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re: Married men , could you live by yourself on 35k a year?
Posted on 6/28/16 at 10:33 pm to GRTiger
Posted on 6/28/16 at 10:33 pm to GRTiger
Well that's kinda how it started. We always pick on each other and she has been spending stupid money on herself as of late. She makes 35k a year aND blows it like it's min wage. I told her that I could make her salary and live comfortable. I was just trying to make a long story short. She probably spends 35k a year just on stupid stuff.
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Posted on 6/28/16 at 10:34 pm to iamAG
If you are single only making 35k a year you could
possibly scrounge by.
But good luck being a guy trying to date with that salary
possibly scrounge by.
But good luck being a guy trying to date with that salary
Posted on 6/28/16 at 10:36 pm to iamAG
Sounds like a divorce is in your future if she is that bad with money.
Posted on 6/28/16 at 10:36 pm to iamAG
You need to get that in check. Most marriages end because one spouse can't control their money.
Posted on 6/28/16 at 10:38 pm to lsunurse
If only $300 per month left over for social expenses, then no.
Posted on 6/28/16 at 10:39 pm to iamAG
If you know how to grocery shop and cook efficiently for yourself you could make it work for sure.
I don't think 200/mo is enough for cell phone, Internet, car ins, water though
The amount you drove a day would need to be small too.
You are also rarely going to have new clothes or shoes . A surprise car repair may frick your budget too.
I don't think 200/mo is enough for cell phone, Internet, car ins, water though
The amount you drove a day would need to be small too.
You are also rarely going to have new clothes or shoes . A surprise car repair may frick your budget too.
This post was edited on 6/28/16 at 10:43 pm
Posted on 6/28/16 at 10:39 pm to Croacka
quote:
Live...sure
But it wouldn't be as much fun
Posted on 6/28/16 at 10:41 pm to iamAG
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Well I'm guessing 35k a year would be about 2k a month estimate.
$750 house note (small house remember your by yourself)
$80 electricity
$50 for live stream tv
$200 savings
$300 play money
$200 miscellaneous bills
And yo still have plenty money left over for food and gas
Gas for what? I don't see car insurance in there or water/sewage/gas. Or cell phone.
Eta- forgot the 200 miscellaneous, Still wouldn't be enough to cover it for me. I'd have to go to another area or move to a halfway house.
This post was edited on 6/28/16 at 10:50 pm
Posted on 6/28/16 at 10:42 pm to iamAG
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I was boasting and told her that if I were single I could make a budget that would allow me a house, and still save on 35k a year.
You'd live in a really shitty house
And hopefully you'd already have your car paid off in this budget
I don't think you'd be saving much. You'd save just enough to have an emergency fund that would be periodically depleted.
Posted on 6/28/16 at 10:43 pm to iamAG
I mean sure I could live off of that but I would have to just rent a room if I wanted to stay in my same area, sell my car and get an old beater and I wouldn't be able to go out often but I could survive like a college kid no problem. The good thing would be taxes basically don't exist at that level so at least you would get to keep the vast majority of the money. Also, if I was only making that much I would assume I wasn't self-employed so I could get someone else to pay for my insurance....and maybe even my car and gas.
Now that I think about it if I had no taxes, car payment, gas, taxes and insurance and cleared 35k that would be equal to AT LEAST my first 75k now so ya I could do it.
Now that I think about it if I had no taxes, car payment, gas, taxes and insurance and cleared 35k that would be equal to AT LEAST my first 75k now so ya I could do it.
Posted on 6/28/16 at 10:45 pm to jefforize
You'd also be sitting on a lawn chair with bare white walls inside your home, hah.
Posted on 6/28/16 at 10:46 pm to AUCE05
Tell me about it. I just make little comments to try and get her thinking, but it hasn't worked. I told her if she ever touches our savings without running it past me we would have some issues. Luckily we are comfortable, but if it gets out of hand wr will actually have to have a serious talk about it.
Posted on 6/28/16 at 10:50 pm to iamAG
Uhh, yes, easily. And with plenty of play money.
What kind of world do you guys live in where this seems even remotely undoable?
What kind of world do you guys live in where this seems even remotely undoable?
Posted on 6/28/16 at 10:51 pm to iamAG
I hope she can cook 
Posted on 6/28/16 at 10:51 pm to iamAG
When you two have kids, her spending will double. And she will probably quit work on you.
Posted on 6/28/16 at 10:52 pm to iamAG
Yes, I think I could. And if my wife had the same spending/saving habits as me we'd be multimillionaires.
Posted on 6/28/16 at 10:54 pm to NawlinsTiger9
quote:
What kind of world do you guys live in where this seems even remotely undoable?
A world where a decent apartment is gonna run at least 2 grand a month.
Posted on 6/28/16 at 10:54 pm to iamAG
I'm a thrifty bastard, so yep. My wife gets rid of money like it's got the Zika or something.
Posted on 6/28/16 at 10:57 pm to MSTiger33
Name one Burrough.
Posted on 6/28/16 at 10:59 pm to nc14
There's only one Burrough in nyc. Manhattan.
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