Category Archives: Relationships

One thing that I found out when I got married is that being a woman who looks acceptable costs a freaking heck of a lot more than being a man who looks acceptable. From the Instyler Rotating Iron to those Happy Hair things that girls put under their hair to make it look big, there are trillions of products out there for women to buy in an attempt to look good, by their own standards. As a guy I buy a think of shampoo+conditioner for about 3 bucks every couple of months, a stick of deoderant for 2 dollars every month, and about one bar of soap every three weeks that costs about 50 cents. I spent 16 dollars on a beard trimmer that I use about once a week. All of that adds up to a tiny fraction of what my wife spends. Just her foundation make-up that she buys every couple of months costs 12 bucks. She uses shampoo and conditioner at about three times the rate that I do. And then there’s haircuts. I get mine cut for free. She spends 55 bucks to get hers cut and colored every two months. She tells me that’s a lot less than what other girls spend on that. Just one reason why I could never be a polygamist.