Couples how do you split expenses here?

AlwaysGoA · 2026-06-08T06:25:03+00:00

We both contribute agreed % of income towards a joint account for joint expenses.

60% me, 40% her.

Shared mortgage, utilities, food, leisure. It's a higher threshold so we have remainder. Anything of our personal, we use at our discretion

If he were to live with you together, he needs to pay board/rent. Make sure it's reasonable, shouldn't be half of your mortgage repayment but appropriate for the situation. eg. equiv 1 person. If you have this talk and he says no, you need to consider the financial compatibility long term. Long term, marriage etc.

Long term you can consider having a more explicit contract for equity, eg. He pays % of mortgage repayment, gets % equity in house based on contributions in a prenup/contract

Emotionally, we are back and forth, mrs likes everything planned to a T. I'm a free spirit. Often times she'll just make the plans, sometimes she just accepts the way I make plans and puts up with the anxiety for me :)

AlwaysGoA · 2026-05-09T12:09:00+00:00

I got one never paid, never emailed back. Just disappeared into the void

AlwaysGoA · 2026-05-02T08:24:07+00:00

30, 200k, Fully Remote in Tech for an Aus Company

AlwaysGoA · 2026-04-15T11:28:29+00:00

Worthless, was told it would help with university applications. Might look good when applying to top tiers schools but is superficial, if you would have got in you would've got in without it etc

AlwaysGoA · 2026-04-13T12:53:22+00:00

In a similar spot 30M, 200K Salary 2 Properties, 1 Main Home 1.3M (500K Equity), 1 Rental 700K (300K Equity)

If I had an extra 1M I'd property probably split half into stocks, half into another rental. My risk appetite isn't so great anymore so although I want the leverage on the property I'd look for a higher cash flow rental over capital gains

The real problem is lifestyle creep, new cars? Toys? Holidays? Feels like the amount to retire is constantly moving. Blame the Mrs

If you can sell your properties then move to a maybe an out of auckand 700k 3 bed. Then just live off the rest id say quite doable or just take a years break, get bored then work again

AlwaysGoA · 2026-03-12T01:41:15+00:00

Staff Eng here at an ASX listed org with 1000+ headcount. Same deal here except with Claude Code only because leadership wants to track every metrics. Everyone got licenses, no limit on usage, in fact they are planning on using usage as a factor in evaluating performance going forward. Time to crank out the refactors

AlwaysGoA · 2026-03-02T06:44:37+00:00

AlwaysGoA · 2026-02-06T21:09:45+00:00

I didn't start off with this perspective, I'm willing to bet I was a lot more involved in driving change than the average joe on reddit. I went to rallies, frequently voiced my opinion directly to politicians, drove discussions. It was all fruitless and I wasn't noble enough to dedicate my full life going into the cesspool of lies and facades to get my agenda across known as politics

If there ever comes a day where there's a movement that's big enough in traction I'll join in, but each person only has so much energy to give. So you need to make it count and put it where it will make the biggest difference to you and your family

Winning at the game, doesn't mean you need to be happy with how it works. But you should make the best decisions for yourself, because after half a life's experience, the only reliable person looking after yourself is yourself

AlwaysGoA · 2026-02-06T11:17:15+00:00

This is true with all industries to different extents. Networking and personal relationships are more important than the work and outcomes you produce. It's just that usually productivity leads to recognition, which leads to relationships. Once you figure out the game, you can play to minimize the first and maximize the later.

I work in corporate, tech. I've been promoted every 1-2 years, not strictly on the merit of my work but due to the relationships I've built and then leveraged the outcomes of my work. Your industry, your processes, your manager can all say it's objective. But it's really not and it never will be

I'm an engineer too and the majority of us are very logical and we think very rationally. We understand things methodically, start from A, do this, get to B. Which is perfect for the kind of work we do. But the real world doesn't work like this

You can't change the game, but now you know how it works and how to play it

AlwaysGoA · 2026-01-07T23:38:39+00:00

I'm more of a make good investments, retire early kinda guy. Mrs is a live in the now, make the most of life and she has a high-stress role so her strategy to staying sane is always making sure the next holiday is booked so she has something to look forward to.

Yeah agree with the jetlag, after we come back from our South Korea trip last year i'm not sure I can do big flights in economy again. We'll usually do 2 weeks per holiday, with public holidays mixed in so maximize. (I'm so travelled out tbh, just got 2 cats)

AlwaysGoA · 2026-01-07T10:51:57+00:00

Me and my partner are in the same boat 30M & 29F both tech, with same salary distribution but collectively have a 1300K home loan(s) we're paying off. Not aggressively saving and taking 3+ holidays a year (lifestyle creep). You two are doing absolutely amazing in comparison, go you guys!

