From watching literally thousands of men I can tell you there are a few commonalities……especially in the expat community in the Asia-Pacific.
Men who pick wisely in terms of marriage partners, tend to be wealthier.
“Behind every great man there is an even greater woman”. Sounds old-fashioned but is still often the case today.
Conversely, those who spend too much time chasing money when they are single, and having multiple divorces later on, often lose long-term.
I have often spoken about the importance of spending habits on these answers, and not just income.
However, what is the emotional reason behind over-spending? There are many, but for some men, spending money on impressing women is a huge thing.
The best clothes, suits or whatever. Go to any flash nightclub, almost anywhere in the world.
What do you see outside? Scenes like this:
Flash cars outside nightclubs. Sure beats boasting about your $2m investment account, for shallow people anyway.
Honestly, pick wisely with your life partner. My wife complains if I don’t reuse my shopping bags and is probably more frugal than I am.
Some people will tell you things like “no money no honey” but it isn’t true.
Women aren’t a monolithic group. It isn’t true that literally 100% of women or men are exactly the same, in terms of values and money.
Pick the sensible types. Just date the shallow ones at most. Look at the Twitter gold digger and how a CEO responded to her last year……