off topic general question

[Justud 42]

Lets assume residence is in metro manila. How much money does one need a month with one child to live comfortable.

[dbcroasman 2]

Lets assume residence is in metro manila. How much money does one need a month with one child to live comfortable.

depends on the girl, if the girl is wise spender and know how to handle her money $300 to $400 is enough for them,manila is very expensive place to live. better to live in the province much cheaper...

[pinklady0216 1]

depends on the girl, if the girl is wise spender and know how to handle her money $300 to $400 is enough for them,manila is very expensive place to live. better to live in the province much cheaper...

how old is the child?...and are they renting? what area here in manila...is the girl working?

[Justud 42]

Child is 6 months renting at 6000php pasay city. No she is not working.

[brett and alma 12]

Lets assume residence is in metro manila. How much money does one need a month with one child to live comfortable.

Houses in manila or condo is around 25 thou 40 thou,excluded electric bill,water bill.thats living comfortably.

We used to to rent a condo for 30 thou,and my husband transfer me and our kids into a subd.house,its very small but it cost 25thou.

I told my husband that i will go back home to my province,but not to live with my parents but to rent a house,cos a descent house in the province cost 5 thou pesos only.

[LSnBigBear 61]

Kinda hard to pinpoint without knowing ones tastes so here you go.

Let me give you some examples from what I know living in the Philippines prior as well as friends that live there now and one friend supporting his now wife while she lived in Manila. You can decide based upon what your fiancees life was prior to you and how you want her to live now.

Rent for my American friend and his fiancee is 20,000p monthly in Quezon City. So call that $500.

Electric for one Aircon running 12 hours a day is about $175

Water is $40

Cable and Internet is about $40.

Food: he is American but he spends about $400 there.

My friend brought his now wife to his style of living and was sending her $1500 a month which I thought was too much. Her rent was same as my other friends at $500. He now regrets sending her so much as she feels he is rich, which he is not.

My fiancee lives in Bohol. She lives in a modest one room place at $20 a month. Yes $20. All of her expenses total about $100 a month living in Bohol.

I do know that you can rent in Manila for about $60 a month. Food is proportional to what she is accustomed too. Family of 2 food in Manila should be about 6-8 dollars a day.

Soooo there you have it... Hope this helps

[Justud 42]

Just wanted to get others thoughts. I send 20000php a month. And through our K1 process, I'm trying to save as much as possible for their arrival. I want to send enough for leisure, but not too much. She does well with budgeting, but i know, she feels a little bad that i am paying for everything and says she is too shy to ask. she has been getting better at asking when needed, but mostly for baby items. again, just a random topic. thanks.

[caradavie 11]

Just wanted to get others thoughts. I send 20000php a month. And through our K1 process, I'm trying to save as much as possible for their arrival. I want to send enough for leisure, but not too much. She does well with budgeting, but i know, she feels a little bad that i am paying for everything and says she is too shy to ask. she has been getting better at asking when needed, but mostly for baby items. again, just a random topic. thanks.

i live in Metro Manila. my apartment costs 6,500 per month. water is 200-400 a month and electricity is 2000-3000 a month. for me these expenses are already too much. i live with my brother and support him and i pay for everything. i don't obliged my fiance to give money because i don't want to ask him money and i have my job. i think for a woman with a baby, it can cost the same as mine or maybe less. if it wasn't for my brother, i will be paying way less than what i spend now.

[brett and alma 12]

i live in Metro Manila. my apartment costs 6,500 per month. water is 200-400 a month and electricity is 2000-3000 a month. for me these expenses are already too much. i live with my brother and support him and i pay for everything. i don't obliged my fiance to give money because i don't want to ask him money and i have my job. i think for a woman with a baby, it can cost the same as mine or maybe less. if it wasn't for my brother, i will be paying way less than what i spend now.

Yes,you dont ask money.

I never ask money from my husband but he gave me$6 thou a month.he figured that out when we were living in makati,but now that im back in my home town,i told him its too much what he sent me,but he said you are my wife and you deserve it.now,i built a house for us,i bought a car, a piece of land,and put both of our names on it,and he dont want to come home,he was petetioning us to go live him in new york..and until now still waiting for the noa2.

[Mogambi 96]

Average apartments are NOT 25,000 to 30,000 in Manila, that is a for a nice western style apartment. A simple condo, but still safe should cost 10,000 to 15,000.

But yes Manila is expensive for sure. Electricity there is ridiculous. But food and other things are still quite cheap.

[brett and alma 12]

Mr bugambi,my husband and i used to live in makati area,he is not rich like his friend paying 130k in Rockwell,my husband paid 30 thou for a condo unit.around 10-15thou condo are very old and full of roaches,im sorry i was wrong you guys are talking manila area not in makati.