Prince: In replying to Big Brother comment...

In replying to Big Brother’s comment…

In reality, money is important, but money can not buy everything. As far as a human-being concern, we all know that most human-being is ‘money slave’ because we embrace the thought that money is everything. Though, do not deny the fact that money is needed to survive, even in relationship, however, comparison between money that need to spend before and after marriage, amount to huge differential if you realize that.

I wouldn’t quantify love in percentage as it is something you can give without cost, love is endless, especially love to family, children and your love one. A mere 5% will bring disaster in relationship, even if only 5%, of which you are investing now, then have you gone over the 5% in your relationship now? Are you well quantify and well keep your 5% in your relationship now? And how would you know you keep 5% love only in your very own relationship?

Only if material drives the start of a relationship, then money will constitute a major part of what we called ‘route towards stability’. Is your relationship starts only because of money, or because of love and feeling?

Yes, you need money to run your family, but keep focus only in your relationship in this particular topic that we are discussing. Are you already in a marriage relationship? If no, then plan ahead so that you are financially stable to set-up your very own family with the one you love in these coming few years. If you are already married, then you know better than me how much would that cost to run your own family supporting and nurturing your own child.

The ability to enjoy life constitutes part of human-being, but do not obsess with enjoyment. Having a drink at Hawker stall can also be part of your own life enjoyment, not necessary having it a places which you can’t afford, however, it is rather conservative thought about the ability to spend. Assuming spending RM10 for a drink once a month in places like Coffee Bean or Starbuck when (if) you are earning RM 2000 a month, is only 0.005% of ones’ income, is it affordable?

Every human being has their own commitment and responsibility, and of course, different person views their commitment differently, because living under a ‘person’s very own world’ without knowing the rest of the world, will give you a perception that your work is far greater than others. In fact, others people are having even greater commitment than anyone else…

Well, personally, I am stuck with my Education loan, and furthermore, I am committed to house loan, which already took up 80% of what I earn, excluding other expenses which you may or may not know. Nevertheless, I never think that my commitment is greater than anyone else, because I know, out of the world out there, there are someone who are living under stress, and having a greater responsibility and commitment than I do. That’s my mindset…

"Relationship before and relationship after marriage will always affect ones life directly or indirectly."

The quote is rather interesting, I realize the impact after marriage, and however, I have doubt about “affect” of ‘relationship before’ marriage. If you don’t mind explaining how it affects directly or indirectly in your life before marriage, in term of what you mean by financially stability before marriage, and how 5% love in your relationship could be managed?

It is of course, a great deal for a naïve person like to me learn, so that I would try to invest only 5% on my love in my own relationship, and invest the rest of 95% with what I can earn in materials. =)