Materialistic values compromise marriages
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WASHINGTON: Less materialistic spouses are more likely to find themselves in happier marriages than those who dwell too much on money and possessions, a trio of US researchers say.
In findings published Thursday, the team led by Jason Carroll at Brigham Young University in Utah explored the impact that value differences about materialism could have on a marriage.
Previous studies limited themselves only to materialism in itself, and not the importance that husbands and wives placed on material things.
From data collected from 1,734 couples, they concluded that, even among spouses who shared the same materialistic values, "materialism had a negative association with marital quality."
"Marriages in which both spouses reported low materialism were better off on several features of marital quality when compared to couples where one or both spouses reported high materialism," they wrote.
Besides money woes, materialistic couples also had less effective ways of communicating, and more negative ways of resolving conflicts.
Giving practical purpose to their work, the researchers said their findings supported a notion that a couple's financial problems were more likely the outcome of behavior or attitude issues, and not just simply a lack of money.
The findings appeared in the Journal of Couple and Relationship Therapy, a scholarly publication for marriage counsellors and other working with couples in rough relationship waters.
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the couples are to reduce their own materialism and end up saving the money for their child's future materialism
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Lol, that leaves out most Chinese,Indon,Philippines and American girls for marriage.
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Alas.
Nobody can live on love and fresh air alone.
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again, as mentioned many times, the horn of materialism brings prosperity...but also marital destruction...
and....er hem....materialism and the world's greatest consumer is WOMAN
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Originally posted by Fcukpap:
and....er hem....materialism and the world's greatest consumer is WOMAN
They are targeted for propaganda brainwashing by advertisers.
Advertising Has Targeted Women For Decades
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Originally posted by charlize:
Alas.
Nobody can live on love and fresh air alone.
but surely we can do without 'luxury' for the sake of family life.
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Originally posted by Fcukpap:
again, as mentioned many times, the horn of materialism brings prosperity...but also marital destruction...
and....er hem....materialism and the world's greatest consumer is WOMAN
Yes Woman is the root of all evil.
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lol... that's a tad bit harsh aye Bio-Hawk. :P Women... cant live with em.. cant live without em. Sigh..
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Originally posted by dragg:
but surely we can do without 'luxury' for the sake of family life.
Now, buying a hdb flat to live in and start a family is under the column "luxury".
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Whoever says you can live on just love alone, please go fark yourselves.
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no one says without bread and butter....but even with bread and butter, women hardly survive....
the point is unrealistic expectationS...which is the crux of the problem....
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hence, they deserved to be farked
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Originally posted by BadzMaro:
lol… that’s a tad bit harsh aye Bio-Hawk.
Women… cant live with em.. cant live without em. Sigh..
Harsh? I am being kind.