Quote Originally Posted by yummypinacolada View Post
I'm earning $140k and I usually spend around $320 per week for punting. My net income is $1900p/w which mean I spend around 16.8% out of my total income. Its an expensive hobby(or addiction).
I'm surprised someone bringing home $1,900 weekly after PAYG deductions is calling a $320 weekly punting an expensive hobby.

It's definitely cheaper than going on a date with a mistress. Most women wouldn't settle for a dinner date costing the same as an Uber eats bill and expect really expensive gifts. One girl I dated before, we walked past LukFook jewellery shop in Town Hall and she was eyeing a 24K solid gold earrings set for $1,500! When I said to her it's too early into the relationship to gift her that, she became upset and I stopped seeing her again after that.

Even my fiance had to wait a year before I gave her a solid gold earring set for our anniversary.

So yeah, either you're a cheapskate or you're paying child support that you can only afford that much when punting. And if you could hold yourself back to punting once a week I'd hardly call that an addiction - addiction is when you'd burn through your wallet and forgo everything else just to punt more frequently.