User Comments

simple simon May 20, 2024

@yeahyepyes a romantic partnership, despite the high divorce rates, probably has a better chance of surviving long term than two friends where there [is] probably a good chance one of them could find a romantic parter and move out.
Yes. If you're going to do something like this, you need to assume it will come to an end. The reality is, most (straight) women still see getting, and then living with, a man as the be all and end all of life, and everything else as just filling in time.. 

But then, cohabiting relationships breakup, and the parties have to go their separate ways, all the time, so is this really any different?

simple simon May 19, 2024

@maree 

Current prices.

1dz cage eggs: $4
1kg home brand white rice: $2
750g home brand rolled oats: $1.50
5kg brushed potatoes: $4
1kg chicken drumsticks: $4
For lunches when away from home
6pk wholemeal rolls: $2.50
Homebrand PB: $2

No regular fruit or vegetables. (But my local grocery store would often package up bruised fruit and sell them for a dollar a bag. It would make my day.)

Oh and when I said $20 a week, that was actually my full grocery store bill. Just food would probably have been around $10-$12. I say, I only had to feed myself. I openly admit preparing full meals for a whole family would be completely different. But this is an article on living by yourself.

simple simon May 19, 2024

@okay  Well, when you live alone, you try and be efficient and prepare enough for two meals. But after eating the first meal portion, you come back fifteen minutes later and eat the second as well.

simple simon May 18, 2024

@mamamia-user-482898552 And on a related point, a big bug bear of mine, is the whole claim that food is expensive. When I was surviving on savings/government-benefits, my whole weekly food budget was less than twenty dollars. And I never felt like I was missing out on anything. (C'mon, as a single person, you don't have to prepare fancy meals; you can eat anything.) Yes, you can't eat socially with people, and you can't invite people over for a meal; but that's not being able to eat; that's not being able to socialise. An important, but different issue. 


It particularly bothers me because the things that do actually seriously affect you when you are on a low income, and your ability to move away from on being on a low income, are rarely spoken about. I think this is because it's easy (and emotive) for media outlets to talk about putting food on the table, mothers not eating so their kids can eat, going to bed hungry ...


simple simon May 16, 2024

@babble I always find it odd how politicians ... feel the need to bring their families into ...
Huh? Politicians have been doing this for years. I think they believe it makes them appear more relatable and trustworthy.
(I would also assume that (some) men who aspire to the top echelons of politics (and business) knew that having a wife and kids was a neccessary part of fulfilling this goal.)

simple simon May 16, 2024

@claire.aikman Wow! Thanks

simple simon May 15, 2024

@ican'tthinkofone What, can you just post a picture of someone in Google, and it will tell you who designed their clothes and how much they are?

simple simon May 15, 2024

Laura was wearing a ... dress and matching jacket from ...  Carla Zampatti. The cost ... just under $1,900
As a naive straight male, can I ask how you know this?

simple simon May 14, 2024

Oprah's body and what she does with it is nobody's business but hers. After years of having her body picked apart by the media, this is the autonomy she deserves. 
I actually heard Winfrey say years later that when she wheeled that wagon of fat out on her show, and everyone cheered, that she made her weight public property.

And on a related point, when well-known people front weight loss campaigns, I believe they are making their weight public property.

simple simon May 13, 2024

It wasn't long before we had met each other's friends and families
And I assume they all told you he was a good bloke. Wow!

simple simon May 9, 2024

Yes, I agree having celebrities was wrong. They were clearly just there to build their profile (and take the celebrity payment).


And also, we now don't have the annual: Will Chris Brown be the next Bachelor?

simple simon May 9, 2024

Joe dumped two girlfriends before filming
If someone is seeing two (or more) women simultaneously, can each woman be called their girlfriend?

simple simon May 6, 2024

those big-name American celebrities ... cost ... a whole hell of a lot of money
Yes, I couldn't figure out how 'The Masked Singer' was actually profitable.

Re. 'The Bachelor', why did they persist with having three bachelors when it didn't work the first time?

simple simon May 2, 2024

On a related point, if you have an upset stomach, a great tip I learned once was this: grate an apple, let the pulp turn brown, then eat it. It's amazing.

simple simon May 1, 2024

@vipope17 So I'm not the only one who has never heard of the term 'whet'.

simple simon April 30, 2024

And in these times of open female sexuality fluidity, can women please stop calling their female friends their 'girlfriend'.

simple simon April 30, 2024

there's still plenty of drama to whet our appetites
I had no idea it was not 'wet'. But it makes complete sense: what would 'wet your appetite' actually mean?

simple simon April 27, 2024

the same goes for her best mate, who gives her half of everything she makes in content creation as well
Okay. So she's not just giving her friend half of that income; they are both sharing the income they each recieve.

simple simon April 22, 2024

@mamamia-user-482898552 I think the Kardashians ... put the feminist cause back 50 years
What, you mean being hot and on the arm of a high-status man is not what being a successful woman is all about?

simple simon April 19, 2024

@snorks I think most people see cheating an insurance company as something "borderline illegal". As per this article, people openly brag about it.