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My gf is dropping brands in the grocery shop. Whether she likes it or not
TightRob
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I moved into my gf's house, I offered to do the weekly grocery shopping for her. She has lived on her own for 6 years so knows how much an average shop will cost her.
I have told her that she needs to double that weekly food budget and give me the money and I will feed us.
Goodbye the birds eye fish fingers that she likes for a quick tea on Mondays. Hello smart price ones put in the Birdseye box.
Goodbye pg tips. Hello basics bags in a tea caddy and the packaging carefully disposed of.
What else will I get away with? How much am I going To make each week?? :beer:
I have told her that she needs to double that weekly food budget and give me the money and I will feed us.
Goodbye the birds eye fish fingers that she likes for a quick tea on Mondays. Hello smart price ones put in the Birdseye box.
Goodbye pg tips. Hello basics bags in a tea caddy and the packaging carefully disposed of.
What else will I get away with? How much am I going To make each week?? :beer:
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Oops wrong thread!0
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Not only do you want her to pay your board, but you expect to make a tidy profit from it?She has lived on her own for 6 years so knows how much an average shop will cost her.
I have told her that she needs to double that weekly food budget and give me the money and I will feed us.
Wow, you sound like a real catch.Value-for-money-for-me-puhleeze!
"No man is worth, crawling on the earth"- adapted from Bob Crewe and Bob Gaudio
Hope is not a strategy
...A child is for life, not just 18 years....Don't get me started on the NHS, because you won't win...I love chaz-ing!0 -
Nothing wrong in introducing your girlfriend to some money saving ways but the fact that you are trying to make money off her is disgusting.0
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It's a wind up.All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of things shall be well.
Pedant alert - it's could have, not could of.0 -
She earns good money and has been able to afford to live on her own for years - something that many many people can't do.0
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Money doesn't buy taste, nor the ability to judge character.She earns good money and has been able to afford to live on her own for years - something that many many people can't do.
Definitely a wind-up.Value-for-money-for-me-puhleeze!
"No man is worth, crawling on the earth"- adapted from Bob Crewe and Bob Gaudio
Hope is not a strategy...A child is for life, not just 18 years....Don't get me started on the NHS, because you won't win...I love chaz-ing!0 -
Buy smaller dinner plates and you can reduce portion sizes without her noticing and pocket the difference0
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What are you saving up for?
Could be fun if you fund a surprise holiday with the difference, it's a brave soul who switches his gf's teabags without a good backup plan for when she finds out:rotfl:***Mortgage Free Oct 2018 - Debt Free again (after detour) June 2022***
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I'm not saving for anything specific - just saving for a rainy day.0
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And to pay off debts, sadly0
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