'Just Rewards (2)'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
I think my dad was shocked to find out I had debt, debt I could pay off. As opposed to worried, when I had debt I was still paying down on. How far I've come since I was all "Loans? For university? Absolutely not!"
My debt is 0% APR, but I think it's a principle (har) thing. He buys his cars in cash too.
Maybe not dinner, maybe Bride and Prejudice.
Ooh, also good. Arclight, or near you?
In a way, I don't even know how much I make. I know my base salary, of course, and how much I will get paid for each overtime hour I work, but the number of overtime hours can change drastically from paycheck to paycheck, and I have no idea what it will be overall for the year.
You know, I don't think anyone knows how much I make. A girlfriend knows approximately, but not exactly. She's also the only one who knows approximately how much debt I have.
My salary/rent ratio is okay. It's about 25% of my take-home.
My rent is bit under a third of my take-home, which I'm fine with. What wasn't fine were the years I was living in the same place with less than half the salary.
I don't even like to let myself know how much debt I have. I used to make payments all the time without even checking the totals. Now I make myself look at it and keep a running tally. It is depressing and scary.
Quirky Library Story. [link]
I make in Allyson's ballpark, have almost no debt (Thanks to my folks helping out with my student loans), and pay $515 a month for rent.
The last guide I looked at said that rent should be 12.8% (oddly specific) of your gross pay. I'm assuming, that even though salaries vary with location, acceptable %ages do too. I wonder if that was an LA number.
My rent is a little more than a third of my take-home when I do the math - mabye a bit more than that. But I like where I live and I'm [fingers crossed] hoping that ratio changes a bit in the near future. But my numbers are about on a par with Allyson's.
My rent is 14.4% of gross.
The last guide I looked at said that rent should be 12.8% (oddly specific) of your gross pay.
Hah, no, I don't think so. Not in any city I've lived, though I guess Montreal might come closest. Of course, I wasnt' making as much money there, so even then I don't think I could do it.