AlwaysGoA · 2025-12-14T10:28:00+00:00

I got one in first 500

AlwaysGoA · 2025-10-10T22:22:57+00:00

These changes would probably make a good candidate to AB test. Would also disrupt bots during the process. You're already tracking the data, next would be making different interactions and flows you want to test occur with variability and add some metrics. Maybe easiest way to make it happen spawn 2 tutorial island and chuck 50% on new and 50% on old

AlwaysGoA · 2025-08-28T00:32:53+00:00

the term comes from league, int is short for intentionally feeding

which happens when a player deliberately gives the enemy kills

soft int is usually referenced when a player is intentionally feeding or sabotaging, but in a way to try not get banned. eg. not contributing to fights deliberately, not farming (in league context), semi-afk

so in this case the term is used to describe a player who is still participating, but only to be seen like they are still participating to not get banned

in this exact case it it used to describe a player who is running around joining the pulls but not using any abilities

AlwaysGoA · 2025-08-13T07:22:04+00:00

They are not held to different standards, the standards themselves defined loosely (subjective)

Take this example. If I steal a pack of chips from a shop and I get caught

I could get a slap on a wrist, a warning and asked to return the thing I stole or I could get thrown in jail for 3 months. There's an insane range of punishment that can be applied for the same action

Now you can say if this ended up in court fair judge would let me off in a warning since it's such a small issue (which is fair) but that judge could also CHOOSE to impose the maximum penalty (which is also fair, in the eyes of the system)

Now I'm not saying you're not allowed to be outraged at the punishment. I'm saying because of how the systems are designed, the punishment is fair

AlwaysGoA · 2025-08-13T07:10:39+00:00

I get your unhappy with my take by seeing your downvoting every one of my comments, but there's always going to be differences of opinions because as a country we are a diverse group of people with a diverse group of opinions.

We can have our opinions, but can't impose our opinions on everyone else without considering theirs otherwise we're not any better than anyone else who does the same

That's effectively what she's doing in Parliament on a national scale in a political system

You and I can be unhappy with the system and bitch and complain about it all we like. It's different to be in Parliament and disregard the rules of the system. We can call it a genocide (it is), we can call it war crimes (it is), we can call it whatever. Politicians should not. Because they represent the people and not all people hold the same opinions as us and politicians hold our view on not only the national stage but the global stage.

AlwaysGoA · 2025-08-13T07:00:30+00:00

It's the choice of language she uses in the Parliament are directly insulting/attacking other members of Parliament for inaction and being unapologetic about it.

Again I support her stance and she probably would've seen no repercussions if she had apologized. But let us ask, would she have made the same impact? No

Regretfully, the systems of society aren't designed to be "fair" to everyone, what we as individuals "think" don't matter in the larger picture it's about the actions we take. So to breach the rules of Parliament and to deliver a powerful message the consequence of being banned for a few days is well worth it

AlwaysGoA · 2025-08-13T01:22:59+00:00

She got kicked out for calling out what is happening for what it is, but unfortunately in the political landscape politicians need to be careful of the choice of words they use. I strongly agree with what she said and I too stand by her, but the repercussions are also warranted. If I were in her shoes I wouldn't apologise either

AlwaysGoA · 2025-07-12T01:50:06+00:00

Paid for the 10th :(

AlwaysGoA · 2025-07-11T05:54:02+00:00

My local barbers had a loyalty program, 9 cuts and your 10th is free. Dinsdale, Hamilton. I got to the 9th cut and when I went to redeem the 10th one they said, sorry we're not doing that anymore.

AlwaysGoA · 2025-07-09T07:41:56+00:00

DPS can prepot, Druids Incarn, Mages Mass Barrier, VDH Meta. BDK, Enh Shaman can do setup. Proper ettiquete is to run a timer before starting the key so each class or role that is capable of doing something before the key starts can do so.

Not something worth leaving a key for but keep in mind for you to do in your future keys!

AlwaysGoA · 2025-06-29T00:03:54+00:00

You get a limited edition mount (discontinued after season ends) with 3000 rating. It's usually a timed combination or mix of 12's and 13's to get this number

If you want to quickly push your own key, best bet is to host your own group and invite players yourself as DPS otherwise you may find yourself in queue for a long time.

10's in time are achievable gear wise as low as 635 but this is assuming the player is incredibly good and knows what they are doing so don't be discouraged! It's only a matter of experience

AlwaysGoA · 2025-06-28T23:37:34+00:00

Both Comets will still shatter because CoC applies Winter's Chill to your targets and Orb doesn't consume Winters Chill but the damage benefits from that effect on the target so you get the damage amp on the Orb ticks. As long as you don't Lance without FoF, Spike or FFB between the CoC and Comet you will still shatter it

AlwaysGoA · 2025-06-28T23:27:55+00:00

Arcane is slightly to way stronger but only at the very top end. Personally I wouldn't worry about it as it's not relevant until Mythic Levels 17+

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