Ahhh, the straw man fallacy. End of discussion.
Now you're just having a laugh... been watching Nigella Bites, have you?
Uni living expenses
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Maybe you don't get annoyed with people posting their new rigs but I don't recall may people on this forum saying things like "I could not believe how much it cost me to build a new rig."
People generally don't start threads saying this is how much a PC WILL cost and then list the most/fairly expensive parts, as this is their preference.
You have posted a thread that was supposed to be a guide to student living and when people called you up on it you got tetchy about your lifestyle.
I know people who work half their week to pay the rent and I know people who get enough money to buy anything they wanted and any of them would think what you do is rediculous.
But I bet they don't serve up fillet steak stuffed with gorgonzola?
As it happens I don't really plan to go into the Army at all though, so it probably won't ever be an issue.
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I spend around £70/week on food while I am at uni. I don't however think that this is a normal student thing and I could certainly spend a lot less. You may well budget like that, I know plenty of people who do but posting about it on the internet is not the brightest thing to do. It just looks like showing off.
All you people who are going to Uni make sure you read this thread. It shows the type of person you don't want to make friends with. They will make you feel poor and insignificant. Make friends with people who don't want you to drink Veuve, rather a bottle of whatever is the cheapest at the time.
Being a student is meant to be hard living - that's the point, it adds to the experience. Best times I had were going to the local Tesco's with my mates, with hardly any money, and trying to budget for food andbeer. We ended up with 16 cans of some random German beer (DAB or something), 3 big bags of crisps and 2 massive bars of cheap chocolate. We went home, drank beer, ate junk food, watched tv and played games. After this, a lot of friends came round, avec beer, and we had an impromptu house party. Total cost: £4.00 per head.
OP: you are a 'rah'. No doubt.
Being a student is meant to be hard living - that's the point, it adds to the experience. Best times I had were going to the local Tesco's with my mates, with hardly any money, and trying to budget for food andbeer. We ended up with 16 cans of some random German beer (DAB or something), 3 big bags of crisps and 2 massive bars of cheap chocolate. We went home, drank beer, ate junk food, watched tv and played games. After this, a lot of friends came round, avec beer, and we had an impromptu house party. Total cost: £4.00 per head.
OP: you are a 'rah'. No doubt.
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That's what he does in most threads (apart from sometimes looking down his nose at the working class)
Even as a well paid professional in London I never spend £250 a month on food as I cook from scratch myself rather than buying pre processed stuff.
Buying ingredients costs a lot less than bought meals and will generally be a lot better for you.
When I was a student I would never have dreamed of spending more than £100 a month.
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I wouldn't quite go as far as to judge him personally on his lifestyle choices as I feel that would be unfair and equally as judgemental as he could be of the standard "poor" student's lifestyle. However I do think that this isn't the lifestyle of a student or even of a typical young professional and will therefore be unsustainable in the long term unless he wants to borrow from the Bank of Mum and Dad for the rest of his life.
Man of Honour
I lived off £70/week for everything but rent and fees and did that fine (with loads to spare).
Food for me AND the missus cost about £30-50 a week for 2 of us, and that was buying too much normally.
Pasta - £1 per 2 weeks
Sauce - £1.50 per 4 days.
Food for me AND the missus cost about £30-50 a week for 2 of us, and that was buying too much normally.
Pasta - £1 per 2 weeks
Sauce - £1.50 per 4 days.
