I never went to the spa in the Uk as I was working. Now nails, spa, taxis, lunches, just veryday things do add up.
So yes give your wife a realitic budget just for her is a very good idea that way you have one thing less to argue over.

Listen... it is a bit stereotypical... and there are trailing expat spouses whose husbands (mainly) are on juicy expat packages that include generous housing and school allowances as well as club memberships. You can find them hanging about the American Club or the Tanglin Club or the British Club.wakkaw wrote:It looks like lots of expats wives are spending loads of money in Singapore. My wife (including kids) in fact never spend $1000 a month on her own stuff. She is not into some expensive spas and gucci bags. Probably the most expensive bag she bought was only $200 and it was almost a year ago already... Now she is worried that it is going to be hard for her to make friends.
He's saying it's cheaper to rent a wife, than marry oneOogieBoogie wrote:Irvine, the fact a wife is working or not won't change the fact that you'll need to spend 1000SGD/month for groceries and household. And tha'ts the same for the 1000SGD/month for the kids.
What do you try to say exactly?
Hi, this is my first post.Strong Eagle wrote:Quick shot out of the box (per month):
$5,000 - house
$6,000 - school
$1,000 - car
$1,500 - food
$2,000 - etc
About $16,000 per month
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