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[nkotb]

Dude, are you sure it's wise to post this?  Celeste reads this board too!    
 
 

Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes,Japanese Golfer:
  It's true, I've fallen in love with two girls in the last two weeks. One for the first time, another all over again.

[miss pretentious]

just because i'm young doesn't mean i'm pushing a cash register somewhere. i'm 23 and have a professional career. my folks are more than 6 hours away and i live on my own and pay my rent, my car, etc. i don't have some huge credit card debt and have money going into my 401K. maybe i'm not making six figures, but that's no reason to not enjoy spending a chunk of my income on what i love and enjoy the most?
 
 i suppose it'd be better spent on blow?
 
 Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes,Japanese Golfer:
  I just picture some folks on here as 25 year olds living in group homes, racking up huge credit card bills full of concert tickets, festival tickets, plane tickets to festivals and shows, food and drink at shows, etc, while putting away no money for their future. Maybe some people get money from their parents, too.
 

[eltee]

Originally posted by Bags:
   

Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes,Japanese Golfer:
  And no assets, I reckon!
 

my primary form of entertainment. [/b]

I understand it's the primary entertainment, but surely there are additional costs? (drinks, food, fees, travel expenses, etc.) Going to a show everyday can tax one's wallet, that's for sure. Perhaps, "primary hobby" might be the better word choice? And, it helps not to have kids, non?    
 I mean, what is it costing to raise a child these days, Rhett? $7M?

[Brian_Wallace]

Originally posted by miss p...dirty pirate hooker:
  just because i'm young doesn't mean i'm pushing a cash register somewhere. i'm 23 and have a professional career. my folks are more than 6 hours away and i live on my own and pay my rent, my car, etc. i don't have some huge credit card debt and have money going into my 401K. maybe i'm not making six figures, but that's no reason to not enjoy spending a chunk of my income on what i love and enjoy the most?
 
 i suppose it'd be better spent on blow?
 
 

I've never, in my life, seen young people lie more than about money.  Apparently the worst insult to them is that "Mommy and Daddy" are supporting their lifestyle.  I've seen countless students who attend $35,000+/a year secondary institutions swear that they are paying for it "themselves.  My Mom and Dad don't pay ANYTHING."  Which is such a lie.
 
 I'm not calling miss hooker a liar.  I'm just saying young people boast (lie) about their financial "independence" more than anything else.  Apparently every twenty-something owns their own home and is pulling in $85+ a year.
 
 Brian

[bnyced0]

Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes,Japanese Golfer:
  True enough...I don't think of you as one of the biggest spenders on here anyway, in terms of show attendance (though you obviously see your fair share). You're also older than many folks on here (though not old!), so I'd expect you to be in reasonably good financial shape.
 
 I just picture some folks on here as 25 year olds living in group homes, racking up huge credit card bills full of concert tickets, festival tickets, plane tickets to festivals and shows, food and drink at shows, etc, while putting away no money for their future. Maybe some people get money from their parents, too.
 
   

Originally posted by Bags:
   

Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes,Japanese Golfer:
  And no assets, I reckon!
 

Note I said good job...  I own my place, put as much as I'm allowed by law away in a 401K, have savings.  So there are a few shows that are $50, $60, $100 -- that really doesn't add up to all that much in a year when you consider it's my primary form of entertainment. [/b]

[/b]

Are you talking about me?  I probably spend 25% of my income on shows and traveling.  But I have no kids, no student loans, no debt other than mortgages which are self sustaining, and no other obvious expensive habits other cd buying, ie. no cigarettes, moderate alcohol consumption, etc.
 
   My priorities might be seemingly a little warped for someone my age, but I'm basically just doing the stuff I was doing at 18, its' just that can afford a whole lot more of it at 38, and it must be ok for my health because I'll still get carded mostly by people I have at least 10 years on, but are aging far faster than me.  
 
 I credit west coast ethos, and music for the fountain of youth...oh and not being bitter at others for going to shows.

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

Not much, when you have them making their own concert t-shirts.    
 
 I'm actually patting myself on the back for finding a $350 jogging stroller on craigslist for $50 and the next day finding another one at a thrift store for $15!
 
 

Originally posted by Greer Zoller:
   
 I mean, what is it costing to raise a child these days, Rhett? $7M?

