Re:Job loss predictions over rising minimum wages haven't co...
by CapricornNoble on Tuesday November 26, 2019 @09:07AM
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If someone is spending $130/month dating while at the bottom rung of the income ladder, They're Doing It Wrong. If they can't talk someone out of their clothes after a $10 coffee date it's probably best for everyone that their genitals not come near another human being's until they've leveled-up their ability to intelligently utilize their available resources.
And a GYM MEMBERSHIP?!?! On minimum wage?!?! Prison workouts/calisthenics/military-style functional fitness. That stuff costs $0, and can be learned from free YT vids.
- 400 taxes
- 600 rent (at least there's a listing for something at that price in San Jose, whether it's legit or not I don't know...)
- 0 car (Happy Birthday, college student)
- 100 gas
- 125 groceries (warning: not luxurious!)
- 440 health care
- 100 electricity
- 60 water
- 16 netflix premium (you said luxurious)
- 13 amazon prime
- 46 gym membership
- 30 internet
- 160 clothing
- 125 car insurance
- 0 car repairs (you lucked out this month)
= 285
Dating?
130 dating
= 155
- 350 car payment. (Happy Birthday, full grown adult.)
= -195
+ 130 impending breakup
- 0 alcohol (you lucked out this breakup)
= -65 savings