We have loads of money and live in a 5 bed house. I feel like a bit of a twat saying that we have loads of money and I’m sure loads of other users will be along in a moment to tell me I am. Loads of money here means that we have a small number of millions in the bank, and our take home is a combined 1.2m per year.
We have a gardener because our garden totals about an acre, I think. But that also includes the but the house is standing on. Anyway, I hate gardening. No cleaner because I’m weird about it and don’t want one. We have a holiday home in a Spain which does not have a pool and we use the municipal one. We have 2 cars, one of them is new and electric and one of them is ancient and diesel. Ancient diesel car is currently a non starter due to neglect so we’re sharing one.
We are both SE, working jointly on the same business. I work 7am-1pm every day, my husband works full time 9-5. Business employs about 50 other people so it’s big and profitable and that’s the only reason we’re rich. We both grew up with ordinary MC boomer parents. My non-school-age kid goes to a childminder. No nannies.
We usually (except we didn’t for 3 years because Covid and then baby) go abroad 3-4 times per year. This is where most of our money goes. Also, education as we pay for schooling. We also have an insane wine collection - like 650 bottles!
Our energy bills are now around £600 per month. That’s also a big expense. It would be in poor taste for me to complain though, obvs.
My handbag is a Badabing changing bag. When I don’t have a babe in arms, my handbag is something very mundane and reliable like a Radley cross body. I often buy them on eBay second hand too. My sunglasses are fake - from a lucky-lucky market in Turkey. I don’t wear a watch although my husband does and I think it’s a Cartier. My prize “rich person” piece is my engagement ring which is unbelievable and sapphire and old. But small.
I do my big shop in Lidl. I have 2 cats and no dogs because I’m not keen on having a dog, so in that sense I’m a shit rich person.
My average day is waking at 6 and putting on some washing / folding washing from day before. Then I throw on some clothes, feed the cats and empty the dishwasher. Baby wakes about 6.30 (she’s 10mo and sleeps well now) and I give her some breakfast and a milk feed. Other kids and husband wake at 7 and I go and start work. Husband does CM and school drops and starts work at 9. I smash through my emails before 9 and then have meetings until about 1. I usually have a break around 9.30/10 and might stick another load on.
I have 1hour after work where I knock out some housework and then I get the babe from CM at exactly 2pm.
Sometimes I bring her home for a nap, sometimes I take her out.
Get the kids at 3.30, dinner for 5.30. Baby goes to bed at 7. Other 2 go up around 8. Then it’s wine time.
My days are honestly pretty shit and boring. We have 3 living rooms. Oh! Also we eat off good silverware cutlery every day. It was a wedding gift and it sat in a drawer hardly used for ages. One day I just thought “screw this” and we’ve been using it and putting it through the dishwasher every damn day for about 4 years now. So that’s pretty fancy of me.