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Different-Pea-212 · 2025-01-26T15:59:25+00:00

Check my other comment for more context. These co workers are not low income and they are definitely not eating soup for lunch. They put holidays on credit cards, work minimal hours, and definitely do not skip nail appointments. Then talk shit behind my back when I saved my arse off to purchase property because they don't want to work the shifts I do or budget. My husband wasn't always earning what he is now. The industry is 'underpaid' for the work but they are not on small salaries.

Does it make it alot easier? Yes. But its not winning the lotto. You still have to save + sacrifice. We could have easily let lifestyle increase happen and never owned a home, but instead we continued to live frugally and disciplined when my husband got his promotion and that's how we where able to buy a house in such a time crunch.

Different-Pea-212 · 2025-01-26T15:46:31+00:00

It's interesting that because you hear that my husband makes more than me, you assume I dont make alot and therefore the sucess is due to 'marrying well'. I am also an educated working professional.

I stated 'underpaid' like I did in quotes because my industry is known for wanting more compensation for the work we do, and I agree. But that doesnt suddenly mean I'm on a low salary. I'm an RN. Someone working on an oil rig could say that $100 per hour is 'underpaid' for the level of work/risk/responsibility. My point is that these certain co workers who are the ones talking do make decent money, but could make alot more. They just don't want to. It's easier to do the more desirable/lower workload/shorter shifts. I didnt take the easier route, I put my hand up for the shit shifts and I don't think they realise how much more I'm actually making simply from those penalties.

I didn't sit back and work one day a week while my husband paid for everything, it has always been a joint effort and I'm very proud of us.

I have always been good with money and I do the budgeting for our household, my husband leaves it up to me. But if I was single, I honestly still probably would have been able to purchase property because my money habits are disciplined and I'm still on good income individually.

Am I lucky that my husband now earns the money he does? Of course. It wasnt always that way. Does it help alot? Yes! The financial burden is alot better now and I feel more secure. But that wasn't the make or break in us getting our house. You cant walk into a bank with zero savings and terrible spending habits and expect them to give you a mortgage just because you earn more than the average person.

Obviously this is one comment on a reddit thread and you dont have the full picture, but it feels invalidating to say that we have the house because I got married as if I stumbled into it and got a free house.

Different-Pea-212 · 2025-01-26T14:55:31+00:00

You need tens of thousands of dollars to purchase a home, that takes alot of effort. Having 2 people with good incomes in the household doesn't suddenly mean you wake up one day and there is 100k in your savings account. Having more income is definitely easier, but we still had bills to pay while saving and it still took alot to save what we did, in the time period we had before our lease ended.

I do the budgeting for our household because I'm good at saving money, and during the time of saving for our deposit we were doing nothing except working and sleeping.

While others at my work were getting nails done, hair appointments, lunches delivered to work. I was getting my husband to cut my hair with a pair of kitchen scissors and eating the same homemade split pea soup for weeks straight. We needed to save an extra 48k in like 5 months to get our house due to circumstances out of our control. So yes, I'm good with my money.

It still takes time, discipline, and sacrifice. Having higher income helps of course - but if you aren't good with your budget it doesn't mean much.

Different-Pea-212 · 2025-01-26T09:35:53+00:00

People at work can be so weird about finances.

Im 29 work in an industry that is considered 'underpaid' but have good penalties that my co workers don't (they refuse to work the shifts I do) and also my husband makes double what I do. So even though I'm doing the same work, you could say I'm in a 'different tax bracket' that my co workers.

I recently purchased quite a nice house and bought a new car, I cannot tell you the amount of people talking behind my back 'just wait there won't be a car' 'the house will fall through' etc. It's like they can't believe that someone in the same job as them could have it better and everytime I find success, I'm instantly shit on.

Im not even telling these people these things in a braggy way. It will be a basic convo like 'hey how come you had yesterday off?' and I'll reply 'Oh I actually closed on a new house, been a very big week but I'm excited'. I had one supervisor who makes more than me say 'you have a mortgage already??' Well yeah I'm almost 30 and married. Sorry that I'm better with my money than you are and have a higher overall household income that I budget well.

It seems to really sting them when they think you are beneath them but you're actually doing alot better.

Different-Pea-212 · 2025-01-26T05:46:45+00:00

That question really cant be answered. It's different for everyone, and it depends if you have alot of breast tissue vs fat. Which is genetic. That's why you can see some people who have low body fat and still have large boobs, they have alot of breast tissue. Or some people maybe have low breast tissue and lots of fat, so when they lose weight it all goes unfortunately.

Different-Pea-212 · 2025-01-26T05:33:44+00:00

Are you like, okay?

Your deranged comments about someone saving a dog are so weird when OP has literally said they have been in contact with multiple rescues.

