bbuzzard said:
OK, there is something clearly wrong here, quite possibly with MY math.
I have had this problem with acute incredulousness since I first came here 3 years ago.
People buy all kinds of nice electronics, travel, etc- and report that they spent $30,000 for 2 or 3 people.
I know what I spend, because I keep double entry books, and it is only slightly less than $30,000 for one. And I am really cheap and have a paid-up house.
I prefer not to starve, but I almost always buy groceries on sale. If the broccoli is cheap, I buy it. If it’s cauliflower this week, I buy cauliflower. I don’t however buy some horrible can of something.
My favorite poster on this topic is the guy whose groceries cost very little because, as he later admitted, he mostly eats at his friends' houses.
We all need more friends like this. In fact, I know several guys who would nicely fit the definition of gigolo. They are ”companions" to well off women of a certain age. (By well off I don't mean 1 or 2 million.) These guys are relatively young, well educated, good conversationalists, good dancers, know which forks to use, etc., but have not been particularly successful at earning money by the usual routes.
I imagine that they would also report very low expenses. Kind of like living with your parent, except instead of earning your board by taking out the garbage, you have other more intimate duties. Plus, you had better stay on your good behavior as defined by your benefactress.
Ha