First Ever Contract.......scared.....

[d000hg]

Id rather put up with whinging whilst surrounded by expensive toys.

Just saying .......

Really? If your wife cheated on you you'd be happier knowing you had a large TV? Your life would be less miserable if you divorced, because you had a show-off car? I'd rather eat beans on toast with my wife and drive a £500 banger than be dining at posh restaurants alone.

[Solum]

Really? If your wife cheated on you you'd be happier knowing you had a large TV? Your life would be less miserable if you divorced, because you had a show-off car? I'd rather eat beans on toast with my wife and drive a £500 banger than be dining at posh restaurants alone.

I just don't see why you can't have your pocket full of money and a faithfully loving wife

But anyways, this is getting out of the sense of the topic, I guess...

[Scrag Meister]

Id rather put up with whinging whilst surrounded by expensive toys.

Just saying .......

WIQACS

Agree with what you're saying d000gh, and if I wasn't contracting I'd be happy with whatever as long as she was there but why not have both while we can, my wife loves fast cars and bikes like me, rides her own motorbike, enjoys travelling and weekends away etc.. etc.. etc.. a great team with similar interests and we are living it up while we can, can't take the money with us.

Edit Oops sorry

[d000hg]

I'm not saying it's bad to have those things, certainly I prefer having money in the bank even though we're still mainly living economically rather than spending it after a "all the money's gone" scare a year ago... but in the grand scheme of things I put the difference they make on your life a few steps down the list.

[ItsQuickerAntiClockwise]

I'm not saying it's bad to have those things, certainly I prefer having money in the bank even though we're still mainly living economically rather than spending it after a "all the money's gone" scare a year ago... but in the grand scheme of things I put the difference they make on your life a few steps down the list.

Youre probably older and wiser. Im still of the age where having your own Ferrari makes your life complete.

You make me feel so shallow and superficial.

[contractorcontractor]

oops, wrong thread...

[d000hg]

Youre probably older and wiser.

28? But I agree about the wiser part... and don't kid yourself about the Ferrari.

[MaryPoppins]

You sound young, hopefully with less to lose, take some risks now before the weight of responsibilities make it impossible. I could not believe companies were paying me so much for contracting that I kept my expenses same as when I was perm and stashed the rest just in case.

Quite agree. Yes, there is a risk - as with anything worth doing. Save, save, and save again. Save for the possibility of being out of work for a few months, and always have that possibility in the back of your mind. It really could happen, but - not necessarily. Save for the future you feel is so far away, and save for the unexpected.

After a while, you'll find you can save while starting to be able to buy the nice material stuff, too.

Good luck! People are generally nice here once they're satisfied you're not a tool. Post in the complete opposite style of ItsQuickerAntiClockwise and you'll be fine.

[Wanderer]

I just don't see why you can't have your pocket full of money and a faithfully loving wife

Exactly right.

I'm going to stick my neck out and say that I'm not one bit embarrassed to say (anonymously - I don't gloat to my friends who are less well off) that being one of the top 2% of earners has made me an order of magnitude happier than when I was earning an average wage for a professional. Seriously, I've got loads of the good stuff that money can buy, the house, the car, exotic holidays round the world, the toys and the gadgets. Money brought all that stuff and I love it all.

I'm also painfully aware that there a lot of things I have (or don't have) that money will never ever buy and they are the most priceless and precious things to me.

But I detest people who are arrogant enough to say money means nothing, they would be just as happy without it, yet I don't see them giving any of it away. They have no clue how to be happy with the good things that they have. You can still have a whinge every now and then but for goodness sake count your blessings (and that includes being a high income earner).

[d000hg]

being one of the top 2% of earners has made me an order of magnitude happier than when I was earning an average wage for a professional.

Personally I find that a little depressing.

But I detest people who are arrogant enough to say money means nothing, they would be just as happy without it, yet I don't see them giving any of it away.

Maybe they don't have loads of money to give away? Maybe they do give it away but don't feel the need to tell other people about it? If saying money is unimportant is arrogant, telling the rich what they ought to do with their wealth is equally so.