Post Date December, 02 2023
Don't blame your partner's consumption habits in a hurry. According to research conducted by professors at Wharton School of Finance and Northwestern University, your lover's consumption view may be the reason for your marriage.
According to Reuters, Professor Scott Rick and Deborah Small of the Wharton School of Finance and Professor Eli Finkel of Northwestern University wrote in the research report, "The survey of married adults shows that when it comes to the psychological reaction to consumption, people with opposite psychological reactions will attract each other."
Researchers have found that people who spend less than ideal often marry people who spend more than normal.
George Loewenstein, professor of economics and psychology at Carnegie Mellon University, did a study entitled "misers and spenders" last year. He found that the degree of "pain of paying" people feel determines whether they are "misers" or "spenders".
In addition, Loewenstein's research also found that people can predict their savings and credit card debt from the degree of "pain of paying" they feel, but it has nothing to do with income.
Rick, Small and Finkel wrote in the report that this may be the reason why people with different consumption views attract each other. For example, those who find it painful to spend money may hate their own characteristics, so they appreciate people who are open to money.
Nevertheless, most single people still hope to find a partner similar to their spending habits.
"It is very unfortunate that people say there is a discrepancy between the ideal partner they want to find and the object they are actually attracted to," the researcher wrote. Different consumption habits in marriage usually lead to greater financial conflicts.
