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I blow about 2.0k to 2.5k per month on DRINKING/EATING. Average?
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Date: December 26th, 2009 8:18 PM Author: disturbing double fault Single dood. Large city (i.e. DC, NYC, LA, SF, Boston, Chicago).
I've calculated this and most months I spend around 2.5k per month just on drinking and going out to eat. That doesn't count spending on anything else, i.e. rent, electricity, transportation.
Is this too much? I think I just go out and lose track of how much I am spending on drinks. It works out to over 80 bucks a day, which is a ton. No idea how I manage to do this. |
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Date: December 26th, 2009 8:19 PM Author: ultramarine fragrant corner milk definitely not SF. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1174548&forum_id=2#13652698) |
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Date: December 26th, 2009 8:19 PM Author: concupiscible principal's office associate That is high even for me. I guess if I did not work late and eat at the firm I would spend that. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1174548&forum_id=2#13652700) |
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Date: December 26th, 2009 8:21 PM Author: Bateful disrespectful plaza death wish This.
The figure is not reasonable considering how most people who have this kind of disposable income also work jobs that require them to spend many evenings at the office getting food paid for by Seamless Web. |
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Date: December 26th, 2009 8:22 PM Author: disturbing double fault I actually never work that late so I don't expense meals. The problem isn't meals. It is drinking. Unless your firm pays for drinking and cover charges then you would blow lots too. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1174548&forum_id=2#13652730) |
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Date: December 26th, 2009 8:23 PM Author: concupiscible principal's office associate Bottle in the desk son. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1174548&forum_id=2#13652734) |
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Date: December 26th, 2009 8:19 PM Author: pink crotch hissy fit Remove DC and Boston from this list. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1174548&forum_id=2#13652706) |
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Date: December 26th, 2009 8:24 PM Author: Soul-stirring orchestra pit mexican Where did you get your money, FRIEND? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1174548&forum_id=2#13652747) |
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Date: December 26th, 2009 8:25 PM Author: disturbing double fault BIGLAW (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1174548&forum_id=2#13652752) |
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Date: December 26th, 2009 8:29 PM Author: Soul-stirring orchestra pit mexican How can you afford to spend like Mark Flagel after rent and taxes? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1174548&forum_id=2#13652783) |
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Date: December 26th, 2009 8:34 PM Author: disturbing double fault I don't know. I still manage to save a lot. I don't have HUGE student loan payments and my rent is manageable compared to the 3k apartments ppl get. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1174548&forum_id=2#13652804) |
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Date: February 6th, 2010 3:46 PM Author: Cerebral crackhouse lettuce cq (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1174548&forum_id=2#14033948) |
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Date: December 26th, 2009 8:46 PM Author: Sinister kitty you mean "e.g." and not "i.e." (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1174548&forum_id=2#13652889) |
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Date: December 26th, 2009 9:35 PM Author: Bateful disrespectful plaza death wish Eh, if you're only limiting the conversation to domestic cities, there's a pretty strong argument that use of "i.e." is credited here. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1174548&forum_id=2#13653163) |
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Date: December 27th, 2009 7:58 AM Author: Bat-shit-crazy hominid If you consider that to be a complete list of "large" cities in the US, then neither is appropriate. You need viz. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1174548&forum_id=2#13656189) |
Date: December 26th, 2009 8:19 PM Author: Electric milky location Yes. I used to spend about twice that much but I've cut back my drinking/smoking (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1174548&forum_id=2#13652697) |
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Date: December 26th, 2009 8:20 PM Author: disturbing double fault How could you spend even more? Did you have a bitch to spend money on? I blow money buying chicks drinks or dinner but it isn't that much of my spending. I really don't understand how I could spend that much. There is no way I spend 80 bucks a day on Su, M, Tu, and Wed. I must be blowing like 200 bucks a night every Fri and Sat. Fuck. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1174548&forum_id=2#13652709) |
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Date: December 26th, 2009 8:22 PM Author: Electric milky location I would spend about 200-300 on drinks alone when I would go out. But I would mostly order fairly high end scotch that was like 20 or so per drink.