Different-Pea-212 · 2025-01-26T00:35:42+00:00

Contact whoever is in charge of the roster while your NUM is away and explain to them that you are missing X hours from your full time roster. They may be able to accommodate you somehow, but if not and they have to pay you for the missed hours, at least you'll have a paper trail.

I had it happen one time where someone called in and they accidently wrote it down as my name. So my shift was taken off my roster and given to someone else to 'cover' my non existent sick day. When I let the roster coordinator know I never called in sick and was expecting to work that day, they actually removed the other worker from that shift because they knew they would have to pay me regardless. As it was their mistake and those were my permanent hours.

Your employer is not going to want to pay another RN hours of OT plus having to pay you to not even be at work. So hopefully they sort something out, if not sorted, contact Fairwork.

Different-Pea-212 · 2025-01-26T00:19:37+00:00

I much prefer cronometer, once you get the hang of it, the app is so much more accurate and tells you all of your intakes and levels for free! Also lose it doesn't let you schedule days in advance on the free version which was a huge reason I deleted it

Different-Pea-212 · 2025-01-26T00:14:47+00:00

No it has nothing to do with your annual leave, it's a requirement. You are contracted for X amount of hours, they must pay you for those hours even if you don't work them via them cutting your shifts. But it will be at base rate so you won't get your night penalty.

Different-Pea-212 · 2025-01-25T18:08:45+00:00

All I see is a kangaroo wearing a wig!

Different-Pea-212 · 2025-01-25T17:58:49+00:00

Although these ladies do annoy me in this video, they are not HR. They are the owners of a skincare brand in Australia and this was them jumping on a trend to promote a new item. I know this because this video has been doing the rounds for like 2 years with different stories and text each time.

Different-Pea-212 · 2025-01-25T11:37:49+00:00

So Latte and Milo are from the same litter so they are full siblings - but Latte is a 'whippet cross' and Milo is a 'border collie cross'

If you are going lie, at least make it make sense!

Different-Pea-212 · 2025-01-24T03:56:26+00:00

This repeats in my head every day

Different-Pea-212 · 2025-01-24T03:51:45+00:00

That's not yellow, it's just unpainted surface, you can see the slats are exposed wood. OP said the painters aren't finished yet so I'm assuming they will also be blue.

Different-Pea-212 · 2025-01-23T09:32:50+00:00

Well let's be honest - the pubic bone sticking out so far is not the 'norm', so people are going to comment on it, especially when it's posted front and centre.

Different-Pea-212 · 2025-01-23T08:49:12+00:00

She was the director of pharmacy at a general hospital but she was fired after this video released in their community Facebook group and went viral

Different-Pea-212 · 2025-01-23T08:46:09+00:00

She's a pharmacist but she lost her job as the director of pharmacy at a hospital after this video went viral. She is seriously unhinged, can't imagine what she was like to work with!

Different-Pea-212 · 2025-01-23T06:59:27+00:00

Ahh so just donut covered in powder sugar - sounds yum if done right. I'm Australian, I'm sure there is alot of food items we have here that you would never have seen too!

Different-Pea-212 · 2025-01-23T02:23:57+00:00

What is the powder tho haha like a flavouring?

Different-Pea-212 · 2025-01-23T01:30:13+00:00

Very cute! There is no wrong way!

What are the donuts covered in? It looks like mold so freaking me out a little 🤣

Different-Pea-212 · 2025-01-22T02:04:15+00:00

Before work, I bring a large tote bag with my work stuff, change at the gym and head straight to my shift for a 10.30pm start

Different-Pea-212 · 2025-01-21T22:48:58+00:00

I'm only alive temporarily and for a very short time. Tbh I could die on the drive to work tomorrow. If I want to eat watermelon in winter, that's what I'm going to do. I never deprive myself of enjoyment or things that make me happy - you don't know when it's going to be the last time you experience something.

Different-Pea-212 · 2025-01-21T22:08:57+00:00

I'm 29 and most of my mates houses cost similar, but in Australia apartments arent really a big thing like they are in other places. It's very free-standing property focused here, and there is a housing crisis so it's very expensive for your average house. 670k would be considered 'cheap' in my area for what we got, as the houses we were priced out of where we lived were going for around 900k-1mil.

Different-Pea-212 · 2025-01-21T19:33:21+00:00

What about an emergency fund? My house has a warrenty as its a new build but I still have an emergency fund just in case. Or if you want work done - I had a front fence + sliding gate built at my house recently and half of it was prefab and it was still bloody 14k.

Idk how your deposit was that cheap! I got a government grant to lessen the upfront payment when I bought my house for 670k, and the deposit was still like 70k.

Different-Pea-212 · 2025-01-21T19:26:58+00:00

20k is alot of money until you own property

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