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VinylPuppies t1_j1sm5pp wrote

If I’m reading this correctly, you’re spending around $100 per month on food between groceries and eating out. If that’s the true figure, you should make sure you incorporate growth in that area on your future expenses when you’re on your own.

Great discipline overall, and be sure to get your parents something real nice down the road :)

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justlikeofficespace OP t1_j1smxd0 wrote

When I was living on my own, I was spending between $150-200/mo on groceries and eating out. I'm a simple man. 50 lb bag of rice, bulk spinach, chicken thighs, and eggs goes a long way.

>be sure to get your parents something real nice down the road :)

You know it!

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VinylPuppies t1_j1stif9 wrote

That's the way to do it. Before I got married, I used to have tuna/hamburger helper quite often to stretch the grocery dollar as far as I could. Let's just say that marriage changed that a bit (for the better).

FWIW, we budget $500 on groceries for the two of us. Eating out is a bit more variable, but we consider that a bit on the entertainment side. We recently moved into our first house a few months back, and if you can nail down a cheap garage fridge/freezer, the extra space goes a long way towards freezing meat that you can buy when it's on sale.

Keep up the great work and good luck on the future housing hunt!

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[deleted] t1_j1z25yx wrote

Fuck that. Eating nothing but rice, spinach and eggs isn't enjoyable, nor is it a very balanced diet. I don't know why people on Reddit get off bragging about how Spartan their diets are. Sure, saving money is great, but eating the most bland foods around just to save a few bucks is hardly an ideal solution.

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