Just checking how you compare,financially,with your friends and family?
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Thanks
How Do You Compare with Your Friends and Family?
grabngo on 06/03/2018 - 19:48
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just checking
I haven't got to the stage that I can go to get a car wash financially yet if that's what you mean.
Also you seem fairly well off even though you lied in the car wash post above about running a tight ship, so why the obsession with this comparison garbage? That will just lead to a miserable existence.
Your Past posts include -
I have a lot of time on my hands. I earn decently. Should I look for more things to do or just bludge?
So I work a 40 hour week.
Earn decent money.
The thing is that I have approx. 15 hours of the 40 hours free.
Most of the time I check facebook etc and just bludge.
Should I be looking for more things to do or just carry on doing what I do?
Kids are in private school.
Mrs is working.
Happy as Larry at the moment.Is It Worth Getting Personalised Number Plates?
What to buy from Los Angeles?
Buying a Property 400m from a Train Station but The Strata Is $1900 a Quarter-Castle Hill
Which BMW To Buy? 2004 M3 or 3005 X5?Buy Apartment for $600K in Liverpool 2170 or a House for $700K in Camden?
Would you buy an apartment in Liverpool 2170 3bed 2 bath and 2 garage for $600 or a 4 bedder house in Camden for $700K?
I can afford both but the apartment seems like less work and is closer to the train station.
Your input is much appreciated.Should We Sell and Build Bigger or Just Stay as Is?
As it stands,our house is worth $550k.
There is a large influx of money in the town and we know that the house prices are going to increase.
Should we sell now and build a bigger house or just stay as we are?
We can afford to.
If we build it would cost approx. $700k for what we want now.
PS We are in Regional NSW
I wonder if DisabledUser is imminent…
Nah he seems to be comfortable with making up pointless forum posts & lying in them.
Here is another one where he lied, as he had already told us that the house is paid off here.When Do You Anticipate You Would Have Paid Your Home Mortgage off Completely?
Just wondering when you think you would be debt free from paying off your home mortgage. Personally I have another 15 years to go.
Seriously?
sure am.
we measure willys.
My cousin's is 6 inches whilst mine is 12.
Oh sorry, I was referring to favourite submarine sandwich size.
What does it matter?
don't u feel a bit different not having a fancy car and fancy house compared to your close ones?
No, this is Ozbargain.
Different, yes, in any way less because of it? definitely not. Some peoples priorities are all about gaining possessions, some peoples arent, but I place very little importance on someone's financial value when forming an opinion of someone.
This is Australia, we have "tall poppy Syndrome", anyone that shows flashy cars/house just makes everyone else want to knock them down. Check out Salim Mehajeh.
The only people that gets any advantage from a society where luxury/fancy stuff are sought after are the companies that make them - LV makes a mint from the Chinese.
Not sure that Salim Mehajeh is a good example to use in this case.
@argonbay: Agree - he's a terrible example!
Also money is like Sex - everyone thinks that everyone else has more than them.
@Deridas The previous commenters obviously didn't get your point….
"hey mate how much you earn?"
will private message u ….
Why can't you just reply here?
Quotation marks made the question rhetorical.
Apart from comparing yourself with others on wealthiness, have you had comparison in terms of the capability to have smarter conversations?
Haven't done my tax for the last decade, nice try ATO
how you compare,financially,with your friends and family?
I have the biggest eneloop collection amongst my friends & family so quite obviously I am the financially savvy one.
Are fellow ozbargainers considered my friends?
Hi friend, can I borrow a dollar?
You can borrow my eneloops?
Take your dollar, and leave your OzBargain card behind }=[
Are pets considered family or friends? My dogs financial situation is far better than mine.
They gather up the crumbs under my table
how you compare financially
We play poker and the loser of each round has to reveal one financial document, e.g. bank statement, Eneloop receipts, etc.
I compare myself to ozbargainers…. Coz they're FAMILY
This book may be of interest to you : Status Anxiety by Alain de Botton.
It describes the condition of status anxiety, and once fully understood, how to be free from it by modifying one's perception.
If you prefer to watch the documentary instead, the complete version – which is over 2 hours, 5 episodes. Or you can just track down the individual episodes in youtube.
Hope this helps.
Wow, OP. Wow.
None of my friends even have an $80k investment car, bunch of losers.
what does it matter about others (friends or family) are financial status??? just worry about your own & if it meets your needs.. NOT WANTS!!!
Who cares?
Your trouble and strife
I’m married with 3 little kids, in FT day care, most friends are dating/divorced, with no kids.
I make more money, they have more disposable income. Bit hard to compare apples and bananas.
It's a terrible question with no correct answer given so many variables.
turning back time, will you have 3 kids again ?
All day every day!
However I would do things very differently. We had twins and then another fairly quickly after. 3 in Day Care was killing us financially, to the point it was costing my partner money to goto work. But if she left the work force, she knew she could never go back (mentally). We then applied for a mortgage and were initially denied as we were one income with 4 dependants and apparently they factor in the cost of a dependants irrespective of what you do/don't pay.. If she got a minimum wage job, we would be fine, despite the fact our net income would be lower.
All the above means nothing when your feeling down (just put an offer on a house, apparently $700,000 isn't enough for a modest family home in regional NSW, but that's another story) and you say to your wife "how are we going to fix this" and from the back of the car you hear "with love" "& chocolate" "I need to wee"
I need to apologise to all ozbargainers, except OP. I actually opened this thinking "wow what's wrong with these people" so I was glad most reacted the same way.
OP: 2 Corinthians 10:12
Those who feel the need to compare themselves to others have no hope.
I am the best at bargaining, and statistics, by a ratio of 10:7:4:4:3:3.
Grateful there are no 1's in my family.
By judging others you are highly susceptible to receive judgement over praise.
1 like = 1 prayer
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Ok, noted.
I don't. I am a orphan and no-body likes me :(
I,m kinder and more generous, financially, than most of my friends and family.
Hopeabout you OP , you haven,t told us how YOU compare.You should be careful comparing yourself to others you don't how much in debt they are. We live in average house, drive (new) average cars. We owe $280k. I have a friends who live in much better house and drive better cars than I do, but do they have as little debt as I do, probably not.
In terms of comparisons I make around the same a many, more than some… But I have no debt, healthy savings, and lots of cool toys.
Honestly I love ozbargain, but most of the time I just scroll through impressed at how I seriously cannot find anything to buy that I want or need.
Hence I don't bother comparing to other people. I compare my actual to ideal self, and they are close enough - except my ideal self is much taller and better looking.
I owe approx $350k on the house.
Cars are leased.
Still making ends meet.
Kids costing money.
Family and friends are in a similar situation but their cars are free and have smaller debt on there houses.
I believe that I am happier though.
Those haters who have made nasty comments and those stalkers,have a cuppa and relax.
Noted where and for what?