I also ate out like 5 days a week for dinner, and the other 2 days I would get food delivered. I went through a 2 year phase where I literally never had anything in my refrigerator and I either ate out or delivered food for every single meal.
And no I have never been a fat. |
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Date: December 26th, 2009 8:24 PM Author: disturbing double fault That is me sorta. I never have anything in my fridge though in the last couple months I have tried buying shit at the supermarket and eating in. Maybe that is why the last two months I have only spent like 1.9k. Before I use to order take out every night.
I still drink too fucking much. I don't know how to solve that. |
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Date: December 26th, 2009 8:25 PM Author: Electric milky location My hangovers started to become a real problem. I would literally be hungover for about 48 hours. So yeah. I cut back drinking. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1174548&forum_id=2#13652758) |
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Date: December 26th, 2009 8:27 PM Author: disturbing double fault I am blessed in that I don't get hungover. Really ever. I do sleep all day but that's okay. I'd sleep in anyway. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1174548&forum_id=2#13652771) |
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Date: December 26th, 2009 8:23 PM Author: Bateful disrespectful plaza death wish "I must be blowing like 200 bucks a night every Fri and Sat. Fuck."
Yep. It doesn't take that long to blow that much, especially if you go to dinner beforehand and/or go to a nicer bar with more expensive drinks. |
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Date: December 26th, 2009 8:23 PM Author: Electric milky location yeah (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1174548&forum_id=2#13652741) |
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Date: December 26th, 2009 8:24 PM Author: disturbing double fault Definitely if you go to dinner, but I don't do that usually. Often I just drink at home then go out to a club.
Dinner would ruin me on Fri and Sat. That is easily 75 bucks plus. |
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Date: December 26th, 2009 8:26 PM Author: Bateful disrespectful plaza death wish It's very easy to spend $200+ at a club in a large city, especially if you include cover charge and cab fare. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1174548&forum_id=2#13652768) |
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Date: December 26th, 2009 8:28 PM Author: disturbing double fault Yeah. If drinks are 15 bucks or whatever. And they are weak. You just buy and buy. I did this on Wed I think. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1174548&forum_id=2#13652779) |
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Date: December 26th, 2009 8:34 PM Author: Hyperventilating Generalized Bond Scourge Upon The Earth god being an adult sucks dick (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1174548&forum_id=2#13652805) |
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Date: December 27th, 2009 6:27 PM Author: Vigorous school cafeteria tcr (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1174548&forum_id=2#13658969) |
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Date: December 26th, 2009 8:24 PM Author: vermilion alpha background story slightly below average. i spend around $17k a week on food, another $1700 on drinks. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1174548&forum_id=2#13652748) |
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Date: December 26th, 2009 8:25 PM Author: disturbing double fault Do you eat high end prostitutes for dinner every night? Are you Tiger Woods? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1174548&forum_id=2#13652756) |
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Date: December 26th, 2009 8:29 PM Author: concupiscible principal's office associate 180 for eating high end prostitutes. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1174548&forum_id=2#13652782) |
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Date: February 6th, 2010 5:21 PM Author: Canary narrow-minded spot mad-dog skullcap lol at eating prostitutes (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1174548&forum_id=2#14034857) |
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Date: December 26th, 2009 8:33 PM Author: ebony international law enforcement agency Average? For a retard with too much money and too little self control maybe. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1174548&forum_id=2#13652801) |
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Date: December 26th, 2009 8:43 PM Author: disturbing double fault Whatever. It will only last as long as I have a BIGLAW job. Once that ends I'll learn to control my spending. I am actually a cheapass so the only reason I do this now is because I can. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1174548&forum_id=2#13652866) |
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Date: December 26th, 2009 9:25 PM Author: Bateful disrespectful plaza death wish Easier said than done. Once you spend at a certain level it is very hard to scale back drastically from that level. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1174548&forum_id=2#13653112) |
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Date: December 26th, 2009 8:47 PM Author: free-loading menage dog poop Damn you are a cheapass. Are you jewish? Seriously man I blow $2.5-3K a week eating and drinking. $2.5-3K a month is pretty fuckin weak. You need to step it up a notch. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1174548&forum_id=2#13652890) |
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Date: December 26th, 2009 8:48 PM Author: Crystalline stage I spend somewhere around $60-$100/day. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1174548&forum_id=2#13652899) |
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Date: December 26th, 2009 8:48 PM Author: free-loading menage dog poop Oh and this is FLAME.
