Comments on: Is Married Life More Expensive than Single Life?

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By: Bride Diva

Bride Diva — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 16:18:36 +0000

I also thought I’d be saving money once I got married. Wrong! I haven’t quite narrowed down why but it surely is more expensive

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Mon, 08 Oct 2007 18:06:07 +0000

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admin — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 05:34:30 +0000

Hi Kyle!
Our rent ended up increasing because the landlord for my old condo was my roommate’s friend for 35 years and he never increased rent for a very long time. He increased my rent by $25 in 2 years, and all the other landlords in the county were increasing rents 10 to 20% a year. So when we found a place together it ended up being a little more expensive, but it’s still not so bad.

Hi Staci,
Yeah, boys do eat and drink a lot. The “safe neighborhood” & “good school district” are things I am worried about when we have kids. Right now we don’t really care because we are not going to school anymore so we can just live wherever we want. However, I am very acutely aware that neighborhoods with good schools in the Bay Area carry a crazy premium.

By: StaciCarsten

StaciCarsten — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 20:05:01 +0000

My husband is VERY expensive to feed — he still eats like a teenage boy at almost 40 — it doesn’t help that he likes very expensive beer and wine. I hardly spent anything on food and alcohol when I was single.

We have kids now, and kids are not that expensive in theory, but even though we are not big on the “buying a bunch of crap” mentality, we do want to live in a safe neighborhood, in a good school district and in a decent house they can feel good about growing up in. And, oh my, that alone is spendy!