The only problem was money. Having separated from my wife of 21 years, who had physical custody of our sons, I was handing over $4,000 a month in alimony and child-support payments.That left me with take-home pay of $2,777, barely enough to make ends meet in a one-bedroom rental apartment.
Not surprisingly, Patty’s re-entry into the job market was bumpy. When Saks Fifth Avenue offered her a full-time job selling high-end clothing on commission — something she knew about and loved — she grabbed it. But with her take-home income averaging only about $2,400 a month, we didn’t make enough to cover our bills
A decent one bedroom costs over $1,000 per month.
$2,500 take home is probably what, like $3,500 total? So like $42,000 a year?
That's like barely OK, man. I mean, depending on where you live it might be anywhere from pretty good to barely OK. But it doesn't even begin to approach rich.
Wait, you dudes are paying $3K for a house monthly? Is that bank credit or rent?
Wait, you dudes are paying $3K for a house monthly? Is that bank credit or rent?
We bought our house, so we're paying off the mortgage. I'm guessing that's what bank credit is.
How's the rent on top of that $3K?
You must be filthy rich.
Making a small salary isn't as bad as having to compete with a sister who is going to be making a lot of money.
In 3 years, my sister will be making at least $300,000 a year. It drives me nuts whenever I think that I might not make as much as her, especially since I'm supposedly smarter than her.
So you're poor.$2,500 take home is probably what, like $3,500 total? So like $42,000 a year?
That's like barely OK, man. I mean, depending on where you live it might be anywhere from pretty good to barely OK. But it doesn't even begin to approach rich.
Easily double what I make.
Making a small salary isn't as bad as having to compete with a sister who is going to be making a lot of money.
In 3 years, my sister will be making at least $300,000 a year. It drives me nuts whenever I think that I might not make as much as her, especially since I'm supposedly smarter than her.
i wish i had some ambition
Smooth, I'm in the same boat.
I've scored off-the-charts in any aptitude test, was accepted into gifted and talented programs during my youth, college recruiters began frothing at the mouth and my focus shifting to watching horror films and reading comics instead.
Meanwhile, my sister just got a free ride into Cornell and is going into the medical field. She'll make money that I can only dream about.
I'm like, my grandparents' biggest disappointment (especially for a Jew!). :lol
so what's the prize for beating her on the salary scoreboard?
i hope the trophy is long-term personal happiness and satisfaction!
(for the record, my brother is supposedly "less smart" than me, yet makes thrice what i do, and i broke six figures awhile ago. let's just say the money i make kinda keeps me from the whole envy thang altogether.)
Making a small salary isn't as bad as having to compete with a sister who is going to be making a lot of money.
In 3 years, my sister will be making at least $300,000 a year. It drives me nuts whenever I think that I might not make as much as her, especially since I'm supposedly smarter than her.
You from US, GilloD?
Prole, 6 figures means over $100 000 right? or over $1M... but I doubt you'd be posting here then.
there you go. all i'm saying is set your priorities wisely, and don't let manufactured competitions spur into you into a life you may come to despise, or ruin the great one you may actually have.
i certainly never lived up to my potential, but whatcha gonna do
unless you're really attractive. then everyone loves you, and you got it made -- you don't even need to knock for the doors of opportunity to open, much less call in the battering ram like us uggos
I wonder if there are any millionaires here or on GAF.
Or on any gaming forum.
When I graduate and ultimately move into accounting I'll actually be taking a pay cut. I broke the 50k mark here quite a few years ago
I'm about to walk away from 45k/year myself to be dirt poor. I'm spending a ton of money on hardware and software to pursue post-production work. I'll likely slog through unpaid internships this year after I get certified and won't see a dime 'till next year.
Although, I'm contemplating doing freelance work helping film/edit local stuff like weddings, parties, etc. I know my mom paid like 2k for her wedding video and the wait was long since there was such a backlog. I got to imagine somebody needs an extra set of hands out there.
I wonder if there are any millionaires here or on GAF.
Or on any gaming forum.
A decent one bedroom costs over $1,000 per month. That's not including utilities. What about groceries? Car insurance? Transportation costs? Credit cards? Student loans?
I always thought it would be awesome to have a six figure household income, but I quickly learned that things aren't any easier or any more awesome.I wonder if there are any millionaires here or on GAF.
Or on any gaming forum.
morphix?
Smooth Groove - What field of medicine are you planning on devoting yourself to? Couldn't you still decide to go in to dermatology and beat out your sisters earnings?
Not that I don't agree with Prole, I'm just curious.
Smooth Groove - What field of medicine are you planning on devoting yourself to? Couldn't you still decide to go in to dermatology and beat out your sisters earnings?
Not that I don't agree with Prole, I'm just curious.
Plastic surgery. Dentist. Smooth would make a killing and finally put 1TB of RAM into his PC.
i can tell you with 102% certainty you will be briefly happy, until the rest of your life settles in and the compromises really start to eat at you
it doesn't make you bad; it just makes you immature and ill-equipped to deal with the vagaries of adult life. hey, we all gotta deal.
we calibrate our happiness to our immediate context. it's why a starving somali dude can be happy, and a fund manager can be suicidal. there's never a moment where anyone can say WOW I GOT IT MADE regardless of your income, station, or accomplishments; it's about the calibration of your expectations and your ability to enjoy the moments in life.
Yeah, I would always question his financial judgment, but he claimed to be wisely investing his money. I haven't seen a ridiculous post in the GAF monthly buy threads from him in ages.
I think that taking time in life to travel around and really experience things outside of your everyday surroundings is pretty key.
Smooth, you're still gonna become a doctor, dude. That's nothing to sneeze at all. I don't know what you want to specialize in, but, dude, you will be better off that over 99 percent of the world's population. It seems you like medicine as well, so that's even better.The problem is that he'll have to be around people that have different hobbies.
What do hobbies have do with your professional occupation, though?Smooth, you're still gonna become a doctor, dude. That's nothing to sneeze at all. I don't know what you want to specialize in, but, dude, you will be better off that over 99 percent of the world's population. It seems you like medicine as well, so that's even better.The problem is that he'll have to be around people that have different hobbies.
morphix said that he invested the money into some low-risk stocks which yield him about $100,000 of spending cash a year. He already paid off his house and I assume car but he said that he was bored of sitting around all day and so he planned to go back to college I think. I don't know what he does right now.
I think that taking time in life to travel around and really experience things outside of your everyday surroundings is pretty key.
“Traveling is a fool's paradise... I pack my trunk, embrace my friends, embark on the sea and at last wake up in Naples, and there besides me is the stern fact, the sad self, unrelenting, identical, that I fled from.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson
What do hobbies have do with your professional occupation, though?Well that's not what I'm getting at exactly. He said that doctors don't have similar interests than him generally and obviously if you're personality is totally different than your coworkers, it'll at least be a little annoying having to interact with them.
unless you're really attractive. then everyone loves you, and you got it made -- you don't even need to knock for the doors of opportunity to open, much less call in the battering ram like us uggos
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,,25498079-23289,00.html
Fat and tall for men.
smh @ Prole going mid life crisisy
no correlation between a person's weight and income
Man, real life is boring.