[Julian, Alleged Computer F**kface]

Originally posted by Brian_Walalce:
  Apparently every twenty-something ... is pulling in $85+ a year.
 

Most Junior High students pull in more then 85 bucks a year.
 
 Julian

[vansmack]

Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes,Japanese Golfer:
 
 They say they don't smile for 6-8 weeks, but damnit, I've got pictures to prove otherwise.

That's not a smile, dad.  She's taking a crap.

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

Well I congratulate you on your financial good fortune.
 
 I came to DC, age 30, with an eight year old car, and $2000 savings, no 401K, and that was about it...so you're doing better than me. That was due to poor earnings rather than big spendings.
 
 My advice would be to start putting away some money for a down payment on a house/condo so that you're no longer a slave to the landlord, and so that you can pay cash on a car and not have to pay interest!
 
 

Originally posted by miss p...dirty pirate hooker:
  just because i'm young doesn't mean i'm pushing a cash register somewhere. i'm 23 and have a professional career. my folks are more than 6 hours away and i live on my own and pay my rent, my car, etc. i don't have some huge credit card debt and have money going into my 401K. maybe i'm not making six figures, but that's no reason to not enjoy spending a chunk of my income on what i love and enjoy the most?
 
 i suppose it'd be better spent on blow?
 
 Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes,Japanese Golfer:
  I just picture some folks on here as 25 year olds living in group homes, racking up huge credit card bills full of concert tickets, festival tickets, plane tickets to festivals and shows, food and drink at shows, etc, while putting away no money for their future. Maybe some people get money from their parents, too.
 

[vansmack]

Originally posted by miss p...dirty pirate hooker:
  i'm 23 and have a professional career.

Winning the "Miss Pink Taco" contest is hardly a career.  But I applaud you nonetheless.

[nkotb]

It is if you win it multiple years running.
 
 

Originally posted by vansmack:
   

Originally posted by miss p...dirty pirate hooker:
  i'm 23 and have a professional career.

Winning the "Miss Pink Taco" contest is hardly a career.  But I applaud you nonetheless. [/b]

[vansmack]

Originally posted by nkotb:
  It is if you win it multiple years running.
 
 

I stand corrected.

[miss pretentious]

well, it's annoying when it's assumed that a 20something can't live on their own. i graduated from college two years ago - that's plenty of time to have my shit straight.
 
 i never said i owned a house... i said i pay my rent - big difference. also, i didn't spend $35k a year on school... less than half that at a state university. and you know, my folks paid that - gladly. just because my folks paid for my schooling doesn't mean i (or anyone else for that matter) can't take care myself otherwise.
 
 why are you so bitter about everything anyway?
 
 

Originally posted by Brian_Walalce:
   

Originally posted by miss p...dirty pirate hooker:
  just because i'm young doesn't mean i'm pushing a cash register somewhere. i'm 23 and have a professional career. my folks are more than 6 hours away and i live on my own and pay my rent, my car, etc. i don't have some huge credit card debt and have money going into my 401K. maybe i'm not making six figures, but that's no reason to not enjoy spending a chunk of my income on what i love and enjoy the most?
 
 i suppose it'd be better spent on blow?
 
 

I've never, in my life, seen young people lie more than about money.  Apparently the worst insult to them is that "Mommy and Daddy" are supporting their lifestyle.  I've seen countless students who attend $35,000+/a year secondary institutions swear that they are paying for it "themselves.  My Mom and Dad don't pay ANYTHING."  Which is such a lie.
 
 I'm not calling miss hooker a liar.  I'm just saying young people boast (lie) about their financial "independence" more than anything else.  Apparently every twenty-something owns their own home and is pulling in $85+ a year.
 
 Brian [/b]

[miss pretentious]

exactly  
 
 

Originally posted by vansmack:
   

Originally posted by nkotb:
  It is if you win it multiple years running.
 
 

I stand corrected. [/b]

[ggw]

When I was in my early twenties I sure as hell wasn't going to waste my youth worrying about some abstract notion of "my future."  I spent like there was no tomorrow -- records, concerts, drinks, drugs, whatever. And, if there was anything left over, then some bills got paid.
 
 If I had to do it all over again, I would make the same choices.