Costs Men Pay In Life

These are the terms that men would usually use to make us feel better when we spend our money (especially when it comes in a large sum) .

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Spending that can be managed

1. Gathering / Hanging out with buddies - Membership Fee

2. Dating - Investment

3. Marriage expenses - Down Payment (taken from long term money savings) of a Mortgage

4. Wife / Household money - Maintenance Fee

5. Remarriage - Remortgage

6. Kids - Single or multiple Mortgage with possible refunding (if they still love us when we're old)

7. Service taxes / Tips / Donations - Petty Cash / Social Responsibility

8. Income tax - Nationality, Security & Protection Fees (just like gangsters)

9. Properties / Real Estates / Shares / Funds - Shelter, Social Status Insurance & Money Investment

10. Parents - Loan Repayment

11. Transportation / Food / Grooming / Clothing / Health (medical checkups & food supplements) / Studies - Life Insurance & Self Maintenance

12. Hobby / Collections / Shopping / Gaming - Entertainment Fee (for self pleasure)

Unexpected spending (during emergencies)

13. Accident settlements / Health care (hospital) fees / Fines / Lawyer fees / Court fees / Bailouts - Insurance Fee, an unavoidable price to pay for being stupid. Shit happens when we avoid these!

Something that we might (& might not) get back

14. Tax Refunding / Subsidizes / Discounts / Freebies / Prizes / Gamble & Lottery winnings - Government's Dividend & Corporate Social Responsibility with God's Blessings

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There might be mistakes on the usage of financial terms as the writer writes base on his understanding.

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All in all, these costs are obligations which we bear in life.

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[ESTD. 2004]