To think you actually need 2k a week to live on?

[TheIcyAquaFawn]

Post bills/house etc?
For a brilliant quality of life?

Perfect week stuff as in fun activities, no budget. Food shopping throwing everything in the trolley - lots of easy food. Being able to order Ubereats whenever you fancy ?

High earners tend to go for ease as they’re very busy and important

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It’s just a light hearted thread. For fun?

I disagree. Essentials probably 10% this. I’m not sure how I could sow spend that amount her week meaningfully

but that’s the joy of it / unmeaningful spending. Just treats, takeaways, coggies etc

What's your breakdown of what you'd spend the £2k on then OP? 😁

See I don't have any interest in spending £2k a week on takeaways, but if I'm allowed to save it up and use it to take sabbaticals and go on amazing glamorous holidays...

Depending what country some live in they’d have to earn well over that 100k to account for tax

Ok fun task.

500 in m&s on shopping.
120 on a box of 200 ciggies
380 on Uber eats etc

350 on clothes shopping
200 on scratch cards
100 give money to friends
300 make up or house stuff
50 savings

I'd take £200 a week after bills!

Cigarettes and scratch cards aren’t exactly fun.

I wouldn't even spend 2k in a week whilst on holiday, never mind a normal week with work and school on. We're a family of 5 and need nothing close to that amount.

It would be lovely, but I wouldn’t spend on uber eats and cigarettes. I’d stash a load for a luxury holiday, upgrade some of my furniture, and have a facial and a massage every week. And maybe a weekly blow dry as well. I’d also increase the teenagers pocket money. I’d love to donate to a few local charities that do amazing work which I’ve volunteered for in the past. Beyond that, I’d start overpaying my mortgage and knocking years off it. It’s nice to dream.

You sound really sensible. That is a lovely idea to spend x

I don't have £2k a month and if I did my life would be considerably easier.

I kind of want to know how you would spend the 2k a week.

its definitely not a needed amount after bills. Just sounds like spending money for the sake of it. I’d want to save that kind of money so I could retire early

edit, I see your list now. My god lol

If I had to spend it all each week, I think that'd be quite hard work! I'd probably need to employ a personal chef / butler type person to help me decide what to buy...

You’re overthinking it - if you had 2k a week left after all bills etc your pensh would be good enough for retirement anyway

I love this. I'd also do the blow dries, but I think I'd pay someone to come to my house to do it! I could set up a little spa area for myself and sit with my feet soaking while they do it... I'd also love to go out with the kids at the weekend and then just spontaneously stay overnight in a hotel or BnB wherever we were. Just for the adventure 😁

Why would you be spending £500 on food at M&S and then buying takeaways? How much food waste is involved? I budget £250 a week for food and disposable spending which is loads. Do you need new make up every week, or clothes every week?

Id honestly struggle to spend £2k a month on the things you’ve listed much less a week - which is a good thing because my salary wouldn’t stretch to it anyway.

Unless I was allowed to buy pension investments, overpay mortgage, etc. Then it would be v easy!

Quite a lot of food waste already happens for me. Sadly

Yes this is the key question, does it all have to be spent each week, or can it be saved??

It's possible I'm leaning into this question too hard 😂

You can save 1k of it. 1k has to be used (and abused)

I have gone from £3600 monthly to £23k a month (single mum, 30 , receive 1.1k for child maintainence on top) so seen both sides.

honestly, for a good quality of life living simply and buying what you need including bills etc, £3000 is enough.

Or save for oooh, a month, and then book an £8000 holiday.

I don’t think I’d struggle to spend it at all. I’d start clothes shopping at Ganni/Essentiel Antwerp instead of H&M/Zara. I’d book a plasterer to skim or replaster my whole house, and I’d redo the bathroom. In fact, I’d actually hire decorators afterward to repaint rather than doing it myself. I’d increase the dogwalker to 5 days a week instead of 2, and I’d get a cleaner. I’d replace all the ancient crappy stained carpets. We’d get someone to redo the drive, and lay a new patio and fix the lawn so it’s actually flat and replace the windows. I’d buy a new corner sofa and a solid wood kitchen. I’d buy a rug that didn’t come from Ikea. Honestly, it would be years before I ran out of things to fix/replace.