What's your family size and how much do you spend each month total?

[Anonymous]

Scared to even think about it. 2 kids in college this year so that's $10,000/month for tuition. 2 houses all in probably another $10,000. And our typical Amex bill is $10,000. So $30k right there.

[Anonymous]

Can you break down what makes up the total? Are we talking big mortgages couple of cars and private schools?

[Anonymous]

family of 3

$21K

[Anonymous]

Family of 4, kids 6 and 8, about 7k.

[Anonymous]

Myself and my spouse. No children (yet) - Its about 40K/mo. all-in. About 8k of that is spent taking care of my mother's expenses

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Myself and my spouse. No children (yet) - Its about 40K/mo. all-in. About 8k of that is spent taking care of my mother's expenses

Why do you spend so much money on 2 people? $32k a month? Breakdown please...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Myself and my spouse. No children (yet) - Its about 40K/mo. all-in. About 8k of that is spent taking care of my mother's expenses

I call BS

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Single mom with kid -- about $5,500 a month, with savings. I hope to have a little more breathing room when the little guy starts school, and can go back to saving more.

+1. Me, too. Still have a couple years to go until school, though.

[Anonymous]

Family of 2, one adult and one elementary-school aged child. Spend about $8500/month, $2700 of that is mortgage. Save another $4k.

[Anonymous]

Family of three, spend $8200 a month of our net (so doesn't include insurance, retirement, a few other pre-tax things). This doesn't include non-retirement savings, which varies based on what else is going on that month.

Retirement and daycare account for $5100 of that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Family of three, spend $8200 a month of our net (so doesn't include insurance, retirement, a few other pre-tax things). This doesn't include non-retirement savings, which varies based on what else is going on that month.

Retirement and daycare account for $5100 of that.

Sorry, mortgage and daycare.

[Anonymous]

$9K for family of 4. $5.5k of that is mortgage, utilities, daycare, and afterschool. We save more than $10K/month but some of that will eventually be used for big-ticket expenses like remodeling.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Myself and my spouse. No children (yet) - Its about 40K/mo. all-in. About 8k of that is spent taking care of my mother's expenses

I call BS

Call it whatever you like. It isn't what we must spend to live but is what our choices costs us.

[Anonymous]

My parents spend 1,000 per month . Everything is paid off and they are very frugal

[Anonymous]

family of 4 - about $25K