How Would You Spend An Extra $400 Per Month?
October 5th, 2011 at 11:32:10 AM
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One of my wife's friends is getting a divorce and she has asked if she could stay with us for a few months (or longer) while she gets her life settled. The young lady will be paying us $400 per month to rent a section of our house.
To be honest, we don't really need the money, but my wife's friend feels better about paying us something rather than staying for free. However, it does bring about the question about what we are going to do with the extra $400 per month. It isn't a life changing amount, but it could be fun to go to one or two nice dinners per month, have a couple of date nights with my wife, host a party at our house, or something.
What would you do if you had an extra $400 per month?
To be honest, we don't really need the money, but my wife's friend feels better about paying us something rather than staying for free. However, it does bring about the question about what we are going to do with the extra $400 per month. It isn't a life changing amount, but it could be fun to go to one or two nice dinners per month, have a couple of date nights with my wife, host a party at our house, or something.
What would you do if you had an extra $400 per month?
October 5th, 2011 at 11:45:35 AM
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I'd probably lose an extra $400/month gambling...
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October 5th, 2011 at 12:10:05 PM
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Entertainment, not just gambling.
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October 5th, 2011 at 12:29:21 PM
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I'd put half away to cover the increased expenses, (water, electricity, phone, gas, food), give a quarter of it to my wife to use as she sees fit, and save the rest to one day surprise my wife with a nice cruise like DJTeddybear's family.
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October 5th, 2011 at 12:46:03 PM
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I would get me a ho.
October 5th, 2011 at 1:22:18 PM
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Quote: thlfI would get me a ho.
At $400 a month?
October 5th, 2011 at 1:55:01 PM
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Do you have to spend it?
I'd save it for my next gambling trip, since mine are very few and far between I'd probably have a pretty decent bankroll.
I'd save it for my next gambling trip, since mine are very few and far between I'd probably have a pretty decent bankroll.
October 5th, 2011 at 3:08:18 PM
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If it's like you describe, where the $400 is only for a few months or so, I wouldn't do a thing different, that $400 would vanish like a fart in the wind.
Now if I had a barn out back that I was getting $400 a month rent out of or something, I would get another car, probably an older muscle car, convertible, since the A/C will probably suck in it. A 1970-72 Baracuda sounds about right.
Put down whatever I need to make the payment $400.
Now if I had a barn out back that I was getting $400 a month rent out of or something, I would get another car, probably an older muscle car, convertible, since the A/C will probably suck in it. A 1970-72 Baracuda sounds about right.
Put down whatever I need to make the payment $400.
Statistics don't lie, they deceive.
October 5th, 2011 at 3:16:15 PM
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I'd put it in savings and then give/loan it back to the friend to help them with a down payment on a place of their own a few months down the road.
October 5th, 2011 at 3:33:53 PM
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i've never paid for recreational sex. I'd probably save it to buy a new brake kit for one of my StudebakersQuote: thlfI would get me a ho.
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October 5th, 2011 at 4:03:13 PM
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Quote: s2dbakeri've never paid for recreational sex.
Neither have I. I just paid them to go away afterwards.
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October 5th, 2011 at 5:12:26 PM
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Quote: PaigowdanEntertainment, not just gambling.
What does this mean? If you lose $400, how is that
'entertaining'? Have you really been drinking the
casino Koolaid for so long that you think losing is
'fun'?
"It's not called gambling if the math is on your side."
October 5th, 2011 at 5:41:34 PM
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Send it to me... and I'll let you know what I do with it.Quote: gamblerWhat would you do if you had an extra $400 per month?
Actually, its good that she is paying rent as any legal dissolution of the marriage will also involve some property settlement and spousal support issues, its good for her to have "expenses".
October 5th, 2011 at 7:19:08 PM
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Quote: s2dbakeri've never paid for recreational sex.
Ha! Don't be naive. We ALL pay one way or another.
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October 5th, 2011 at 8:49:24 PM
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I'd save up a few months worth then take a long golf weekend somewhere, or find a cheap flight to FL and rent a fishing charter for a day or two.
However, what would really happen is that we'd use $100/month on a dinner, put $100/month in each of the kids college funds, and put the last $100 into our retirement funds. Boring, but financially sound.
However, what would really happen is that we'd use $100/month on a dinner, put $100/month in each of the kids college funds, and put the last $100 into our retirement funds. Boring, but financially sound.
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