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What are your expenses each month, guys & girls?

randomuser
edited January 2008 in General
I'm just curious, for me:

600 Rent
50 Phone
150 Food
150 Cable / Utilities
50-100 Random Cosmetic Items
50 Gas, I rarely drive since I live dt and bus to campus
50 (sometimes less) Entertainment, being a girl guys buy me stuff all the time like movie tickets etc or drinks, is this much higher for most guys?
100 or so usually on clothes or shoes

So for me like 1200 a month give or take a hundred or two

Comments

  • Broken Lizard
    edited January 2008
    130 insurance
    60 phone
    60 gym membership
    100 gas (gf pays other half)
    50 food/entertainment

    so 400 a month.

    oh god, i have january bills paid... and i got 140 in the bank lol... good thing my last 2 years of taxes should be comin in, should be able to last till march with that, lol

    live with my dad, he covers everything else, i cover tuition >< lol

    my gf is paying for most the stuff now when we go out, since she works and I have no job.
  • randomuser
    edited January 2008
    i cant wait for that 1500-2000 from filing my taxes this year i need it already
  • imelting
    edited January 2008
    my only constant is phone bills, 25 for celly and 10-15 for voip
    food, clothing, electronics, entertainment vary month to month
    no car no rent

    i think i average bout 150-300ish a month tops?
  • Mengs
    edited January 2008
    900 - rent
    100 - phone
    50 - electricity
    80 - internet and TV
    about 100 on gas
    about 400 on food...

    wow... I use ALOT of money :(

    and all that is not counting when I go out and misc stuff that I have to buy... =/
  • jackandjerry
    edited January 2008
    japanese food: $650
    clubbing:$200
    magazines:$140

    that's what I pay every month.:smile:
  • randomuser
    edited January 2008
    how the bleep do you spend 400 a month on food thats insanity
  • Ether
    edited January 2008
    It's not really that insane.

    $400 / 31 days = ~$13 per day on food.

    I'd say that's probably average unless you're really trying to eat cheap.

    31 days x 3 meals a day x $1 per box of Kraft Dinner = $93 per month.
  • Mengs
    edited January 2008
    yeah...400 on food each month really isn't that much when you come to think about it...

    especially cos I live alone and cooking for one person and going out to eat alone is about the same price =/ well, it's cheaper to cook, but you really don't save a lot by cooking when compared to going out to eat cheap...
  • randomuser
    edited January 2008
    i dont really eat cheap and i spend less than 200 a month, i usually never eat out or if i do i dont pay though

    what are you making when youre home alone thats costing so much?
  • illicit
    edited January 2008
    http://vancouver.craigslist.ca/ers/536464255.html
  • DaNoobie
    edited January 2008
    lol illicit, how many house calls a month?
    I personally average a couple hundred a month on food and random crap. I live at home, so its pretty manageable. Although this month I've spent a ton of crap I dont need :/
  • Broken Lizard
    edited January 2008
    wtf, someone would pay 200 for that, lol
  • imelting
    edited January 2008
    this thread went downhill pretty fast lol
  • NukeChem
    edited January 2008
    Well, let's see

    515 rent
    25-35 Hydro
    40 Basic phone + long distance plan
    35 DSL
    50 Cable
    200-300 for food, depending.

    (the above are rough estimates except for the rent because I share expenses with a roomie and some of them fluctuate)
  • segadcsonic
    edited January 2008
    I live @ home so my expenses are a bit less:

    Food: $250
    Cellphone: $30
    Car insurance: $250
    Gas: $120?
    Entertainment/other: $200?

    No wonder why i need to work 2 jobs...
  • vonnie
    edited January 2008
    Lol. um... I live at home too.

    Cellphone: $50
    Misc. Groceries my mom makes me buy: $50
    Eating out: $100
    Entertainment: $200
    Materialistic clothing items: $300

    Ew.. how do I stilll have money in my bank? I don't make that much in a month, lol.
  • BiLOLogy
    edited January 2008
    Home here too

    550 - Car
    40 - Cell phone
    40 - Sponsor child
    100 - Gas
    150 - Eating out
    100 - Entertainment

    = no money left.. w00t
  • DaNoobie
    edited January 2008
    update: I've cleared $450 this month on jerseys, working on 500+ now
  • Nice Girl
    edited January 2008
    I live with my boyfriend.

    My monthly expenses:

    110 - my share of the rent (get a deal because parents own the property)
    40- house phone
    15- cell phone
    900- food for two people
    75- misc. stuff like clothes, make up, renting a movie

    Total: 1140

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