You’re leaving out all the stuff the girl buys.
Once you’ve ‘bought’ the girl, she’s ‘bought’ your paycheck.
My kid brother just broke up with (Thank you God) a girl that managed to ‘help’ him spend over $100K in a year. $1200 shoes (several pairs at a time), vacations to tropical paradise locations (several of these), tuition for her kids, toys for her kids, trip to Disney for her kids, 2 or 3 thousand dollars a month on clothes, bought her a car, etc. It was Lifestyles of The Rich and Famous! On an oilhand’s (really good, but not Donald Trump!) salary.
My family’s been in the oilfield for nearly 65 years. The difference between who has money when they retire and who doesn’t is nearly always up to the woman. I’ve seen one exception to this. In that case the oilhand had a gambling problem.
If he’s got a happy marriage and she’s not spending him to the poorhouse he’s usually a very happy boy...
I was in the energy field service biz a long time. While a colleague was buying race cars and gorgeous leather jackets, I was socking it away for the future. I’ve often wondered how he turned out.