Gordy Gronkowski says he spent $600/wk feeding 5 boys in 1980s

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Anonymous wrote:I mean if they had their own baseball diamond, tennis court and pool, sounds like affording groceries was not a problem?

They were in Western New York. Doesn’t cost much for a spread like that.

Here’s the original article: https://www.esquire.com/sports/interviews/a29000/gronkowski-family-athletes-0614/

They were going through 20 gallons of milk a week.

Doesn’t cost much to own a property with a tennis court, baseball field, pool and hot tub because it’s not on the east coast? LOL oh DCUM, you never disappoint.

The PP didn't say that. Location always factors into COL. The Gronkowski family home was in Amherst, NY The boys shared two giant bedrooms with 5 king-sized beds split between them. Let's assume that was a bonding decision rather than space decision and put the house at 3,000+ square feet.

A house of at least 3,000 square feet in Williamsville/Amherst, NY with a minimum of 2 acres (to fit the giant outdoor athletic fields) is $600,000. A similar lot and custom house of that size on the coast practically anywhere from NYC to Charleston will be at least $2,000,000.

https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/102-Brookedge-Dr_Williamsville_NY_14221_M36026-99954







If you want to be specific - this house would probably be $1.85 million in the D.C. suburbs because of square footage and acreage size. A developer would buy it and sub-divide it into 4 .50 acre lots with 2,000 square foot 3-level homes on each spot and launch it at a bidding war for $850,000 a piece.

Thank you, PP - I’m the “doesn’t cost much” PP and I have spent a lot of time in western and central New York. This thing is $600,000 now, it would have been even lower in the 80s or 90s. The guy ran a chain of fitness equipment stores, it doesn’t seem like such a stretch.

You forget the high property tax.

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Anonymous wrote:I mean if they had their own baseball diamond, tennis court and pool, sounds like affording groceries was not a problem?

They were in Western New York. Doesn’t cost much for a spread like that.

Here’s the original article: https://www.esquire.com/sports/interviews/a29000/gronkowski-family-athletes-0614/

They were going through 20 gallons of milk a week.

I believe the milk thing. I have one teen boy and buy 3 gallons a week. I drink about 8 oz. a day, and my DH drinks none.

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Anonymous wrote:My mom moved after I graduated from high school and my little brother attended the same high school he and his brothers did. It's a very nice suburb of Buffalo. High property taxes.

And Gronkowski graduated high school in 2008. There is definitely a Costco, Sam's Club and every other super store you could think of in that particular area. Did you think they were farming and making a weekly journey to the one market in town?

If they were spending $600/wk and still shopping at Costco/Sam’s Club - their meals must of been insane.

I want a AMA from the mom on how she cooked 3 meals a day 7 days a week for 5 massive teen boys.

I had a neighbor who had 5 kids, all recruited athletes, and the amount of groceries that went into their house was amazing. When I have a lot of house guests, I wonder how the Mom fed that many people every.day.

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Anonymous wrote:I guess if he was feeding them filet mignon and caviar.

But a $500 weekly grocery bill in the 80’s for ordinary food staples is pretty hard to believe.

We have two older teen boys in our home, plus the two of us, and we don’t spend even half that in a week, three decades later.

Smells like total BS to me.

Are your boys 6'6" and weigh 265 and play football?

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Anonymous wrote:I mean if they had their own baseball diamond, tennis court and pool, sounds like affording groceries was not a problem?

They were in Western New York. Doesn’t cost much for a spread like that.

Here’s the original article: https://www.esquire.com/sports/interviews/a29000/gronkowski-family-athletes-0614/

They were going through 20 gallons of milk a week.

Doesn’t cost much to own a property with a tennis court, baseball field, pool and hot tub because it’s not on the east coast? LOL oh DCUM, you never disappoint.

The PP didn't say that. Location always factors into COL. The Gronkowski family home was in Amherst, NY The boys shared two giant bedrooms with 5 king-sized beds split between them. Let's assume that was a bonding decision rather than space decision and put the house at 3,000+ square feet.

