No money no honey!

@zearah (5381)
Philippines
January 17, 2010 8:42pm CST
Our neighbors are happy family especially the wife whenever the husband won in his local lottery game. But during those times of continuous lose wife will attack the husband with her sharp tongue. This is a normal scenario here in our village. Do you know some people with this kind of life style?
15 responses
@ckyera (17331)
• Philippines
18 Jan 10
hello zearah! well, when i am still on my hometown, i know some who are like that! hehe and i guess it happens most of the time to couples... coz maybe the wife just become problematic thinking what to serve her family...of course if they don't have money, how can she buy things for them...hehe and so she wants to push her husband to do something...which usually ends up in nagging and fights! just like what i have read... 'when poverty comes in at doors, love leaps out at the windows...' i don't know how true it was but i know it does happen...
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@ckyera (17331)
• Philippines
19 Jan 10
yeah yeah, i also hear that here in my place! hehe and it sounds funny but its real.
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@zearah (5381)
• Philippines
19 Jan 10
In the mountain where my mother used to live with, normally the couple's motto is "ok lang saging basta loving" (banana as staple food instead of rice due to poverty but still there is a happy family).
@zearah (5381)
• Philippines
19 Jan 10
True love is tested through thick and thin...hehehe...just lemme laugh...I remember something
• Philippines
18 Jan 10
That's not a healthy family. They promise to God to be together for better and for worst. Marriage is sacred.
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@niitesh (1653)
• India
18 Jan 10
Not just in village every where it is the same old story no money no honey, now a days i think only the successful people have the right to love and settle down peacefully in life.
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@zearah (5381)
• Philippines
19 Jan 10
Poor people, poor in money poor in love, yaaay
@fwidman (11514)
• United States
18 Jan 10
I think that applies to couples everywhere in the world when it comes to gambling, be it a lottery or card playing or betting on sporting events. Everyone loves a winner
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@zearah (5381)
• Philippines
19 Jan 10
The winner takes it all from money to love, nyeeeeeeh
@dianmelydia (2269)
• Indonesia
18 Jan 10
I think we should understand that money is not everything but money can buy everything. Nowadays people always thinking that a woman who loves money so much is a materialistic woman, but the fact is no matter who are you, where do you live, or what is your age, the fact is everybody needs money for continuing their life. But of course over obsession of money is a bad thing and it could harm us back again. Have a nice day and happy mylotting.
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@zearah (5381)
• Philippines
19 Jan 10
Not only a woman even a man has a great interest in money but as you said obsession to money is wrong.
• Philippines
18 Jan 10
It happens. That's why we dont blame the husbands if they would hit their wives, not that i agree with it , but women need to behave sometimes you know. Marriage is a relationship u keep through good or bad times, most especially during bad times.
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@zearah (5381)
• Philippines
19 Jan 10
Nowadays I can see not only battered wives but also battered husbands. Without money life is in misery.
• Philippines
18 Jan 10
Lots of my neighbors are like that. They don't care if they can create a loud noise, for them the important is to explode the arguments. That kind of scenario can be found on poor class and some middle age family. When they lose money that is the initial reaction. They release their anger to one family member, sometimes to their husband. When the wife attack their husband, I guess it is still wrong. Any misunderstanding can resolve by talking each other seriously, husband should not allow their wife to do it to him.
@zearah (5381)
• Philippines
18 Jan 10
Yeah, somehow poverty ruins a happy family which should not be. As you said there should be a proper conversation on this matters.
@nanayangel (7879)
• Philippines
18 Jan 10
Hi there Zearah! I can't remember anything in particular similar to that but I would like to look beyond the third person's point of view. May be I would think that maybe the wife is doing that because the husband is not earning enough to suffice to the family's needs. Mainly, it is the man's responsibility to feed his family especially if he's the one more capable of doing so. But if he only earns money through the local lottery, then maybe the wife has a right to nag her husband about it in hope of getting him to find a job or something and be a real family man. And maybe, the wife is happy when the husband wins because they have something to spend on their needs. On the other hand, if the husband is doing his best to earn, I think it's wrong to sling hurtful words towards him.
@zearah (5381)
• Philippines
18 Jan 10
Yeah you are right! Husband should be a responsible provider for his family.
@sid556 (30960)
• United States
18 Jan 10
Ya, Unfortunately I know plenty of people like that. They are all happy and loving when times are good but when things get tough then they lash out at each other and blame each other rather than pull together and try to work things out which would probably make them closer. They will tell you it is brcause they are stressed over the lack of money but wouldn't you think that fighting amongst themselves not only does nothing at all to help the situation but it just adds to their stress level. Now they have no money and their relationship is going down.
@abhaijith (2963)
• India
18 Jan 10
Hi friend, Its a common thing in Indian rural areas. A good wife should be with her husband in all situations but in some areas its difficult to see such good people. Good Day.
@zearah (5381)
• Philippines
18 Jan 10
By nature individual is keep on wanting a thing. Sometimes when wife want something that husband cannot provide it may cause problem, which should not be the case.
@rbfalife (14)
• United States
18 Jan 10
I've never encountered a scenario like that before. However, I do see where the wife could possibly be coming from. If the husband is losing money that he should not be spending in the first place, than it makes perfect sense. Of course if he wins, she probably isn't going to say anything out loud in public, but I'm sure that she is still upset that he's basically gambling away their money, which could have gone to better use such as paying utility bills, mortgage, and groceries. At least that's the way I see it. If it's money that is spare and they are both agreeing it can be used, than I don't see why she'd be mad.
@andy77e (5156)
• United States
18 Jan 10
I have grown to greatly dislike women who treat their husbands poorly. Life is so difficult as is, and then to come home to a rude, insulting, nagging women who does nothing but tare you down... I'd rather stay single. There was a guy I knew who has just such a women, and she made me sick, and he was always so miserable. I can not imagine what fake way she mislead him to marry her. There is no way any benefit of being married could cover the life long torture of being with such a women.
@GoGirl149 (152)
• Canada
18 Jan 10
I think most people are like that. When you have money, you are nice. When you don't, you look for someone to blame.
@zearah (5381)
• Philippines
18 Jan 10
That's nearly true but as you said "most", yes I agree not all but most of the people have this kind of mentality, hehehe
@stand87 (664)
• Bulgaria
18 Jan 10
Oh, yes! Not having enough money can really hurt you and your family. From my own experience I know that when there are no money problems everything's going well somehow. You say " Well, this is not good, but it can be worse!" This "worse" thing is not having money. I'm in such period tight now and I have lots of bad conversations with my mom and dad. I don't like it at all!
@esjosh (912)
• India
18 Jan 10
To run the family purely on gambling and lottery is highly risky stuff. But what your discussion topic suggest is absolutely correct. There is no Money there is no Honey (Sweetness) in life.