zefan knows the score and still peopel manage with less than that
mates all lived on whatever there saturday job paid a week last year after the loan had covered the halls
i intend to do the same
people on jobseekers live of 45 quid a week so i cant see why students couldn't if they had too
my parents are buying me the essentials like bedding and stuff before i go but they cant afford to pay me money a week or pay for my course or whatever more
makes me feel like a right scummer that somehow people are spending a 800-1000 quid a month of most likely there parents cash :/ . the course ill be doing wont be one where i can work every afternoon and night either , a saturday/sunday job will be the most i can manage and ill have to do it to afford it
mates all lived on whatever there saturday job paid a week last year after the loan had covered the halls
i intend to do the same
people on jobseekers live of 45 quid a week so i cant see why students couldn't if they had too
my parents are buying me the essentials like bedding and stuff before i go but they cant afford to pay me money a week or pay for my course or whatever more
makes me feel like a right scummer that somehow people are spending a 800-1000 quid a month of most likely there parents cash :/ . the course ill be doing wont be one where i can work every afternoon and night either , a saturday/sunday job will be the most i can manage and ill have to do it to afford it
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Yeah i'd say that is way over. I spend about 25-30 a week on food (80% takeaways
) and about 80-100 going out. I can't be bothered to do a full breakdown of my stuff yet as im supposed to be going outside today 
o) but i'd say those figures are a lot higher than most students, especially the foodbill.
) and about 80-100 going out. I can't be bothered to do a full breakdown of my stuff yet as im supposed to be going outside today o) but i'd say those figures are a lot higher than most students, especially the foodbill.
Soldato
I get by on hardly anything:
Rent - £62 a week: £244 a month.
Net - £8 a month
Electricity, Gas, Water: £25 a month (bills are sporadic)
Food shopping - £80 a month (at the very most)
I don't think I've ever spent more than £20 a week on food shopping, and I've actually never bought a ready meal/frozen pizza whilst at Uni yet. I usually eat stir frys, different types of pasta (carbonara for the win) steaks etc, realistic food.
Travel - £26 (that's if I buy a day rider every single day, most days I walk into College)
Anyone can go to Uni in my opinion, if they get a Job.
Rent - £62 a week: £244 a month.
Net - £8 a month
Electricity, Gas, Water: £25 a month (bills are sporadic)
Food shopping - £80 a month (at the very most)
I don't think I've ever spent more than £20 a week on food shopping, and I've actually never bought a ready meal/frozen pizza whilst at Uni yet. I usually eat stir frys, different types of pasta (carbonara for the win) steaks etc, realistic food.
Travel - £26 (that's if I buy a day rider every single day, most days I walk into College)
Anyone can go to Uni in my opinion, if they get a Job.
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I'm not judging him on his lifestyle choice - if that's what makes him happy then more power to him. However, to infer that this is a 'typical' student lifestyle is wholly inaccurate and ludicrous.
All I know is that living a lifestyle like the one he suggests will make things harder. I wouldn't be friends with him, and I doubt the people I know would be either. I'm not suggesting that the OP doesn't have mates as I'm sure he does, my point is this: when you first go to Uni you have many choices - one of which is the 'crowd' that you want to hang around with.
I firmly believe that the majority of students would not want to be friends with the OP, solely because of lifestyle choice. I'm not saying he's not a nice guy, but when your friends are living a life on beans and bread why would you brag by buying Waitrose quality products. It's smacks of desperation to be considered the 'rich' one.
Sorry, I've rambled
I'm not judging him on his lifestyle choice - if that's what makes him happy then more power to him. However, to infer that this is a 'typical' student lifestyle is wholly inaccurate and ludicrous.
All I know is that living a lifestyle like the one he suggests will make things harder. I wouldn't be friends with him, and I doubt the people I know would be either. I'm not suggesting that the OP doesn't have mates as I'm sure he does, my point is this: when you first go to Uni you have many choices - one of which is the 'crowd' that you want to hang around with.
I firmly believe that the majority of students would not want to be friends with the OP, solely because of lifestyle choice. I'm not saying he's not a nice guy, but when your friends are living a life on beans and bread why would you brag by buying Waitrose quality products. It's smacks of desperation to be considered the 'rich' one.
Sorry, I've rambled
No problems, the point I was trying to make was that I wouldn't *not* be friends with someone (like the cunning use of the double negative
) just because they happened to have more money than me as long as they understood that I personally couldn't afford their extravagant lifestyle 
Soldato
Wow. We (Wife, 2kids + me) spend that in a fortnight and we have nice normal meals!
The type that spend £100 a month on going out.