I need a new job like you read about...

yeah, our rednecks are pretty smart and cool and most of them are fairly nice. Beer, pot, fire and mud. All that they really are involved with besides work.
 
all i know is, it is tough to be single and paying all ... especially in ny ...
and the gov't hates single people when it comes to taxes also.
 
JayKeeley said:
Heather actually uses the local store flyers to see what's on sale each week, and then plans her menu around that!
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Yeah, thats how my parents and my aunt do it. If it's not on sale, it's not purchased.

JayKeeley said:
Quite honestly, the simplest rule I have in my life is, if I don't have the money then I don't spend it.
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Yeah, ain't that the truth. My parents have always lived by that rule (except for with the family business, but that didn't work out so well). My aunt is a compulsive shopper however, so she does not. Seriously, she'll buy ANYTHING thats on sale, whether she needs it or not.

I've always grown up that ifyou want something, you have to work and save up for it. If you don't, you won't really appreciate it. Hence why rich kids are such spoiled little fucks, and most other kids nowadays. Everything I own I bought myself except for SOME of my clothes. (i'm only 20 after all). My next big saving/earning expenditure is this summer. Travelling and partying to celebrate being done with school. Once all of this is done, its nose to the grindstone to get a job and pay off my student loan.
 
Quite honestly, the simplest rule I have in my life is, if I don't have the money then I don't spend it.
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this is easier to do if you have family and major responsiblities ... otherwise is a little tough.
 
JayKeeley said:
I don't live lavishly either. I have a second hand car, no credit cards, and heavilly dependent on my tax returns (I own property and have 2 kids). Otherwise, we have the bare minimum. We moved as far away (and yet still within commuting range of NYC) as we could. My daily train commute is 90 minutes each way, otherwise I travel (fly) for work and collect airmiles, which we then use for our vacations.

My wife will start looking for work again very soon. Our property tax just went up $200 a month which is killing me. It means for every penny that comes in, it goes straight back out. Heather actually uses the local store flyers to see what's on sale each week, and then plans her menu around that!

Quite honestly, the simplest rule I have in my life is, if I don't have the money then I don't spend it.
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Don't take my post as directed towards you bro. I hope you didn't. I was just making a statement about myself. Anways, I think it's MUCH harder when a family is dependant upon a sole income. I think you both made the right decision though because children desperately NEED their mother at that stage of their lives. Unfortunately, the world we live in nowadays provides little opportunity for that to be an option for a lot of people. Since the whole women's liberation movement/civil rights movement, which was a GOOD thing, the economy and rent etc has been more and more designed and profiled to a dual income household. But I digress, because I am opening up about 5 different cans of socioeconomic worms in this single paragraph. :tickled:
 
MadeInNewJersey said:
Rhode Island is G-H-E-T-T-O

:lol:

But jesus, living on $30k/year?! Unpossible. I can barely make ends meet at $55k/year, lol.
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Yeah, RI is mad GHETTO y0. :rolleyes: Maybe in and around Providence, like most states/capitals.

WTF is unpossible? :tickled:

Based on you're posts, I believe that you LOVE to live lavishly, so I am not surprised.

Gugs, "The Father of Blanket Statements." :Smokin:
 
Doomcifer said:
But I digress, because I am opening up about 5 different cans of socioeconomic worms in this single paragraph. :tickled:
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awwww... I wanted to see reign in acai argue women belong in the kitchen as baby and dinner factories. [j/k dude]
 
Doomcifer said:
Don't take my post as directed towards you bro. I hope you didn't. I was just making a statement about myself. Anways, I think it's MUCH harder when a family is dependant upon a sole income. I think you both made the right decision though because children desperately NEED their mother at that stage of their lives. Unfortunately, the world we live in nowadays provides little opportunity for that to be an option for a lot of people. Since the whole women's liberation movement/civil rights movement, which was a GOOD thing, the economy and rent etc has been more and more designed and profiled to a dual income household. But I digress, because I am opening up about 5 different cans of socioeconomic worms in this single paragraph. :tickled:
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No no man, I knew what you were saying. I was just sharing in your ethos. Regards to kids etc, we did plan thankfully. They weren't unexpected or anything like that, and of course, the mortgage we got was just based on my salary alone (knowing that Heather would leave her job for a few years.)

Now though, it's time for her to go back to work so we're bringing in the dual salary as you say.

Also, my salary since 2001 hasn't increased in any corresponding manner to the cost of living in the NY area. Actually, there have been times where I've just been thankful to have a job let alone pay increase.

Moving away from NY would probably make the most sense when you put it all down on paper.
 
Yeah, from the way you describe it, I might enjoy visiting NY for a metal show and going to one of those bars... living there, fuck that, and at those prices... DOUBLE fuck that.

But that's my opinion, and I do hate cities with a passion.
 
JK, you have the most well adjusted family life of anyone I know, online and off ...
 
JayKeeley said:
No no man, I knew what you were saying. I was just sharing in your ethos. Regards to kids etc, we did plan thankfully. They weren't unexpected or anything like that, and of course, the mortgage we got was just based on my salary alone (knowing that Heather would leave her job for a few years.)

Now though, it's time for her to go back to work so we're bringing in the dual salary as you say.

Also, my salary since 2001 hasn't increased in any corresponding manner to the cost of living in the NY area. Actually, there have been times where I've just been thankful to have a job let alone pay increase.

Moving away from NY would probably make the most sense when you put it all down on paper.
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Moving away from NY would be an economically good decision if your job is easily relocatable. But it all depends on kind of area you like most, as you know. Besides cost of living, there are a lot of perks to living nearby NYC. Everything is at your frickin fingertips, for the most part...not to mention the shows, etc.

I'm glad to hear that your money anxieties will be washed away in the near future though. It's sad that we have to worry about such bullshit, but that's the type of world we live in. But, it's awesome that you two managed to still be well off during the entire transitional period. I wish you both luck. You deserve it anyways.
 
Haha, I knew what you meant Aurel.

Thing is, to be honest, I don't want to move away from NY. I've tried living away from major cities in the past, and, well you know the rest.....you can take the man out the city, but you can't take the city out of the man.

Thing is, I don't even live in the city! :loco: I pay a premium to live within commuting distance.

I have no doubt people must laugh at Tri-Staters for the money we spend just to live. :loco:
 
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