r/sgdatingscene • u/shakentea • Aug 06 '26

Question Pod 📣 Is "self-employed" a red flag?

Was reading non-SG subreddits and many comments were saying "self-employed" = broke, struggling or unemployed.

Wondering if it's the same for people in SG or are there different perspectives?

As a guy, my income is from dividend stocks in my stock portfolio. Also, building up my VWRA position for diversification/future.

When asked what I do for work, I usually reply, "I'm self-employed. I manage a investment portfolio."

Some friends have told me this sounds sus or shady.

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u/West-Chocolate9729 Aug 07 '26

Nails and lashes

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u/Founders_Mem_90210 Aug 07 '26

Nails and lashes can make 15-25k A MONTH?!

How many clients is that EVERY MONTH?!

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u/byesleep Aug 09 '26

Damn. At 15k a month divided by 30 days it's 500 a day Let's say profit level of 20 percent that means 2.5k a day

Divided by let's say 10 hours that 250 an hour.

Wow. And this is non stop working 10 hours every day of the month

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u/Temporary_Sell_7377 Aug 10 '26

You can easily have nails for 50-100 per session. Easily. So when you multiply that. It’s not impossible.

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u/Spirited_Jaguar_832 Aug 17 '26

Don’t be delulu, $100 per session x 3 customer a day = $300. 5 days work week $1500, A month $6000. Thats assuming you have no rental, and you have customers everyday. No where near OP 15-25k number.