We all fall in love, one day. For some it’s a one-time process and for many it’s an ongoing process. It would not be wrong or incorrect to say that nowadays, it’s actually a continuing process for plenty of people on this earth.
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Each one is in the process of finding a suitable one, or the most suitable one.
Few are lucky enough to find their soul mate quickly than others, some find it later and for some it’s a painful constant process.
Throughout this process, money, expenditure plays a significant role. Each one you meet, fall in love with, in any case you great and treat every individual coming in your life with several materialistic things, for a cup of coffee to expensive gifts and what not. The list is endless. You all very know and acknowledge it.
Each individual coming into your life, who makes you feel special, you also want to reciprocate in the special way to great him/her and treat him/her in the most perfect way. It’s necessary and some people make it mandatory with their specific preferences that you cannot avoid or ignore for the various factors involved.
It’s not an obligation or compulsion it’s the need of the hour to make your special friend, feel very special.
Throughout this process each one incurs specific costs, expenditures that are totally unavoidable. Besides, its not just the first meet, it’s a continuous process, either of the partners have to spend, together of individually, yet there is no guarantee that the relationship will work and anyone can walk out, leaving the large vacuum in the relationship and the deficit of the costs and expenditures spent.
For, some they can spend lavishly, they don’t have any problem splurging money in the most flamboyant style, rather they find it an exciting matter to spend money over others to show their own importance and act as Casanova.
But for many people, it’s a matter of great concern. Money spent and with broken relationships they totally shatter and are devastated individuals, before they can resurrect themselves and restart the entire process again.
Therefore there is no doubt that falling in love these days, can certainly be a costly affair, due to several social expectations, with ever rising living expenditures, and the overactive commercialization of love and romance. Its costs quite heavy on one’s pocket and it cannot be avoided, but can be minimized but then that will show your real value to vow your partner in the special way, thus resulting in spending more and more.
To start with the dating begins with several known and quite expected costs and expenditures such as:
Dining out
Gifts and
Several activities, the list is undeniably endless. Since you got to make your loved one, feel special.
Now, for example, one can really analyze that:
A dinner date in various cities can cost anywhere from $50 to $200. Just a basic calculation, generally you are not even allowed to think about it. It’s a matter of love affair. Nothing is more precious than that.
Complement it with expensive gifts such as chocolates, flowers, perfumes or even a piece of an expensive jewelry from tiffany, and then it really becomes even much costlier.
Besides, exceptionally special occasions like The Valentine’s Day, birthdays, friendship day and anniversaries actually bring their own set of huge costs and much expected expenditures, though quite a few partners expecting going on romantic escapes that quite often costs hundreds or even thousands of dollars spent, unaware of the eventual outcomes, even splitting or separating for the most loved one at any moment.
Let’s talk about the Online Dating, for some that also increases the bill.
Several apps such as “Tinder” or “Bumble” charge their subscription fees that are ranging from $25 to $65 per month.
Needless, to say that most individuals fairly invest in their overall personality and general appearance to influence their prospective partners and this usually works in the most outstanding manner.
First impression is the last impression, each time this philosophy has to be adopted.
There are several factors, such as:
Decently spending on stylish clothing
Overall personal grooming
Expensive skincare routines, and
Gym memberships to look fit and handsome
Therefore, remaining suave, stylish, fit and handsome or well-groomed certainly can run into spending hundreds of dollars monthly or as the case may be. It’s an ongoing process.
Now, once you are in a relationship, these expenses certainly continue and this all seems endless.
The couples or partners in love, some deeply madly crazily in love, rightly enjoy various leisure activities like watching movies, going to concerts, or even periodic dining out from time to time, ordering food and sweets online, going for regular home deliveries for various items to enjoy and have fun together, each time and this is ongoing activity which adds up to the bill.
Very commonly adopted these days the living together philosophy an another step that drastically increases the total financial responsibilities amongst these partners, such as:
Rent and Utilities
Common household living together, expenses. Besides, several small – big expenses, incurred from time to time.
The most interesting part is, when these relationships really grow much more serious, decide to be together forever, the overwhelming milestones bring much bigger costs and expenditures. Seriously this is draining on many, yet they jump to take this decision, for some to repent later, seriously.
Fabulous and expensive engagement rings often cost thousands and millions of dollars, while lavish weddings, destination celebrations, ceremonies, depending on the respective culture and traditions, even mutually agreed upon, can actually range from quite modest to ultra-lavish, entertainingly costing tens of thousands of dollars. The much required and much desired post lavish wedding, outlandish honeymoons to exotic destinations are a big time norm, lovingly adding several thousand dollars more that you productively spend to be together for quality loving time.
We all very well know, long term relationships thoroughly involve several major financial decisions.
Couples, partners lovingly wanting to live together, often invest in homes that can cost hundreds of thousands of dollars and those mortgages are sometimes pretty painful.
Worldwide, the costs and expenditures generally vary depending on the cultural norms and traditions and the living standards, but the financial characteristic of love is progressively super prejudiced by overall commercial aspects and factors, from extremely extravagant proposals to substantially customer driven celebrations that have definitely become the norm to follow for those wanting to be in love and falling in love, deeply, madly and crazily.
So, while the real love remains honestly priceless and invaluable, the much anticipated process of articulating and sustaining it often comes with a heavy price tag each individual has to abide by all norms to seek the rightful love.
Yet nothing is guaranteed. Falling in and falling out is equally painful for many individuals, still we all want to love and be loved.
Though, I don’t want to talk about divorces here, still the hefty price and the gruesome alimonies are dreadful.
Therefore, being watchful of these overall costs and several infinite expenditures and purposefully concentrating on significant, non-materialistic expressions that are more relevant of pure love and great meaningful liking, fondness and affection can certainly help keep ones love justly genuine and affordable, both. Go find that love! The love that love you and not your money, hopefully you will find that one day.
Thank you.
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