How much does it cost to financially maintain a middleclass wife?

[Midnight_express_91]

Re: How much does it cost to financially maintain a middleclass wife?

@initiator

Depends on where you’re residing as rent could be a sizeable portion of your income. I do remember having such discussions with friends a few years back, and basically we came up with a figure of $3500/month after taxes.

1. Rent: $1000
2. Utilities + Phone, TV and Internet Bills: $350
3. Two cell phones: $100
4. Car payment: $400
5. Fuel + Insurance: $500
6. Grocery: $500

so that’s $2700- $2800 for basics and then for the wife you’ll need another $700 month

7. Dining out/Entertainment: $350
8. Buying clothes/accessories + any extras: $350

A lot of it depends upon your lifestyle though. I know people who manage it in under $2000/month somehow, and then there are others for whom tens of thousands of dollars per month is not enough.

would hardly call that middle class in this day and age with the way the currencies are fluctuating and all