Ask Lemmy

I have 2 lap cats who will fight each other over who gets to sit on my lap.

And I live in a house from which my lap cats and I can take a walk into the woods and onto a beautiful apple orchard on a private path without meeting anyone else. But it's also within 10 minutes bicycling distance to the center of a beautiful historic city, which is an international tourist attraction (Heidelberg).
I pay 500€ rent per month for the house, an acre of land, a 3-storey barn, a shed that fits 10 bicycles and my workshop, and a small log cabin.

When I was a kid, we had a single family home in a major city. Amazing being able to walk or take transit everywhere but also not share walls and to have a back yard. That crappy little house is totally unaffordable to me now.

Having my washing machine and dryer inside my home. After having lived in an appartment with a shared laundry room for 10 years, that chore isn't as tedious.

Two eggs every morning

I either buy a cafe con leche from a local place, or make moka (no idea why this autocorrected to mija, I am not boiling my daughter) pot coffee with freshly ground beans - not just any type, the same beans the cafe uses, from the local coffee roaster.

Also get gently woken up, no alarm, and have sex every morning.

My mornings are the most ridiculously indulgent time, every day.

I flew nonstop from Newark to Singapore. That was a crazy flight with fantastic amenities. First time I’ve ever had the “hot towel” treatment

I get to work from home every day, and so does my wife.
We each have our office space so we can work in peace but at any point in the day we can just have a chat, we can have lunch together, we can have our evening planned and be out of the door at 5pm

It's just all so much better than the old office-based life

I can afford to buy groceries from the expensive supermarket!

A King Charles spaniel.

2 gbps symmetrical fiber optic internet

I have a human who feeds me and does whatever I want, even lets me sit on their lap all day 🐱

Ridiculously expensive tea from artisanal tea gardens. Like four bucks and more per portion (which you can brew 6-12 times in that sitting, though). It's addictive and sets your standards so high, I can't drink cheap tea anymore

I get to handle over $1 million in musical instruments every day for my job.

(I’m a church organist and pipe organs are insanely expensive)

Coffee

I have a Xbox series x

Day AND night moisturizer for my face and eyes feels pretty absurd and with inflation over the last four years is entering what I consider to be luxury territory for my budget.

But, I love taking care of my skin and looking nice, and my face feels amazing after applying the moisturizer, so whatever.

Clean tap water.

When washing my hands, I use an electric soap dispenser.

why is a cat in your lap an absurd luxury?

I guess in the same vein, my dogs sitting in my lap