I realize there are plenty of reasons to not bring a drink with you with certain jobs. I'm talking about jobs where there really isn't an excuse, and for people who spend a fairly large part of their income on pop/water. It's not important anyway.
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I also think we've glossed over dating way too fast.
25 and single -- how do you attract and court a girl when your budget for a date is the value menu at McDs?
Casual sex is out of the question. A condom is 10-12% of your daily budget.
Level? You do realize there are a
ton of 20-somethings that pull in a lot less than $30K/yr and yet have regular sex, yes? This is
well within the realm of possibility. I, my friends, probably a lot of posters, can attest to this reality
Not every girl expects fine dining either. Some are happy with McD's, although affording something better is quite doable on $2400/mo.
I've budgeted before on a $1600/mo income living alone. You can't buy nice things, no, but you can fit in a few hundred a month for whatever you like. An extra $800/mo over that would've make things a
lot easier. I understand that your standard of living would make such a budget impossible, but most people could manage it and would be comfortable simply because they didn't have to work 40-50hr/wk to get a livable wage.
For someone who loves their career, or likes to work, or at least doesn't dislike their work (probably has a lifestyle that would also be incompatible with such a low income due to high current income), the not-having-to-work factor isn't an issue. For people who
don't like their jobs, a "comfortable" life would simply be not having to grind through to retirement (and such an income wouldn't be much of a downgrade). There's a clear cultural/personal divide between the two groups.