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Zhanteimi · 11-29-2016, 07:06 PM

Okay. Things are making sense now.

I hear ya on several of those points. My wife and I have no credit card debt. Anything we buy with a credit card, we pay off as soon as the bill comes in.

We paid off our student loans within the ten-year span after graduation. We have only a mortgage, but that is cheaper than renting by $300 a month!

We have no car. Not necessary.

We have no TV or smartphones. We just pay for our ISP, which is $60 a month.

I keep $20k in the bank at all times, in case of emergency.

**Frownland** · 11-29-2016, 07:11 PM

Totally read that as $20 and was like "wow we're more alike than I thought."

Ol’ Qwerty Bastard · 11-29-2016, 07:13 PM

Could I have your bank pins and card numbers just so I know you're telling the truth?

innerspaceboy · 11-29-2016, 07:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Qwertyy

Could I have your bank pins and card numbers just so I know you're telling the truth?

It's a pretty mediocre position to brag about.

Just demonstrating that a household income of $20,000 a year is quite comfortable given the right circumstances.

Zhanteimi · 11-29-2016, 07:19 PM

Frugality and sense will get you far in life.

Another thing: we stopped going out to eat so much. That shit's expensive, especially here in Japan. I used to go out with colleagues twice a week at lunch. Now I take a packed lunch from home...a bento, if you will.

**Frownland** · 11-29-2016, 07:21 PM

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Originally Posted by mordwyr

Frugality and sense will get you far in life.

Another thing: we stopped going out to eat so much. That shit's expensive, especially here in Japan. I used to go out with colleagues twice a week at lunch. Now I take a packed lunch from home...a bento, if you will.

I wish more people would realize how not broke they would be if they learned how to cook instead of eating out all the time.

Ol’ Qwerty Bastard · 11-29-2016, 07:25 PM

I don't know how to cook nor do I eat out. I've ate chicken burgers and fries for supper almost two weeks in a row now.

DwnWthVwls · 11-29-2016, 07:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Qwertyy

I don't know how to cook nor do I eat out. I've ate chicken burgers and fries for supper almost two weeks in a row now.

This is why you don't get pussy. Selfish asshole.

Ol’ Qwerty Bastard · 11-29-2016, 07:54 PM

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Originally Posted by DwnWthVwls

This is why you don't get pussy. Selfish asshole.

Listen buddy, if I ever used nor irl I would have killed myself by now.

Zhanteimi · 11-29-2016, 07:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

I wish more people would realize how not broke they would be if they learned how to cook instead of eating out all the time.

Literally thousands of dollars a year saved.

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Zhanteimi Mord Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Tokyo Posts: 4,873	Okay. Things are making sense now. I hear ya on several of those points. My wife and I have no credit card debt. Anything we buy with a credit card, we pay off as soon as the bill comes in. We paid off our student loans within the ten-year span after graduation. We have only a mortgage, but that is cheaper than renting by $300 a month! We have no car. Not necessary. We have no TV or smartphones. We just pay for our ISP, which is $60 a month. I keep $20k in the bank at all times, in case of emergency. __________________ Zhanteimi LetsTalkMusic

11-29-2016, 07:11 PM	#2 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	Totally read that as $20 and was like "wow we're more alike than I thought." __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

11-29-2016, 07:19 PM	#5 (permalink)
Zhanteimi Mord Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Tokyo Posts: 4,873	Frugality and sense will get you far in life. Another thing: we stopped going out to eat so much. That shit's expensive, especially here in Japan. I used to go out with colleagues twice a week at lunch. Now I take a packed lunch from home...a bento, if you will. __________________ Zhanteimi LetsTalkMusic