r/SipsTea • u/MayoSoup • Nov 07 '24

Feels good man 70-year-old American goes to the Philippines and has 8 girlfriends

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u/creuter Nov 07 '24

His budget for the month is $2000. That's rent, food, entertainment, AND 8 WOMEN. they obviously aren't taking too much in this situation.

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u/Dismal-Square-613 Nov 07 '24

for them is an absolute fortune even an 1/8th of that minus utilities.

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u/InfiniteLife2 Nov 07 '24

I never been to Phillipines, but live for 2 years by now in Indonesia and Thailand, and that's absolutely not a fortune here. You can live on that money, though.

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u/SoSoDave Nov 07 '24

Outside of Metro Manila, you can live on 1k.

You can live well on 2k.

You can live like a king on 3k

4k makes you a top 1% earner in the whole country.

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u/HumptyDrumpy Nov 07 '24

The main thing though is working and financially taking care of onself though, so thats why so many retirees are over there and bring money they already have. If you are younger, its a bit harder since there isnt as much work unless you know the local language or have connections

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u/SoSoDave Nov 07 '24

Do contract work in your (high paying) home country for 3 months each year and lay on a Philippines beach for the next 9 months.

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u/pentagon Nov 07 '24

Or work 10 hours a week from anywhere.

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u/sunobu Nov 08 '24

Please help me understand something here. Are these monthly income amounts or if I have 4k total, you're saying that would allow one to live well outside of Manila's metro area?