brother,
my advice to u is to marry a working woman who also earns,
that way u can let her use her earnings to maintain her needs while u take care of other issues like car , rents and general family provisions,

keeping a wife is something one need to plan well before involvement. wife is expensive to care for.modrately you will be spending triple of your expenses when you were a single.plan well before you get involved.

I think a better question to ask is how much would it cost me to replace certain services normally provided by a wife?

For example,
Sex. How much would a prostitute cost on an ongoing basis? Upside? The bitch leaves by morning.
Babies. How much would it cost to buy an egg, fertilize it and have another woman carry the fetus to term? Upside? After all is said and done no one can take your child from you without cause.

Other services can be contracted as needed.

'Intangibles' can be made up by developing strong friendships and family ties.

Women don suffer!haba!
@op,how much do u spend on ur girlfriend(s) every month? Galfriend dat only provide u with one quarter service if she so wishes once in a while? How much do u spend on ur generator every month? Ok,as advisers don advise u finish,no marry now! Ur wife is now being measured like tangible things.this is how u know d very stingy ones cos if he buys chewing gum or suya for u,he will write it down,then add all at the end of d month,cross check with other months to know wether his wife is bringing him down and cut his spending.gals beware! Unless desperate ones wey no de c d handwrittn on d wall.
Goodluck on ur research work. Women don suffer!

Hmm. . . wives are now like properties one has to maintain?
Sounds degrading to me.

my sister sadly