09-15-2016, 03:33 PM
(09-15-2016, 08:33 AM)irukandji Wrote: But here's the question. Do you really believe that Nick never said to Juliette that his things were hers and vice versa? The two of them were planning marriage and, according to the arguments here, Nick still contemplated marriage through the time
Nick, Juliette, Grimm aside I think you are being victimized by generational bias. As Syscrash ad other remind me I am an old man with old fashioned ideas and ideals.
With that being said, one of the things I have concretely noticed with, uh, younger generations is a decisive shift in attitudes toward marriage, what it means to be married and the role of property in the marriage.
In the distant past when men were the primary breadwinner these was our money, our house, our car etc. Then in the 70s, 80s and into the 90s many working women tended to view it as there is our money and there is my money. And at some point after the 90s a new shift happened, there is my money, your money, my car, your car, my retirement, your retirement and our house. Just ask your local banker how many joint checking accounts there are now with younger couples. Moreover younger couple are tending to not jointly buy things except appliances for homes. One tends to buy the dining set, another the television, another the sofa and chairs etc...and when it comes to finances they are generally keeping them totally separate with a joint contribution to the mortgage and utilities or agreement that I pay this bill and you pay that bill. Many do not even know what their spouse is doing for retirement, how much they have set aside etc. It is becoming more pervasive in a paperless world, where unless your spouse lets you see it, you have no idea what is in their accounts as there may be no paper statements. What is clear is the idea of joint ownership is becoming antiquated in modern relationships.
That is my observation, in real life. With Grimm your mileage and observations may vary.
Kindest regards...
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