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EP.1293 Why men follow women: the real estate scoop on love and relocations!”
Ever wondered why many men seem to follow their partners' preferences when it comes to choosing where to live? We dig into this compelling subject with Josh, our special guest, who shares his personal story of moving to Sydney's Northern Beaches to be closer to his partner's family. Based on a fascinating study by Harvard University and Novak Properties, we explore how relationship dynamics often steer these significant life decisions, shining a light on subconscious choices and unspoken agreements that shape where couples settle down.
From Josh's account of transitioning from Bondi to the Northern Beaches to Mark's seamless move from the north to the east, we uncover real-life anecdotes that highlight the 'happy wife, happy life' philosophy. These reflections reveal how many men adjust their property choices to ensure their partners' comfort, often without much discussion. Tune in to gain valuable insights into the intersection of relationships and real estate, and discover trends that resonate with countless couples navigating Sydney's property market.
Harvard University, together with Novak Properties, conduct a study on men with women and property. Thanks, I'm a ringleader. So what you love, men and women, men and women and what they do with property, how's that bluff on Harvard University? When you put Harvard University, josh with stuff, it sounds official.
Speaker 2:It does, it does, doesn't it? It's almost like the stamp of approval when Harvard's put down, isn't it? It's almost like the stamp of approval when Harvard's put down, isn't it?
Speaker 1:Anyway, I thought I'd call the bluff. How are you this morning?
Speaker 2:Fantastic Yourself.
Speaker 1:Good, good, good. Now we wanted to talk this morning, guys and girls, about an observation that we see in property, and it's a long one, it's years and years of property, and it's a solid one. Like we're seeing, there's habits of what men and women will do as to where they will live around Sydney. What do you think about this, josh? Are you a victim?
Speaker 2:Oh yeah, look, I am a bit of a victim. The old saying goes happy wife, happy life. So yeah, I'd say I definitely followed my missus over to the Northern Beaches. But hey, sometimes it works out for you, mark. I mean, I probably wouldn't have seen myself over here without the extra push, and then now that I'm over here, I'm loving it.
Speaker 1:No. So the conversation? How did that go when you decided to make the move? Was it a conscious subconscious? Was there a conversation? No conversation. So you guys met. How did you end up? Sort of bundling into the beaches?
Speaker 2:Yeah, so really I would have met her coming over this way. I think we met down in Freshy actually, first date was down by the beach there but yeah, look, we'd been living together in Bondi once we became a little bit more serious. And then, yeah, it sort of just came up as a way of, you know, looking to purchase. You know she wanting to be closer to mum and dad. You know there's always that. You know kid talk, you know wanting to grow up next to grandma and grandpa, sort of thing. For her that was a big thing, scared me a little bit, but I just look yeah, I'm happy, let's start with just moving over there first and you know, we'll see what comes along, you know, along the journey. But yeah, it was generally. Yeah, she wanted to move back over closer to family. I'd been over in the area before when I visited. I loved it a bit of a change from over in the east. And yeah, that was simply my story. Anything you could note yourself, mark.
Speaker 1:Yeah look, I did the same thing and when it was although it was probably more of a actions and no words where I just found so I met Lisa. She was from the east, I was from the north and, believe it or not, never really had a conversation about it. It was just about, yeah, that's what we do. We ended up going through a couple of different suburbs in the east and then we were like, oh, I didn't sort of and probably got to five or ten years later I was like, yeah, no, I don't think we're actually ever gonna be going, ever gonna be in the north ever again. Um, it was weird.
Speaker 1:So, you know, for some guys I think there's a consciously um, there's lots of talk or an arm wrestle even over it, and lots of guys, I think they just bundy into an area and don't even think about it. They sort of don't care. Gosh, I have to say. I have to say, if you're looking at the odds of guys going to the roots of where the girls live or girls going to the roots of where the guys is, I would suggest it's closer to five to one.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I definitely agree with you. I mean it. I think it's also a little bit of a sense of, you know, being mad. You want, you know you want to make sure that your other half is as comfortable as possible. So I feel like there's a little bit of that in there, especially for me, you know, if you know, I want to make sure my girlfriend's or my partner's happy and comfortable in a place that you know we can prosper together. So I think there's a little bit of that in the background, a little bit of, you know, feeling of responsibility to make sure that you know your other half is happy. So, yeah, I definitely agree with you there, mark. And yeah, I think it's. Yeah, it's something that's probably not spoken about, but quite a common thing.