A house of at least 3,000 square feet in Williamsville/Amherst, NY with a minimum of 2 acres (to fit the giant outdoor athletic fields) is $600,000. A similar lot and custom house of that size on the coast practically anywhere from NYC to Charleston will be at least $2,000,000.

https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/102-Brookedge-Dr_Williamsville_NY_14221_M36026-99954







If you want to be specific - this house would probably be $1.85 million in the D.C. suburbs because of square footage and acreage size. A developer would buy it and sub-divide it into 4 .50 acre lots with 2,000 square foot 3-level homes on each spot and launch it at a bidding war for $850,000 a piece.

Thank you, PP - I’m the “doesn’t cost much” PP and I have spent a lot of time in western and central New York. This thing is $600,000 now, it would have been even lower in the 80s or 90s. The guy ran a chain of fitness equipment stores, it doesn’t seem like such a stretch.

You forget the high property tax.

$13,389 for more than 2 acres... doesn’t seem that high to me? I pay $8,700 for a third of an acre in MoCo.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I mean if they had their own baseball diamond, tennis court and pool, sounds like affording groceries was not a problem?

They were in Western New York. Doesn’t cost much for a spread like that.

Here’s the original article: https://www.esquire.com/sports/interviews/a29000/gronkowski-family-athletes-0614/

They were going through 20 gallons of milk a week.

I believe the milk thing. I have one teen boy and buy 3 gallons a week. I drink about 8 oz. a day, and my DH drinks none.

Only 1 10 year old boy in my house drinks milk. I buy 2.5 gallons a week.

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I love the PP asking about a mom cooking three meals a day for teenage boys. Teenagers can’t prepare food? Do you have toddlers??

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Anonymous wrote:I love the PP asking about a mom cooking three meals a day for teenage boys. Teenagers can’t prepare food? Do you have toddlers??

IME, they are unsure of themselves in the kitchen and make huge messes. They do need to learn, but it takes a while to get the hang of focusing on more than what it right in front of them. It takes a lot of practice to get the timing of meals right, and the skill of cleaning as you go.

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I read that entire article and the mom didn’t even rate a whole sentence. Wtf?

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My 11 Ds loves milk and easily drinks 6 or so glasses a day.

The milk was the most believable part of the article. That and the youngest kid being the toughest.

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Anonymous wrote:I love the PP asking about a mom cooking three meals a day for teenage boys. Teenagers can’t prepare food? Do you have toddlers??

According to all the moms stuck in quarantine for the past year - no their tweens and teens don’t cook anything.

That’s on top of the fact that all five of this woman’s sons were star athletes and focused on training.

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Anonymous wrote:I read that entire article and the mom didn’t even rate a whole sentence. Wtf?

She has her own separate article.

I watched an interview where you talked about going through over 2 gallons of milk a day when your children were growing up. What was your grocery shopping strategy when you were raising five future pro athletes?

My strategy was buy as much as I could buy for the least amount of money. It was kind of like a game. Everybody ate everything. So whatever was on sale, and you could get it for a good price that week, that’s what we had. I had two full-size freezers and two full-size refrigerators.

I was very prepared. Everything was planned out, at least the day before for the following day. Whatever I needed for the next day was already in my van the night before. I knew how many lunches had been made. It was really nuts, not waiting for the last minute for anything. Dinner usually was made the night before for the following night because all day long, I had to run them around everywhere...

https://www.tampabay.com/sports/bucs/2021/02/03/6-questions-with-rob-gronkowskis-mom-ahead-of-the-super-bowl/

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Anonymous wrote:I love the PP asking about a mom cooking three meals a day for teenage boys. Teenagers can’t prepare food? Do you have toddlers??

The mom cooked everything and prepped days in advance. Next time keep your snide comment to yourself.

https://www.tampabay.com/sports/bucs/2021/02/03/6-questions-with-rob-gronkowskis-mom-ahead-of-the-super-bowl/