A survey conducted shows that when asked which man they would choose to marry, most women’s ideal partners are men with low-income but lots of savings as opposed to men with high-income but no savings. This might be understandable from the perspective that men with high income but no savings probably have money management problems, a lack of self-control, or such low self-esteem that they need to splurge and lead lavish lifestyles to feel accomplished. If the income suddenly falls for whatever reason, it could be difficult for them to re-adjust their life to a more frugal one.
However, research reveals that when it comes to actually marrying a guy, women eventually choose high-salary men with no savings as opposed to low-salary men with lots of savings. Hypotheses are that low-salary men with lots of savings might be stingy, which explains their amount of savings. And nobody likes stingy men. That hypothesis could be true but I do not necessarily think that is. I think a more plausible reason for this choice of marrying a high-income earner would be that if a woman gets to control the purse strings after marriage, it’ll take a much shorter time to save a few million yen with a high-income earner. In that sense, it’s easy to catch up with the low-income earner with lots of savings. Even if they don’t get to control the purse strings, it’s logically easier to manage what you already have than try to increase what you don’t. So, reducing expenses is easier than increasing income. Also, well, if a guy is making a lot of money, there’s probably something in him that’s got value people are willing to pay for.
Funny how the choice is between a lot of money coming in and lot of money in the bank.
Where is the love?
Well, i think the even more obvious reason, is that ppl with high income are generally more attractive in the first place. Plus, no men will reveal their savings information to a random female. Such info only comes to light at a later stage of the relationship. Therefore, higher income leads to higher chance of getting a partner, thus the higher rate of marriage compared to lower income men.
But yes you are right, where is the love? Probably extinct. lol. *bitter
That’s a good point.
It’s probably easier to ask how much they make than how much savings they have.
Your funny stories and way of writing has me coming back to read your posts!
On an unrelated note, you posted a few agencies that non Japanese should look into… I’ve heard of a lot of recruiting agencies just doing an initial intake followed by silence… Do you have recommend agencies that you personally recommend?
It depends on what you are looking for and your qualifications but off the top of my head, for more general career options try Hi-Work and Hays Consulting. If you have high-level specialized skills in IT or finance, maybe you can try Michael Page and Robert Half.
Like you I’m also into ecommerce and SEO! Your former job at Google sounded cool….. Your latest post says your doing something glass related….. Will you get back it Internet advertising?
I’ll take a look at your suggestions, thanks for the help
I don’t see myself going back into digital advertising anytime soon. Maybe not ever.
It’s a huge market and I do think it’s interesting and have a lot of potential to grow making it a worthwhile career choice, but I’m not sure if it’s what I want to do.
Perhaps I might get back to IT-related stuff because I’ve always been interested in IT. But what’s more important for me is to not be a full-time employee. I don’t want to limit my income potential, not that I’m making a lot otherwise. But at least, working till the wee hours 7 days a week as a freelancer makes me excited; unlike being an employee, where even 5 days a week of 9 to 6 is a torture.