I should have explained this in more detail, but I wrote the original post on one of my "night-off's" and was a bit, er, manic...
Anyway, as you may have surmised, I live off the proceeds of a family trust for the most part. I also receive intermittent payments (as do my two sisters) from royalties on a number of patents established by my late father many years ago.
I live in the family home, which is paid for of course, so I don't have anything other than a few utility and maintenance bills. In fact, I don't even use most of the house. Many rooms upstairs have gone unused for 20 years since mom died.
Anyway, my monthly costs are really not that different from most people I would guess. I probably am left with a little more disposable income than average. I have banked and invested quite a bit of surplus over the years. I do not spend extravagantly at all.
I do travel. In fact, I just got back from visiting my auntie in Montreal for a week. Also I am going away for Christmas week with a lady friend I've been seeing for a few weeks. I do admit to being a bit of a homebody though...
The truth is, if I weren't anonymous I would never have explained my finances to this extent. One who lives as I do develops a bit of a guilt complex over time. I don't know why.
Is it normal that I am piss-drunk every single day?
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I should have explained this in more detail, but I wrote the original post on one of my "night-off's" and was a bit, er, manic...
Anyway, as you may have surmised, I live off the proceeds of a family trust for the most part. I also receive intermittent payments (as do my two sisters) from royalties on a number of patents established by my late father many years ago.
I live in the family home, which is paid for of course, so I don't have anything other than a few utility and maintenance bills. In fact, I don't even use most of the house. Many rooms upstairs have gone unused for 20 years since mom died.
Anyway, my monthly costs are really not that different from most people I would guess. I probably am left with a little more disposable income than average. I have banked and invested quite a bit of surplus over the years. I do not spend extravagantly at all.
I do travel. In fact, I just got back from visiting my auntie in Montreal for a week. Also I am going away for Christmas week with a lady friend I've been seeing for a few weeks. I do admit to being a bit of a homebody though...
The truth is, if I weren't anonymous I would never have explained my finances to this extent. One who lives as I do develops a bit of a guilt complex over time. I don't know why.
It truly is not what one would think...