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SPLIT: speaking of haves and have nots&quo

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  • whyfi
    whyfi
    steve wrote: Yeah- Really, this sort of "flirting" should be off-thread. Yuck.
    I just wanna know if she's gonna charge him... :-k
  • armchair_warrior
    armchair_warrior
    WhyFi wrote: [quote=steve]Yeah- Really, this sort of "flirting" should be off-thread. Yuck.
    I just wanna know if she's gonna charge him... :-k :o:o

    oh my :p.
  • steve
    steve
    WhyFi wrote: [quote=steve]Yeah- Really, this sort of "flirting" should be off-thread. Yuck.
    I just wanna know if she's gonna charge him... :-k

    That is an interesting question. isn't it?
  • mypasswordwontwork
    mypasswordwontwork
    armchair_warrior wrote: [quote=WhyFi][quote=steve]Yeah- Really, this sort of "flirting" should be off-thread. Yuck.
    I just wanna know if she's gonna charge him... :-k :o:o

    oh my :p.

    If you're a rich businessman and you need an attractive woman to accompany you to dinner because you can't get a date - then yes - that's $300 to $400 an hour. If you're a guy I just happen to find attractive, of course I dont' charge you money to take me out on a date.
  • laura
    laura
    My mother would consider me a "have not", since I am not married and don't own a home ... and she doesn't even know anything about the amount of debt I'm in, or that I don't even have health insurance. Me, not to sound all hippy-dippy, but, I have a job that suits me, I can pay my rent and have some nice things, I love where I live, and I have a wonderful guy I adore who adores me. That makes me a total Have, in my book.

    Plus, I don't disingenuously start supposedly socially relevant topics as a ruse to advertise my escorting (but "haven't actually had sex for money yet") services. :roll:

    Who cares, anyway, whether anyone else considers you a have or have-not? Sheesh.
  • mypasswordwontwork
    mypasswordwontwork
    laura wrote:

    Plus, I don't disingenuously start supposedly socially relevant topics as a ruse to advertise my escorting services .
    Yay! Another escort is in the building. 8)
  • drano
    drano
    WhyFi wrote: How rich are you? Enter your annual income and this will give your approximate world wealth ranking.
    I'm a king except for this GD New York thing. I'm kind of a scrub here.
  • apollonia666
    apollonia666
    Gee, someone here is an escort? I wouldn't know, unless she'd found one excuse after another to mention it 18 bajillion times.

    Oh, wait. :)
  • laura
    laura
    By the way, I'm not.

    Just in case anyone wasn't really paying attention.
  • laura
    laura
    mypasswordwontwork wrote: Who's the broad in your Avatar pic?
    You really have a way with people, don't you.
  • apollonia666
    apollonia666
    The "broad" in my avatar pic is Edith "Little Edie" Bouvier Beale.
  • doctorj
    doctorj
    armchair_warrior wrote: alot of the haves are not living within their means. than again most americans aren't.

    we all spend more than we make.
    I came to the US to spend less than I make. If I ever find out I'm spending more than I make, it's time to move somewhere cleaner and cheaper.
  • whyfi
    whyfi
    mypasswordwontwork wrote: If you're a guy I just happen to find attractive, of course I dont' charge you money to take me out on a date.
    AW -
    I'm guessing that you're not going Dutch, bud.

    :wink:
  • doctorj
    doctorj
    mypasswordwontwork wrote:
    Yay! Another escort is in the building. 8)
    You could always restore the balance by escorting yourself from the buildling.
  • mypasswordwontwork
    mypasswordwontwork
    doctorj wrote: [quote=mypasswordwontwork]
    Yay! Another escort is in the building. 8)
    You could always restore the balance by escorting yourself from the buildling.

    I'd prefer to escort you from the building, actually. For free.
  • doctorj
    doctorj
    mypasswordwontwork wrote: [quote=doctorj][quote=mypasswordwontwork]
    Yay! Another escort is in the building. 8)
    You could always restore the balance by escorting yourself from the buildling.

    I'd prefer to escort you from the building, actually. For free.

    Cool. My place or yours?
  • mypasswordwontwork
    mypasswordwontwork
    doctorj wrote: [quote=mypasswordwontwork][quote=doctorj][quote=mypasswordwontwork]
    Yay! Another escort is in the building. 8)
    You could always restore the balance by escorting yourself from the buildling.

    I'd prefer to escort you from the building, actually. For free.

    Cool. My place or yours?

    Let's go to your place. I will expect at tip from you though. :lol:
  • michaelkeys
    michaelkeys
    I dunno, maybe I'm missing something but even in ultra-expensive NYC for someone who is single, childless, financially supports no one but themselves, and owns no real estate, to be "barely getting by" on 75K or so is incredible to me. I mean, I felt that way when I made $8-$10/hr.

    (Btw, interesting point about US "haves" and "have nots" in comparison to the rest of the world, escap.)
  • dadadadada
    dadadadada
    Well, since I am not working right now I am definitely living above my means.

