[McLovin]

That does seem like a lot for rent. Seems difficult to get by when rent chews up that much.

I don't have a budget, but the biggest differences we would have would be:

Rent/mortgage: 0%
Car payments: 0%
Credit: 0%

Even give that, it seems like we spend a lot of money, on exactly what, I'm not sure! I have a fairly expensive wife and kids. I know my wife spends at least $300/month ($3600 a year) on her hair alone. For the kids, piano lessons, golf lessons, tutoring, etc. goes well into the 5 figures per year. Our grocery bills seems very, very high to me.

So our "Food/Ent" category (which you lump all that under) is big, tens of thousands.

Of course, I spend almost no money on myself in those categories. I cut my own hair, bring leftovers for lunch every day, etc. $40 in my wallet can last me 2 weeks!