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Posted on 10/12/17 at 8:45 am to 50_Tiger
quote:
Then again I don't care for vacations.
Posted on 10/12/17 at 8:45 am to yellowfin
Posted on 10/12/17 at 8:45 am to StringedInstruments
You're not having much fun baw
Posted on 10/12/17 at 8:46 am to 50_Tiger
quote:
Then again I don't care for vacations.
Sounds like someone who swims with their shirt on.
Posted on 10/12/17 at 8:46 am to Mo Jeaux
quote:
Mo Jeaux
I have a very fun and rewarding career? I enjoy going to work every day.
I don't really even call it work
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Posted on 10/12/17 at 8:46 am to Pecker
quote:I agree with your overall premise in that discussion but $500+ per month in lessons for something for a kid who 4 years old or younger...hell i'm not even saying that's absurd or shouldn't be spent, but if you're spending it, that's part of your disposable income, that's obviously not a must have.
brb giving my kid a second-rate childhood
So the $5700 figure is wayyyyy off, it's easily more in the $20-30k range, and that's being generous.
Basically, the author doesn't really understand what disposable income is....unless he was mocking the hypothetical family? I did not read the article
This post was edited on 10/12/17 at 8:52 am
Posted on 10/12/17 at 8:46 am to trillhog
quote:
just a 3 day weekend in NYC runs around 5k without even buying anything.
lolwut
Three plane tickets: $1000
Hotels in Times Square: ~$600 for three nights
Food for three (9 meals, say a few snacks): ~$250
So that's what? $1800 right there? Where the hell are you getting $5000?
Posted on 10/12/17 at 8:46 am to Pecker
$3,000/month mortgage will do it. I'm sure its a shitty little house too.
On that income, anyone smart should be paying no more than $1500-$2000.
That's 12,000-18,000 per year right there.
Idiots.
On that income, anyone smart should be paying no more than $1500-$2000.
That's 12,000-18,000 per year right there.
Idiots.
Posted on 10/12/17 at 8:47 am to Displaced
quote:yeah, I don't see how they're "scraping by". Like lnchbox said, they have about $500 extra each month and have several expenses (vacation, clothing, child lessons, etc.) that could be reduced if something came up. And they could obviously save a good bit by moving to the suburbs.
It seems people are missing the point. It's to make fun of the mindset that these folks are "just scraping by"
Posted on 10/12/17 at 8:47 am to rocket31
quote:
You're not having much fun baw
How do you know that? Is spending money a prerequisite for fun?
Posted on 10/12/17 at 8:47 am to Displaced
quote:
Sounds like someone who swims with their shirt on.
Sounds like someone has a shitty job
Posted on 10/12/17 at 8:48 am to 50_Tiger
How in the frick can you not like vacations? Especially as a single dude
Posted on 10/12/17 at 8:48 am to Displaced
That is just a bad hypothetical. How do you only have $500K in term when you make $100K? And an effective tax rate of 30%? Come on.
It isnt hard to struggle on $200K. Stuff can pile up and out pace income at any level, but when it does you dont spend $300 a month on clothes, and go on 2 vacations.
It isnt hard to struggle on $200K. Stuff can pile up and out pace income at any level, but when it does you dont spend $300 a month on clothes, and go on 2 vacations.
Posted on 10/12/17 at 8:49 am to LNCHBOX
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Fun/Dates only $100 a month?
Hitting up the Applebee's 20 for $20?
No, but my wife and I can have a nice date night for ~$50. We don't order alcohol out. We do one...maybe two expensive date nights per month. Try to do other things. And we can always allocate money from other areas to our dates if we want to.
Point is, people are "scraping by" on much, much less.
Posted on 10/12/17 at 8:49 am to yellowfin
quote:
How in the frick can you not like vacations? Especially as a single dude
Because every quarter I have flown out to NYC / Seattle / KC / Chicago for business. I get my fill there.
Not to mention right now we are running another project out of Houston that I travel for when needed.
edit: It's on the companies dime.
This post was edited on 10/12/17 at 8:51 am
Posted on 10/12/17 at 8:49 am to yellowfin
quote:
Yeah I can barely fly my family to Maldives for 8k
That trip will run you closer to $15k. For about a week. If you do it right. And that's with no kids.
Just saying.
Posted on 10/12/17 at 8:49 am to StringedInstruments
quote:
Three plane tickets: $1000 Hotels in Times Square: ~$600 for three nights Food for three (9 meals, say a few snacks): ~$250 So that's what? $1800 right there? Where the hell are you getting $5000?
2 plane tickets direct $1,500
Time Square is for queers 3 nights downtown somewhere $800 a night (at least) $2,400. 3 lunches $300. Dinners $200 each, drinks at the club $1,000. ubers $300...
easily hit 5k. just a round of drinks in the hotel lobbyy for 2 is $40
This post was edited on 10/12/17 at 8:51 am
Posted on 10/12/17 at 8:50 am to 50_Tiger
quote:
Then again I don't care for vacations.
Craziest thing I've read in this thread.
Who doesn't like a vacation?
Are you agoraphobic?
Posted on 10/12/17 at 8:50 am to 50_Tiger
quote:
Sounds like someone has a shitty job
I really like my job.
I like drinking in Mexico and hiking in Moab more though.
It's not really a divisive stance
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