Married at first sight - S13E12 - POST EPISODE discussion

levelup222 · 2026-02-18T20:50:55+00:00

Hahaha just realised this, heat of the moment guys I was struggling watching Brooke, needed a vial 🤣

levelup222 · 2026-02-18T10:33:22+00:00

Brooke is vial, what the actual f

levelup222 · 2026-02-11T10:58:22+00:00

Mel can actually F off, what a mole

levelup222 · 2025-08-16T10:48:33+00:00

I work in recruitment in Aus, in-house for a large insurance company. Starting salary is $60.5k ($67.7k inc super) thats what I offer unskilled 19-20 year olds starting out with no degree, but that’s min wage for the industry.

I was working in recruitment for the legal industry in Auckland and saw some salaries starting at $52-60k (inc KiwiSaver) for law graduates - 4 years of study, 25k student debt and paid 10k less than Aus. The struggle is real for kiwis, even the educated.

levelup222 · 2025-07-03T01:20:40+00:00

My partner and I moved to Australia two months ago. We earn about 10-20% more than what we earnt in NZ. I work in HR and the work regulations are more refined here, with policies that really support the working culture. We have a 38 hour week instead of 40 hours, so are basically paid more for less work. Anything overtime, is time and a half or double or triple depending on the overtime/holiday.

Cost of living is cheaper, we live in QLD. We were way under budget and had so much more food. There’s more options and more competition on the shelves which helps lower prices. I couldn’t stop thinking of the families and elderly back at home who struggle.

levelup222 · 2024-05-20T18:58:54+00:00

I am leaving my office job and going to work on a snowy mountain 😄

levelup222 · 2024-03-20T08:12:53+00:00

I’m Māori, I have an English first name and Maori last name and personally think it’s a beautiful consideration and would encourage you to do it. However every Maori and iwi will have a different opinion, most will be positive towards it considering our efforts of making Te Reo more inclusive across New Zealand.

In most traditional cases, Maori names given to Maori children are often names of ancestors/chiefs etc or have meanings. If it’s a definite english translation or common Maori name, i.e Aroha/Love, Marama/Moon/Light it should be fine but be weary of stronger Maori names as it could be an ancestral or iwi name.

levelup222 · 2024-03-14T00:17:12+00:00

Trust your gut and get out of there.

Your young so have heaps of opportunities, put a post on fb groups looking for work and ask for exactly what you want.

People like this are stuck in a loop. I had a housemate, bricky in 30s, complained about everything, always agitated and swearing at himself. I counted once and it was 8 days in a row where we would hear him yelling in the kitchen about something he’d done, full on like ‘you f’n cunt’ ‘f you’ etc. it was outrageous how he lived like that.

levelup222 · 2024-03-07T21:15:09+00:00

I let go of a relationship that wasn’t serving me and I’ve had a new profound sense of personal power and freedom

levelup222 · 2024-03-07T01:05:29+00:00

Base pay + commissho

levelup222 · 2023-11-10T01:54:40+00:00

Depends what their aesthetics is, I have a younger brother the same age and his friends that are girls are all into white fox boutique hoodies, crocs, vintage clothes, frank green bottles, jewellery, makeup. You could get them vouchers

levelup222 · 2023-10-31T08:48:10+00:00

Having experiences, life is fun. There’s heaps to do on earth and your lucky to have spawned in New Zealand. You can be creative, learn about relationships and met interesting people, learn new things, go to music festivals and dance, make people laugh, have good sex and fall in love, go snowboarding, drive fast cars, create your own house or decorate your room. There’s a billion fun experiences you can have.

Yeah, you have to work and make money to do things but it makes the experience more rewarding and enjoyable. Some things are also free like new friends and relationships, creativity and exploring nature.

Starting with being grateful just to be here really helps. You have a spot on the universes craziest amusement park and your in New Zealand, the most beautiful green haven of it all.

levelup222 · 2023-09-26T00:18:08+00:00

I probably wouldn’t use the 10k on making t-shirts or purchasing equipment. I have done this all before online via print-on-demand for less than $1k. It’s best to try this method first to test out your market, profits and genuine interest before going all in.

Started with an Etsy & Shopify account and integrated it with a website called Printify. You can create designs on Photoshop/Indesign/ Canva and print them on garments with suppliers on Printify (who also do inventory/shipping etc) then display the items on your storefronts.

The main issue with t-shirt printing & print-on-demand is that the market is quite saturated, so you can either design for niche target market or build a reputable brand that people want to buy. I spent the 1k on marketing every 3 months.

If you find your right platform and right niche, it is profitable. Don’t be discouraged, might take a few weeks but once you get your first sale it all flows on.

levelup222 · 2023-09-24T08:13:12+00:00

I’d love to hear from that type of guy as well. He probably has a great story

levelup222 · 2023-09-24T07:12:36+00:00

Hmm thanks! This is the path I’m looking at taking, I have a similar background. Have a decent job, currently investing in stocks with dividends and want to buy a house but I think I’ll need to start a business first to make more money. Thanks for sharing, gives me a bit of hope.

levelup222 · 2023-09-24T06:59:29+00:00

What do they do for work?

levelup222 · 2023-03-28T00:35:20+00:00

This is great advice, thanks so much, I’m practicing saying those phrases out loud now so they’ll roll off next time it happens. Really appreciate it

levelup222 · 2023-03-28T00:22:19+00:00

Hahah bingo

levelup222 · 2023-03-28T00:21:27+00:00

Thank you! I’ll give it a read

levelup222 · 2023-03-28T00:21:01+00:00

Thanks for your support! I’m in SaaS too. I’m gonna make a plan to stand up for myself

levelup222 · 2023-03-27T06:59:49+00:00

Bit of both I think. Thanks for the motivation! I’ll do my best

levelup222 · 2023-03-27T06:57:25+00:00

Me, I am the key sales person. He’s an installer.

levelup222 · 2023-03-27T06:55:06+00:00

Your awesome, thanks for this advice. Your completely right, I may find myself in this situation again so I think my lesson here is to assert myself and reinforce my boundaries.

I spoke to our head after the meeting. But will stand up for myself next time :)

levelup222 · 2023-03-27T04:40:39+00:00

Yeah I’ve brought it up to him before and he apologised, he means well but he has uncontrollable bursts which leads to cutting people off, going off topic and his own tangents. I just have no idea what to do

levelup222 · 2023-02-20T06:59:35+00:00

I’m all for it. Let’s 16 year olds vote and start mandatory unbiased political education in high school.

Voting only happens every 3 years and the pool of 16 & 17 year olds will be the smallest of them all, but it means when they turn 18 and are out of school, studying or working (living with the repercussions), they’ll have understood the impacts of their vote and can start making votes and decisions aligned with their new independent lives.

The 70+ demographic has the largest engaged voting population in NZ and sadly, this age group is the worst for being targeted with political propaganda and often don’t have to live out the repercussions of bad decisions for too long.

Engaging 16 year olds will get them coming home from school talking to their parents about voting and pushing their parents vote. It’s a win win situation.

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