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Originally Posted by Mojodmonky1
damb... after reading some of yalls post here, i really need to step up my savings game.
Its tough for me cause my wife (well me too) enjoys going out to nice meals and stuff on the regular. I was just going through my statements for the past couple of months and have been averaging around $2,100/mo just on groceries/restaurants/take-out/bar tabs. I definitely need to scale that back. If I can get it down to around $1,500/mo average, thats $600 every month that can go towards my savings.![]()
Thankfully the wifes ride is finally paid off this month so we can start putting some more money away. The wife had been putting away around $1,000-1,500/mo but now we should be able to kick that up to $2,000/mo. I'd like to build a $50K savings emergency cushion (bout halfway there) in the event that one of us loses our jobs or something catostrophic like that. Once we hit the $50K threshold, I want to start investing whatever else we have coming in.
2100/month? That's nuts.
We have a family of four we and rarely break 150/week. Me and my brother eat a lot; 3000 calories+/day.
It's def the going out part.
I have an aunt who does the same. She makes well into the 6 figures but spends so much.