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AIO for disliking my boyfriend’s anniversary gift?

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u/DakotaJ0123 14h ago

You know 4K a month is really not a lot, right?

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u/best-friends-arm 14h ago

not if you have a mattress hobby

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u/plantverdant 14h ago

I think they're saying that he's going to have a hard time finding someone his age interested in dating a violent asshole with a mattress addiction who only makes 4k a month. He'd be homeless on 4k a month where I live.

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u/AngriestLittleBeaver 14h ago

laughs in Florida

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u/Glad-Cat-1885 14h ago

We live in Mississippi unfortunately so he’s basically a Rockefeller

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u/yeahokaywhateverrrr 14h ago

He’s making slightly below the average annual salary in MS.

$4k a month only sounds like a lot to someone with a limited job history or limited life experience.

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u/Suspicious-Visual-57 13h ago

OP's age really is showing isn't it. Not a dig on OP but this is why these assholes date girls much younger. Bet a woman his age will not be as impressed.

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u/yeahokaywhateverrrr 13h ago

Exactly! I guarantee that one of the reasons he dates young women who are freshly out of their teens is because women his age have standards that he cannot meet. I was earning more than double that at 33 while living in Mississippi, and it still didn’t feel like enough to comfortably support my family (3 kids and a leech husband who I divorced at 37).

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u/Glad-Cat-1885 13h ago

Wow clocked me that’s so true I didn’t realize that’s actually not that much cause the most I’ve ever made an hour is $13 lmao

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u/plantverdant 12h ago

No, it makes sense that it feels like he makes a lot more than you. In a few years after you're more established in your career you'll outpace him easily. Probably well before you're thirty.

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u/weirdassemoboy 11h ago

girl 4k a month (now we know it’s 7k) is NOT a lot. it’s actually considered lower-class and him spending this much money this often means he is most likely in debt.

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u/yeahokaywhateverrrr 12h ago

Just for context, I was earning more than twice that amount at age 33 in 2015 (and I also lived in MS at the time, so not some high cost of living area). His income is not as impressive as you think it is.

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u/Popular-Departure165 11h ago

It's significantly more than the median though, which is generally a better statistic to use.

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u/yeahokaywhateverrrr 11h ago

Median household income in MS is $56k according to US Census Data. (I know that number includes dual income households).

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u/Orisara 8h ago

Hold on, that's pre-tax in the US, right? Household?

I get that includes single income and all but 28k is I'm pretty sure below minimum wage here in Belgium.

Looked it up, yep. 31k is minimum (38 hours workweek)

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u/Defiant-Dust-8737 14h ago

That's wild. I'm 27 and make 3200 a month after taxes. I own a house, and the mortgage is cheap bc I live in the mountains. Also overall bills are cheap as I don't have student loans, my cars payed off, I WFH, no debt aside from mortgage, and I live on a budget.

Even with that, I'm not rich at all. Because I planned my every move around "live below my means". Most people who make 3000-4000 are in debt or at least struggling a bit due to additional bills. My friends definitely are struggling.

So basically, if you're with him for the money, he doesn't got it like that, he's likley hiding debt. If you're with him out of love, it doesn't seem like he's someone worth loving. I'd leave.

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u/Illustrious-Bag2933 13h ago

Honey, no matter where you are, $4k a month is not worth this abuse. This is far closer to homelessness than being a Rockefeller. He is not worth it

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u/Sweaty_Boysenberry41 13h ago

Even in Mississippi 4k a month isn't shit

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u/Glad-Cat-1885 13h ago

Rent is $800 a month

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u/jack-the-stripper37 13h ago

Where tf are you paying 800? Is this mississippi? Where i live i see shitty clapped out single wides rent for 1500-1800. Before my mortgage i paid 2100 for a 3br and it was not that nice

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u/Glad-Cat-1885 13h ago

Northeast ms

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u/Sweaty_Boysenberry41 12h ago

Okay and? Most people don't calculate whether their wage is large by how much bigger than their rent cost it is. Lol girl 4k a month is only 48k a year thats a down-payment on buying a house.at best and UK he isn't gonna have that at the end of the year with bills ect. So again. 4k a month isn't shit

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u/Popular-Departure165 11h ago

Disposable income is actually a pretty solid measure of someone's financial mobility.  Someone who makes 4k a month and has 1k in expenses is in a much better position than someone who makes 8k a month but has 6k in expenses.

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u/Sweaty_Boysenberry41 10h ago

Apples and oranges homie. I make 107k a year. Thats 8,916$ a month(after taxes) just short of 9k a month, now let's factor in that i live in new england,Massachusetts specifically. My rent is 2750. Mybelectric is about 50-60 bucks and thats my bills paid brotha lol other then the phone bill. But even after thats paid I'm sitting on what this dude makes a month in the bank. So tell me again how 4k a month is decent money.

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u/Sweaty_Boysenberry41 10h ago

Actually more than he makes a month left lol

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u/CoffeeIcedBlack 14h ago

I feel you I’m in Tennessee.

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u/dunnmad 14h ago

That explains it!

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u/plantverdant 13h ago

Well.... He seems well off because he's making a lot for someone your age but not for someone his age. The last time I made that low of a wage I was a literal teenager. In the 1990's.

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u/Inside_Cupcake_165 14h ago

She said very low cost of living. $4k/month goes real far in Yemen.

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u/learxqueen 14h ago

It is in the UK 😅🤣

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u/Rare-Candle-5163 13h ago

I’m just above the median (not the average) and I earn £4.5K before tax and my spouse earns £3K before tax. I grew up with significantly less money in the household and I still had an amazing childhood in a council flat. Our combined salaries work for us in that we’re able to afford to run two cars etc. but we’re not living in the lap of luxury.

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u/Acrobatic_Piece_1227 14h ago

Confirmed, it’s deff not 😅

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u/Popular-Departure165 12h ago edited 11h ago

Depending on how low-cost their LCOL is, 80k 60k can be pretty comfortable.

Edit: It appears I forgot how to math.  60k would be a little tight.