what we look for:
Character
Degree/Education
Sense of Responsibility/Zimmidaar
His financial status doesnt really mean much to me if his ego is too big to fit through the door. His salary doesnt mean much to me because I can support myself.
These are your personal preferences, maybe because you are not in Pakistan.
People living abroad may have changed their preferences due to limited options, but not in pakistan.
I was responding to your statement "women no longer need financial support from men". I really wish this becomes true in our culture, but sadly this is not. And that's a fact.
In Pakistan, the first qualification in a potential bachelor is his financial status/salary. And if salary is not good enough, then comes degree which is a proof of a future potential. Then comes everything else.
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^ Here's a pot calling the kettle black.
As if the men look for a sughar, saleeqamand, simple biwi.... all that they and the mommies want is a gorgeous, tall, gori chitti young larki. phir chaahay stupid hee kyoon na ho... the more stupid the better (under the thumb rahay gi).