Freedomain Radio - Stefan Molyneux - Married Men: The Benefits of Getting Married
Aired: 2025-07-11
Duration: 03:31


=== Single Men and Spending (03:30) ===

[00:00:00]  So, is that enough for you to at least be open to the possibility that there are some significant benefits to men in getting married?
[00:00:08]  I'm open to the possibility, otherwise, I wouldn't have asked, but I don't find those convincing, and I can tell you why.
[00:00:14]  Okay.
[00:00:15]  Number one, none of the things you mentioned, and you mentioned a few, are a problem as far as I'm aware.
[00:00:21]  Like, men and single men specifically don't have a problem of, you know, stress and anxiety to the levels that women have, as far as I'm aware.
[00:00:34]  I'm not comparing men to women, though.
[00:00:36]  No, but I'm going to interrupt you because you're strawmanning me.
[00:00:44]  You're moving the goalposts and you're not responding to what I just said.
[00:00:47]  You're saying, well, but single men are less stressed than women.
[00:00:49]  That's not what I'm talking about.
[00:00:51]  So why don't you talk about that?
[00:00:51]  No, no, no, no, no.
[00:00:52]  That's not what I'm talking about.
[00:00:54]  That's not what I'm talking about.
[00:00:55]  What I'm talking about is that none of no, no.
[00:00:58]  I was driving to the point that none of these issues are a problem for men.
[00:01:03]  Single men don't need to earn more money and they can spend the money they earn for themselves.
[00:01:10]  Married men need to earn more money.
[00:01:12]  I accept the fact that they make more money, but they don't spend that money.
[00:01:17]  So it's not liberating.
[00:01:19]  It's not empowering at all.
[00:01:22]  So how is it?
[00:01:22]  Hang on.
[00:01:23]  So how is it then that married men end up with four times the assets of single men?
[00:01:29]  Because they make money, they put it aside, they invest it for their family and their kids.
[00:01:35]  I thought you said they spend it all.
[00:01:37]  No, the opposite.
[00:01:38]  They don't spend it.
[00:01:40]  The single men spend it for themselves, which is empowering.
[00:01:43]  So you're saying that single men spend more money than married men?
[00:01:47]  No, no, listen.
[00:01:49]  Married men make more money, and I accept that, but they don't spend it.
[00:01:54]  Single men make less money because they don't need as much money for themselves.
[00:02:01]  They make the money they need for themselves, and they spend it for themselves.
[00:02:04]  It's much more empowering, so it's not a plus.
[00:02:06]  It's not a positive.
[00:02:07]  And have you yourself ever been married?
[00:02:11]  I've got close to it, but I've never been married.
[00:02:14]  Okay.
[00:02:14]  I mean, as a married man, I can just tell you that you spend more money as a married man because you have a household to take care of.
[00:02:20]  That's my thought.
[00:02:22]  Oh, so married men spend more and also save more than 50%.
[00:02:28]  This is just propaganda.
[00:02:29]  This is just nonsense and propaganda because you just find yourself.
[00:02:32]  You haven't followed.
[00:02:33]  You haven't followed.
[00:02:35]  Once again, married men make more money, but they don't spend it for themselves.
[00:02:43]  Oh, so they do spend more money than single men?
[00:02:47]  Yeah, for the family, not for themselves.
[00:02:50]  But they still end up with four times the assets of single men.
[00:02:54]  Yeah, because they make more money, they put it aside for the family, not for themselves.
[00:02:59]  Okay.
[00:03:00]  So they still end up wealthier.
[00:03:03]  For the family.
[00:03:04]  Well, no, because by the time you retire, like you don't spend the, you don't spend money on your family your whole life, right?
[00:03:10]  It's just for the 20 years that you're raising your kids, right?
[00:03:13]  So when you get older, you have a lot more money and you can enjoy your retirement a lot better as a married man.
[00:03:19]  As a man, you want to leave something to your, you know, your people, right?
[00:03:23]  Or not?
[00:03:25]  Well, I mean, but you have that choice, right?
[00:03:28]  So you're going to have more money.
[00:03:29]  You can enjoy your retirement more.