Ok, so let’s take this from my perspective. I’m 29 at present. I have been spending money on alcohol since I was 18, so that is 11 years.
18-21 years old:
Let’s say that during this hedonistic period that I went out 2-3 times at week. During said nights out, you could easily spend £50 (drinks, taxi’s, chips & cheese etc etc). So if we average that out, it is £150 per week. Multiply that by 4 and it is £600 per month. Multiply that by 12 and it’s £7,200. Lastly, multiply that by 3, and during the period from 18 to 21 years old the average spend on booze/associated night out costs = £21.600!
21-29 years old:
Ah, the more responsible years of my life. Lets say that in this period I went out even just once a week. Again, that’s £50, x by 4 = £200 a month, x by 12 = £2400 per year. Lastly, x that by 8 years and it comes to a whopping = £19,200!
So that’s a total average spend of £40,800!
Findings:
I could have literally bought this boat:
That's a nice boat.
And still have enough money left for a round the world cruise in it!
The Future:
I’m spending less money on alcohol. You can’t argue with the maths here.
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