Why are women compelled to shop so much? I'm not talking about neccessities, but for items that:
1. They wear or use once.
2. They never wear or use.
3. Because their girlfriend has one.
Though men are also spend wrecklessly on certain "toys", it is not usual for men, unless they are gay IMO, to spend money on items this way.
With the divorce rate so high, and the NUMBER 1 REASON is FINANCIAL, wouldn't it make sense to make sure that money isn't spent unwisely?
BTW, my wife HATES shopping and we don't try to "compete" with others on the material things in life.
The main reason I get to be a stay at home father is that the ONLY debt we have is our mortgage and monthly utilities. We spend money on "fun" stuff, but it is only cash (or Visa checkcard).