Money matters. very specifically, you want a lot of it(usually). Eventually, though, you run into a scenario where you start to value your time more. I'm at that intersection right now. I actually turned down a promotion a few months ago. It would have paid a bit more, but it would have just been too much time, too much stress.
Having money and living under your means removes so much stress from your life. It's unbelievable. I'm 30 right now, but I swear I'm getting younger mentally. My rent is only about 8% of my monthly salary, I haven't even used a credit card in four years. Debit and forget it. my parents struggled. I vowed I never would. I even got a vasectomy about 4-5 years ago to make sure I don't have any unwanted accidents, ya know.
An individual WOMAN doesn't matter so much, except for mom, but women in general are pretty important. People usually slip up when they are focusing in on one womAn, rather than many womEn. Dealing with multiple women is always cheaper, in the end.
As for the guys with Lambos and their buddy in the passenger seat? What's wrong with that? You don't go anywhere with your friends?
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And keep in mind I said what's important is to have "that bare minimum of money". I'd say a good threshold is 60K a year. If I made 60K a year, I'd be completely happy money wise, any more is gravy. After that, I'll take women over money.
60k is way too low, especially if you are capable of more. You can survive easily on that if you want to live pretty basic, but let's say you catch the travel bug and get tired of staying in hostels or 1 star hotels? What if you want to try out a fancy cruise, or a resort?
Sometimes you might get the urge to rent a Porsche gt2 for a week, while in vegas, that's 4k right there.