Think about it, no one that works biglaw actually has enough time to spend this kind of money (i.e. when you work practically every waking moment of your life, you don't get the time to do shit like this). |
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Date: December 26th, 2009 8:52 PM Author: disturbing double fault I don't work all the time. I jack off a lot. That is probably why I won't be BIGLAW for long. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1174548&forum_id=2#13652911) |
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Date: December 26th, 2009 9:28 PM Author: Crusty histrionic feces meetinghouse (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1174548&forum_id=2#13653129) |
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Date: December 27th, 2009 9:30 AM Author: brass stubborn azn macaca I spend this much. What do you think people are doing "every waking moment" that's BIGLAW related? 90% of your work obligations are billing, and the typical associate bills well under 2000 hours a year these days thanks to the economy. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1174548&forum_id=2#13656277) |
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Date: February 6th, 2010 4:07 PM Author: Crystalline stage This is true. I never understand what people are doing at the office from 9 to 8. I bill virtually every minute I'm in the office. I take lunches back to my office. 9 to 6:30ish 50 weeks out of the year will net me 2,100 hours. (Of course, actual hours vary significantly and sometimes include weekends.) If I don't have work that needs to be done, I'll go home early and say I'm available by Blackberry. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1174548&forum_id=2#14034076) |
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Date: December 27th, 2009 6:31 PM Author: Vigorous school cafeteria This isn't the type of consumption that can get you in a lot of trouble. Relatively small figures and easy patterns to change. Not necessarily built into a conspicuous striver lifestyle. It's the cars, lofts, trans-oceanic vacations, and really high-end clothes/jewelry that makes a big dent.
I know a guy who gets a new watch every 2-3 months, it amounts to an obscene spending habit. $50k/yr...but a pretty sick collection. |
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Date: February 6th, 2010 4:04 PM Author: Crystalline stage Including wine, coffee, everything, I'd guess I'm around $2500-$3000. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1174548&forum_id=2#14034064) |
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Date: February 6th, 2010 4:34 PM Author: Orchid stimulating pit This is a little OT, but on the subject of binging... Gilt Groupe / RueLaLa / saks.com, anyone? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1174548&forum_id=2#14034350) |
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Date: February 6th, 2010 4:37 PM Author: 180 mood I reckon if I worked biglaw I'd spend nearly that. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1174548&forum_id=2#14034396) |
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Date: February 6th, 2010 5:19 PM Author: Thriller Pozpig Sound Barrier about right for NY BigLaw. most other places you're not likely to get over $1500 unless you hit the clubs every weekend. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1174548&forum_id=2#14034830) |
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Date: February 6th, 2010 5:21 PM Author: Exhilarant embarrassed to the bone temple half-breed I probably spend about $300/month on fastfood alone. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1174548&forum_id=2#14034847) |
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Date: February 6th, 2010 5:42 PM Author: unhinged market That's a lot but I can see how it's done especially if you order drinks with dinner and drink a lot at bars (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1174548&forum_id=2#14035111) |
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Date: February 6th, 2010 6:28 PM Author: Wonderful Crimson Toilet Seat (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1174548&forum_id=2#14035594) |
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Date: February 6th, 2010 6:47 PM Author: Indigo property yes. do you buy fucking gallon jars of beluga and eat it dog-food style or something? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1174548&forum_id=2#14035773) |
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Date: February 6th, 2010 7:10 PM Author: Domesticated razzle-dazzle fat ankles That's nothing, I'm at $3.5k. Think about it-15 dinners or brunches a month if you have a gf or are dating is around 1.2-1.5 k. Drinking w friends another $750 or so, and then groceries and alcohol for the home make up the remainder.
And yes, I am aware I have a problem and need to start budgeting and/or tipping less. Eating out is $$$. |