is this alpha living to you??

[lifemisspent]

This notion that living alone is so much cheaper than living with a girl is ridiculous. Ive done both, and if she works splitting all the expenses involved runnning a household is huge...............

If I were to live with a chick I would save over 1000 / month, easily.

 

[OFWHAP]

This notion that living alone is so much cheaper than living with a girl is ridiculous. Ive done both, and if she works splitting all the expenses involved runnning a household is huge...............

If I were to live with a chick I would save over 1000 / month, easily.

It's not that living alone is cheaper, but it's generally cheaper being single. It's nice to have the dual incomes, but having kids is not a cheap undertaking. If you plan to never have kids or get married, you don't have to worry about buying diapers, feeding additional people, buying their clothes, you have cheaper health insurance, you don't have to get life insurance, you don't risk divorce and all the pains that go with that, you don't have to put aside money for education, you get to make every decision when it comes to finances, you can just take off and head wherever you want without being accountable to anyone, you have less stress in your life, etc. There are many financial advantages to living as an eternal bachelor.

My dad has a really good friend he grew up with who never got married, never had kids, etc. He currently works for himself, owns multiple vacation homes, and basically does whatever he wants. If he wants to go to the beach, he'll drive to his beach house provided it's not being rented at that particular time. If he wants to go skiing/be in the mountains, he'll just go to his vacation home in Colorado, provided it's not being rented. He'll also make stops in between to visit various friends he's made over the years. However he is able to afford this lifestyle due to working very hard just out of college and saving his income. He didn't do it by blowing his hard-earned money on condos in Miami, Corvettes, and vacations in Dubai, Canada, and Australia when he was young.

 

[backbreaker]

All that on 70-80k per year? You must not know the true cost of things. Have you any clue how much a condo costs in Miami? How about the property taxes on that condo? You'll be spending close to your entire income on just paying your mortgage, taxes, and utilities on your house/condo. Not to mention your corvette, motorcycle, and boat. Do you have any clue how much it costs just to get to Dubai? I have friends who are single and making more than 100k per year and couldn't afford to live that lifestyle.

when I lived in Sarasota/Siesta Keys i was renting a condo/townhouse out a block from the beach at a cool 3k a week. and that is not even miami.

 

[BigJimbo]

And nobody mentions places like Ukraine? Proving that this is a site for young kids and guys who work at kiosks in America.

Wait...I know...I know...You know of a broad from there who lives in America or Canada. Funny.

 

[backbreaker]

And nobody mentions places like Ukraine? Proving that this is a site for young kids and guys who work at kiosks in America.

Wait...I know...I know...You know of a broad from there who lives in America or Canada. Funny.

pass that ****.. right now.. ap.. don't want to hear it. just give it here.