Turning In the Playa Card Has Rewards.

This is a man's world, this is a man's world
But it wouldn't be nothing, nothing without a woman or a girl

-James Brown's "It's a Man's World"

I have a routine everyday before work. It goes like this.

The Queen of Hearts calls me.

I do the three S’s (For those who don’t know, it is Sh&*, Shower, and Shave).

I get my food.

I drive and call her to see how her night went.

I am at work.

I love my queen so much, I am going to marry her.

….with that being said.

I know a month ago we were talking about single black women and I know there are many available single black men in the areas (Maybe not in the city, but I know the country has a batch of blue-collar worker. Trust me, I am one.) I did wonder who would it benefit if a brother married a black woman and I found the answer. It doesn’t matter if you are Wall Street or Hill Street, brothers need to know that marriage is where it is at.

If you think women still reap more economic benefit than men do from marriage, you may be living in the past.

Today, men are better off economically because their wives are, too, suggests a new study on the economics of marriage by the Pew Research Center.

It shows women's education and earnings advancements are translating into overall improvement for men.

"Marriage is a different deal than it was 40 years ago," says Pew economist Richard Fry, a co-author of the study. "Typically, most wives did not work, so for economic well-being, marriage penalized guys with more mouths to feed but no extra income. Now most wives work. For guys, the economics of marriage have become much more beneficial."

Pew used Census data from 1970 and 2007 to compare U.S.-born married people ages 30-44 — ages when "typical adults have completed their education, gone to work and gotten married," the study says.

I had to really think on this one. Most guys that I know that are married are very well off. Even though I have queen, I am still considered “single.” I look at this as a win/win situation for any brother who is married. I mean the old saying “Two heads are better than one,” is well in play. So for the single ladies who think brothers are going to be like this…..

After reading this, many guys need to think about the short-term playa cards and trade them in for a long-term prosperity.

In Today's Economics of Marriage. It's a Man World.

SA.

To the brothers, what are your view about being married vs being single? To the ladies, at this time where there are available successful single sistas, how would you view this?