The way it's written implies he earns that £55k per week.
So £2 750 000 a year assuming regular income and self-employed so unpaid for just two weeks' holiday.
Oh all right, say 5 weeks' holiday but still self-employed, so no pay in those weeks. That holiday entitlement is more realistic.
Now only £2 585 000 a year.
Before tax and National Insurance, of course. Though he can probably just about afford five weeks' unpaid leave even if makes his third home in the Cotswolds and a 'Sunseeker' yacht a bit less likely..
On the right side of the law otherwise he would not be boasting about it in the pub!
Either a Premier League footballer or running a major public-utility company....
.... or of course, kidding you.
OR...
Let's read it again:
He is on £55 000 a year AND works 5-day weeks. (Plus his weekend work.)
Cost of living varies from one area to another, so there’s no definitive answer. This post was about a guy living in the East Midlands UK where £55k is comfortable.
I wonder if she’s aware? I put up with so much in my marriage because it was easier than rocking the boat. I knew he was cheating at the end but ignored it because at least I didn’t have to fuck him. When I started fantasising about him being knocked off his bike on the way home from work and killed I knew it was time for a divorce.
@Bleed He’s not cheating, that’s for certain, marriage seems to have put him off women. He still pays finances her business, pays for the house and the things the kids need. He is contented spending his weekends doing a job that makes him happy.
I couldn’t do it. I’m glad me and my wife are an equal partnership of love and trust.
@Achelois He’s happy, he loves his weekend job and he’s still living up to the expectation people have of men by providing for his family no matter how ungrateful they are. I’m going to a barbecue at his house in July, that’ll be awkward.
@MethDozer Well he’s a good friend. Maybe he should take your advice, walk away from them and take his income with him. I’m sure the mother will stop drawing people’s dogs for a living and step up. Maybe, maybe not.
