Who would be embarrassed if the cost of marrying a wife exceeds 2 million?

Letter from Netizens Recently, a "Ranking of the Cost of Getting a Wife in China's Top Ten Cities" has been circulating on the Internet. The list is compiled by netizens based on their spending on buying houses, decorating, purchasing home appliances and furniture, buying cars, hosting weddings, honeymoons, and the period from love to marriage. Among them, there are more than 2 million wives in first-tier cities such as Beijing, Shanghai, and Shenzhen, more than 1 million in Hangzhou, Guangzhou, and Nanjing, and Chengdu, which ranks 10th, has also reached 550,000. (Qianjiang Evening News)

Xiao Pan commented on the so-called "wife cost". As the name suggests, it is the money a man saves to marry a wife. It can also be simply understood as the cost of a man marrying a wife. As housing prices, commodity prices, and women's social status soar, the "wife cost" has also increased. Nowadays, marrying a wife can cost as little as hundreds of thousands or as many as several million. This has made many netizens marvel: It turns out that the wife is the most important. Expensive luxury goods.

Looking back at weddings in the 1950s and 1960s, most wedding banquets were held at home, where relatives and friends were entertained, several tables were set up, and the atmosphere was very "presentable"; the wedding rooms were mostly old houses. It was renovated and renovated, and it was quite pleasing to the eye. During the honeymoon, we mostly went to nearby tourist areas instead of traveling abroad. It was quite lively even lining up with three cars to pick up the bride.

Looking back at the changes in weddings over the past 50 years, life has improved, there are more and more "flowers", and natural life also brings fun, but when "planning" comes, the cost goes up. Of course, it is okay to have some wedding celebrations, but frugality should still be promoted. I always feel that young people today are under increased pressure to get married. In recent years, the cost of marriage has continued to rise, and wedding banquets have become more and more luxurious. Shanghainese spend an average of 4,127 yuan on wedding photography per couple. Ranking first in the country; Shanghainese leads the country in terms of food consumption (referring to the per capita single consumption of dining out) at 88 yuan per person per time, and the wedding banquet expenditure is not low either. Fear of marriage and gnawing at old age also follow. If you don't gnaw at old age, you can't get married. The author thinks that this kind of wedding consumption should be more frugal. Shanghainese have always loved reasonable and careful consumption, and are opposed to lavishness and unrealistic pursuits. The actual ostentation is famous throughout the country, but now the extravagance and waste in weddings is really puzzling.

Of course, not only people in Shanghai and Beijing are pursuing high wedding expenses, but also ordinary second- and third-tier cities. In fact, the rising cost of marriage is an inevitable trend in social development. Today's young people can make a lot of money, but not many can save and manage money. In the author's opinion, saving a "wife book" is something that young people should complete independently. To save enough "wife book", you can start from the following aspects.

First, work hard to make money and learn to save money. Moderate consumption, try not to incur additional expenses except necessary consumption every month, and develop good savings habits.

Second, on the premise of having savings, you must learn to invest rationally. Instead of depositing money in the bank where it will continue to depreciate and shrink, it is better to let "money make money". For the rigid demand of marriage, investment should be mainly steady, and it is safer to choose bank financial products with relatively fixed returns.

As for fund investment, financial planners recommend purchasing relatively stable bond funds and participating appropriately through monthly fixed investments. In addition, it can also be paired with products such as highly liquid monetary funds to provide a buffer for short-term emergencies.

Third, make good use of your credit card. In the future, when preparing for wedding ceremonies, decorating wedding rooms, purchasing home appliances and furniture, and purchasing clothing, you can enjoy interest-free installment payments, and you can also get more discounts.

Marrying a wife with 2 million is indeed puzzling. There is a popular saying nowadays, "Sincerity is not as good as red banknotes". What the author least wants to see is that two young couples who truly love each other will end up with each other. You have to worry about mortgage and car loans all day long, and even quarrel and get divorced. If this is the case, then does the meaning and purpose of marriage still exist?