Girlfriend leaves boyfriend after he spent $18.5K of their savings on a cheese wheel: 'If I cut it into 200g wedges and sell it at $60 each I can make $38K'

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Emmy Pratt • Senior Editor
Feb 1, 2026 8:00 AM EST

He's not the brightest crayon in the box.

There's a pretty big chasm between those who fall for get-rich-quick schemes and those who invest safely and steadily over the years, so they'll be millionaires by 60. The path to wealth at a young age is probably somewhere between "quit your job to become a Twitch Streamer" and "only invest in low-risk ETFs," but most people aren't financially informed enough to take smart risks. It's essential to be realistic with yourself about your ability to handle higher-risk investments. I don't trust myself to predict which individual stocks will rise enough in the short term in a way that will make me rich by investing in them, so I stick to the good old-fashioned stock market and trust that 2008 isn't right around the corner. 

Even if you're investing in riskier stocks, that's probably better than "investing" in an asset that's guaranteed to depreciate rapidly in value. Buying cars with the hope that you can flip them and resell them for more money is quite a risk if you haven't proven to yourself that you have the skills to do that. Just because you buy a car that's worth $40K doesn't mean that you will be able to resell it for that much. In fact, it's almost guaranteed you won't be able to sell it for that much. The value of a new car drops by thousands of dollars the very second you drive it off the dealership lot. 

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    Worker checking the cheese quality at the storage with shelves full of cheese wheels during the aging process
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  • The boyfriend in this story is not the sharpest knife in the drawer. He bought a cheese wheel for just under $20K, thinking he could cut it up and resell it for just under $40K. If the farmer who sold it to him could've sold it for $40K, he would've.

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    Am I overreacting? My girlfriend left me over a cheese wheel

    I (27M) and my girlfriend (26F) were saving for a house down payment. I work, and she is unemployed.
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    I have saved 32,000 and she has saved 4,000 so I feel like I bear the brunt of the financial decision making here.
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    I was doing the Oxford county cheese trail, and found a "vault release". They were selling a 140 pound wheel of 21 year old cheddar.
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    It was aged using a traditional cloth bound method Thats practically extinct here in Canada, and with over 21 years it is extremely concentrated.
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    21 year old cheddar often sells for 120$ a pound. The farm was selling the entire wheel for 18,500$.
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    Red barn during daytime
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    If I cut it into 200g wedges and sell it at 60$ each I can make 38,000$.
    via u/Jems138
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    I bought the cheese wheel, and brought it home in my truck. When I rolled it into our apartment at first she was excited, when I started to explain the financials and investment potential she turned sour.
    via u/Jems138
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    She didn't yell, but expressed she wasn't happy about how I spent MY share of our house savings.
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    A woman sitting on a couch holding her head while looking visibly distressed
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    She is now staying with her parents. I think she's overreacting because she doesn't understand the Canadian housing market.
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    Our savings is not enough for a down payment without a ridiculous mortgage, and we need to take these opportunities.
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    AIO? Or am I the only one with ambition in our relationship? TLDR; my girlfriend is staying with her parents because I spent my share of our savings on a cheese wheel which can be cut into wedges and sold for a sizeable profit.
    via u/Jems138
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    Sea_Milk_69 Start slicing and selling and then come update us Imao
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    Deino Trainer96 I'm not gonna buy a wedge of cheese from some rando selling it on FB Marketplace.
    via u/DeinoTrainer96
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    chicken-cuddle She didn't leave you over cheese. She left because you're stupid.
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    jellydoughnuts4me Bro this sounds like something Michael Scott would do
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    motherofachimp99 If you own a cheese store or work in food sales, NOR. If you don't, WTF? How are you going to get top dollar for this cheese on the street? Very irresponsible but, it's your money.
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    AMonitorDarkly You spent $18,500 on cheese with no actual plan on how to you're going to recoup that outside of "Yeah I can totally sell this!!!" 140 pounds equals 63,500 grams. You're talking about selling 200 gram wedges. That would require you to prepare, package and sell 317 units without any kind of market presence. Incidentally, your math is WAY off. Selling 317 wedges at $60 each comes to $19,050 which nets you a whopping $650 for what will surely be weeks of work on the completely off ch
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    Chaos-Rainbow Who is going to pay $120/lb for cheese that some random person is selling out of their apartment? If I was going to spend that much I'd want to know that it was stored and handed properly. And actually do you need a food safety license to do this kind of thing?
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