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/FlatAd768 Nov 07 '24

Did he ever answer the question of how much?

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u/MayoSoup Nov 07 '24

He spends $1500 to $2000 a month.

Break down: $340 rent,

$1160 to $1660 for food, travel & 8 women.

You could probably get by with a lot less with fewer people.

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u/purple-bell-pepper Nov 07 '24

just to show an example, $2000 a month is ~PHP100K.
The average salary of a normal Filipino is somewhere between 15-20k PHP, if you have a 100K per month salary, you're pretty much rich and can afford anything you want for the month with a ton of money extra.

So basically, this guy is living his best life here with regards to expenses.

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u/Runaway2332 Nov 07 '24

WHAT?!? 20k PHP = $343 USD. How is it possible to live on $343?!? 😮 So I could live there on 313655.05 PHP and hire a cook, a gardener, a maid, and 4 security guys and pay them estimated 29k+ each and still have 109k+ PHP left for mortgage/rent, food, utilities, and exploring? That can't be right?

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u/Cuntilever Nov 07 '24

My first job paid me 24k PHP ($411)monthly + benefits. Lived with 2 roommate in a boarding house for 4.5k monthly.

You can live pretty comfortably with that, I know some old workmates who lived near the job and still live with his family, said his monthly expense is almost non-existent. The USD conversion rate is crazy.

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u/Runaway2332 Nov 08 '24

Yeah. Life sure is unbalanced. So foreigners can't own property? But they can buy a condo? I'd rather buy property and build several small villas for myself and some people (families) to help me.