    However, I did just fine with a similar salary (single, childless, renting) and know many people who live just fine (afford rent, insurance, to go out for drinks/to eat once in a while, an occasional vacation) on less.
  • jennitrixie
    jennitrixie
    to be "barely getting by" on 75K or so is incredible to me.
    All that grooming takes money! Hair, nails, Bergdorf's, etc. . . . not to mention keeping the carpet in shape for that inevitable first fully serviced client.
  • mypasswordwontwork
    mypasswordwontwork
    MichaelKeys wrote: I dunno, maybe I'm missing something but even in ultra-expensive NYC for someone who is single, childless, financially supports no one but themselves, and owns no real estate, to be "barely getting by" on 75K or so is incredible to me. I mean, I felt that way when I made $8-$10/hr.

    (Btw, interesting point about US "haves" and "have nots" in comparison to the rest of the world, escap.)
    It's all relative and different people are used to different standards. I choose to live alone in a very nice apartment and that's around 2k a month in rent. Definitely eats into the salary.
  • mypasswordwontwork
    mypasswordwontwork
    jennitrixie wrote:
    to be "barely getting by" on 75K or so is incredible to me.
    All that grooming takes money! Hair, nails, Bergdorf's, etc. . . . not to mention keeping the carpet in shape for that inevitable first fully serviced client.
    Ha. I do my own nails but I do buy rather nice clothes. No carpets yet.
  • mypasswordwontwork
    mypasswordwontwork
    Flexichick wrote: to go out for drinks/to eat once in a while, an occasional vacation) on less.
    Thing is I don't only want to be able to eat out 'once in a while'

    Good news anyway, a potential client is talking about paying my rent and providing me with a stipend if I will be at his disposal twice a week. We're meeting for lunch later this week to negotiate. All seems very business-like.
  • whyfi
    whyfi
    jennitrixie wrote: All that grooming takes money! Hair, nails, Bergdorf's, etc. . . . not to mention keeping the carpet in shape for that inevitable first fully serviced client.
    Can these be written off as business expenses? :?
  • alafairnadia
    alafairnadia
    WhyFi wrote: [quote=jennitrixie]All that grooming takes money! Hair, nails, Bergdorf's, etc. . . . not to mention keeping the carpet in shape for that inevitable first fully serviced client.
    Can these be written off as business expenses? :?

    there's a pretty famous tax law case re: a woman who worked Dior? YSL? (can't remember the specific designer) boutique and needed to wear that designer's clothing at her job. she tried to write off the cost of that clothing - it was much more expensive than clothing she'd buy and wear if she worked in a drugstore, for instance, or a department store in a similar job. the IRS didn't agree. :cry::cry::cry::cry:
  • quijibo
    quijibo
    my carpet is always in shape :-'
  • mypasswordwontwork
    mypasswordwontwork
    quijibo wrote: my carpet is always in shape :-'

    Lucky you! All I have are hardwood floors.
  • pitu
    pitu
    alafairnadia wrote: [quote=WhyFi][quote=jennitrixie]All that grooming takes money! Hair, nails, Bergdorf's, etc. . . . not to mention keeping the carpet in shape for that inevitable first fully serviced client.
    Can these be written off as business expenses? :?

    there's a pretty famous tax law case re: a woman who worked Dior? YSL? (can't remember the specific designer) boutique and needed to wear that designer's clothing at her job. she tried to write off the cost of that clothing - it was much more expensive than clothing she'd buy and wear if she worked in a drugstore, for instance, or a department store in a similar job. the IRS didn't agree. :cry::cry::cry::cry:

    Do you recall if the employer required the "uniform" in that case?
    I worked briefly in a designer's boutique a million years ago, and we were compelled to buy and wear stuff out of the shop. They gave us a big discount, but I ended up wearing the same outfit alot...seemed like a rip to me.

    later when I had a job that required business suits, I was p.o.'d that the wardrobe was not deductible. phooey! everyone should get to deduct suits...
  • mypasswordwontwork
    mypasswordwontwork
    pitu wrote: [quote=alafairnadia][quote=WhyFi][quote=jennitrixie]All that grooming takes money! Hair, nails, Bergdorf's, etc. . . . not to mention keeping the carpet in shape for that inevitable first fully serviced client.
    Can these be written off as business expenses? :?

    there's a pretty famous tax law case re: a woman who worked Dior? YSL? (can't remember the specific designer) boutique and needed to wear that designer's clothing at her job. she tried to write off the cost of that clothing - it was much more expensive than clothing she'd buy and wear if she worked in a drugstore, for instance, or a department store in a similar job. the IRS didn't agree. :cry::cry::cry::cry:

    Do you recall if the employer required the "uniform" in that case?
    I worked briefly in a designer's boutique a million years ago, and we were compelled to buy and wear stuff out of the shop. They gave us a big discount, but I ended up wearing the same outfit alot...seemed like a rip to me.

    later when I had a job that required business suits, I was p.o.'d that the wardrobe was not deductible. phooey! everyone should get to deduct suits...

    In my line of work you are not necessarily required to wear clothes, so nothing is deductible.
  • pitu
    pitu

    In my line of work you are not necessarily required to wear clothes, so nothing is deductible.
    and criminal activity (like prostitution) is still taxable income. go figure.
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