Speaker 1:And why is that like? Because I find it's almost tribal a little bit, where, um, you sort of go back to your nest, your nest, uh, mom, dad, brothers, sisters and all and all that are there. And I'm seeing that, I think I'm seeing a lot of people go to Queensland and when they go to Queensland, I think people are giving for friends, which was you know, um, a handful of fantastic people that have known you for 10, 20 years your family, born and bred your whole life and people give up that tribe and it's really funny. It ends up pulling them back, it pulls them back in, but it's the girls tribe more than the boys tribe, I'm telling you yeah, well, I think you, you know, I think it just comes down to a bit of, like your support network.
Speaker 2:You know sometimes there's a. You know you start in your young 20s, you know you don't have as many responsibilities going on. You may be at the beginning of your career, but as you start to push on towards those 30s, you know things start to get real responsibilities increase. You know you're progressing in your career, which means more time spent away from home and generally in the workplace or and I find that you know, as you get to that stage, life gets more serious. You sort of you do need another support network waiting for you in case. You know you are busy, you are held up.
Speaker 2:You know partners of these days Partners these days they don't want to put too much on the other half. So I find that having that extra support layer, such as mum, dad, brother, sister, I think that's really important, especially as times have gotten tough lately. You know what I mean. So I's really a major, a major part of that is just having the, the support around you and and sometimes that can't be your partner, not because they don't want to, but because they possibly can't. Um, and then that's what mum and dad, brother, sister, auntie, uncle, and I find that that's what.
Speaker 1:That's what does draw a lot of the people in or back in um, yeah, and also, um, guys, what we're talking about today is the odds.
Speaker 1:The odds, it's an odds game where you know if it's, if you're from x and and your wife is from y, most for some real your partner, girlfriend, uh, for some reason we've noticed that people end up living in y, where the wife lives, more, um, there was, there was, a book written by a guy called alan pease, um, which I've always referenced and thought was to be super, super interesting, and in that he goes back to, you know, thousands of years of of civilization and culture and stuff like that, and he often in that book talks about nesting and hunting, whereas, um, the thing off the cuff, he used to talk about peripheral vision, linear vision.
Speaker 1:So a guy can walk up to a fridge, look in the fridge and go where's, where's the source, and then a girl will walk up to the same fridge and just grab the source straight away because the visions, the vision is peripheral for for a lady and as an as an opposite example, if you say a guy can look at a distance and say that's all, that's about 100, 200 meters, and a lady will look at that and go, yeah, I don't even know how far away. That is because it's the linear vision, it's the hunting. So one's a peripheral vision which is nesting and one is a linear vision which is hunting. And I do think it goes back to those days as well where girls, girls, naturally nest, um, so they naturally go to their nest to nest and the men are like, don't give a shit where I live, I'll do, you know, as long as I'm happy. It's more that sort of hunting mentality, philosophy Could be that.
Speaker 2:Definitely. I mean, yeah, history's a thing for it to continue proving itself. Generally, patterns realign, present themselves over and over, so I think it's definitely got to have some of that mentality. I think you're definitely right there, mark. Think it's definitely got to have some of that mentality um, I think you're definitely right there, mark.
Speaker 1:So, ladies and gentlemen, if you haven't real estate, us in real. If you haven't noticed us in real estate can count the heads. And I've got to say, uh, if you haven't realized, we generally go where the women go. I'm happy if you disagree, but we're going with the numbers on this one agreed me being one of them have a great day. Thank you very much, josh, and everyone, enjoy this beautiful monday. Summer's coming, huh, you can feel it thanks, mark.
Speaker 2:Yes, start to feel the weather, guys. Uh, you're starting starting to feel those good sydney balmy, balmy uh afternoons and nights. I've seen a lot more people walking the dog. So, um, enjoy it, get out there and have a great week, guys, so cool. Thanks, josh, cheers, mate. See you, mate, bye.