What’s your bottom line on hobby spending?

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What’s your bottom line on hobby spending?

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Do hookers & blow count as hobbies?

Asking for a friend

Fishing, hunting, and mud riding have never held my interest to the point to invest a lot of time and money in them. The amount of money people spend on those three things is insane but to each their own. I try not to judge until we are doing an eviction on people that have a side-by-side, boat, and two $80k vehicles but failed to pay their house note. It happens more than you think.

You can’t afford shite

Models are not that expensive. Most of the ones I buy cost anywhere from $20 to $75. I usually buy anywhere from 1 to 4 a month, plus paints and other supplies.

Every hobby can get expensive, you can fish off of the bank with a bucket and a couple of cane poles for very cheap. I can guarantee you that only 1% of the bass fishing population is dropping $100k+ on a bass boat when there are other alternatives that can help you fish competitively in tournaments.

Everyone's situation is different but $1k/month towards your hobby should be a reasonable limit.

With model railroading, I don't buy anything new. At all.

There are so many estate sales and eBay listings where you can get something for half the price that it usually goes for new.

Except if it's a Big Boy... that's like crack to the foamers. They'll pay $700 for a used Athearn one with a broken gear.

I buy a new camera and lens system every year. So a couple grand at least on that one.

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bass boats are running in the upwards of $100k.

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This is just another example of things getting ridiculous because madison avenue tells us we "need to have this or we're trashy".

You need a 100k bass boat or youre just a poor rowing a pirogue. How many more fish you catch?

You need a 100k kitchen or you're just a trashy poor cooking on a skillet. Are you making better food?

You need $20k of golf clubs. Whats your handicap? Keeping it under 8? Probably not.

You need a 70" tv or your just a poor with an old tv. So you can watch reruns on Netflix?

You need a F250 Super Duty with really big emblems and SUPER DUTY stamped into the metal in like eight places or it's just a ranger. F150's dont count anymore. PS what are you hauling?

It gets really old and I do not fall for that stuff. If ya'll want to come over and have a cheap beer out of my white fridge please do so.

It all comes down to what do you want out of life and what are you able and willing to do about it.

To each his own, as long as you don't blame your neighbor

or expect your neighbor to subsidize you

or expect your neighbor to endorse you

or complain your neighbor does not mimic you

or claim your way is the correct way and others are wrong.

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Example, I can afford a $100k bass boat but it just seems idiotic at that point so would move into some other hobby.

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I'm in the same boat.


I just can't bring myself to spend that kind of money on something that I might use 30 weeks out of the year for maybe a total of 60 days. I bought a canoe and spend more time doing that than anything else. Small tackle box, small rivers and large creeks. Way more fun.