A friend at work has lunch with you every day, Monday through Friday. This female friend has been dating a guy for about a year. They seem to be very much in love. He has been pushing for her to move in with him. Finally, he has bought her an engagement ring, and they hope to get married in a year . . . or two . . . or three. He has a lot of old debts he wants to get paid off from a bad spot in life he is still trying to get over. She is still trying to pay off her student loans from college. He is using two arguments that she doesn't have an answer for:
1) We are in love and we are now engaged and we are planning to get married anyway. Everybody is doing it nowadays anyway. Don't you know lots of people who live together first before they get married?
2) It makes sense financially. If we live together, we will be able to get married sooner. I can pay off my debts quicker and you can pay off your student loans quicker, because we will be sharing expenses of housing and utilities. He does not attend church anywhere, but he seems like a pretty nice guy. He is friendly and pretty stable. She goes to a local church every Sunday on a regular basis and was brought up by very devout parents. She asks you, "What do you think I should do?"
This question can have two dimensions one social and other financial.
As we know the entire world is running on the basis of financial tradeoffs and in fact, love relations are also a sort of tradeoffs in which financial stability and financial position of the persons being involved carries a lot of value.
As in this case, it is said that if both the individuals get married, they can save a lot of money in the form of sharing the expense of flat and daily utilities and products. This will facilitate a lot of financial support to both the individual which can enable to get rid of debt and education loan.
Looking at this trade-off of being married, the proposal looks quite attractive as it will ensure that both the individual will be better off in marrying each other. This decision will be further supported as both are in love with each other and they like each other’s company.
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