Angela Giarratana

Eight days old.

Titled, Am I Overreacting?

My girlfriend left me over a cheese wheel.

Mm-hmm.

Okay.

I, 27 male, and my girlfriend, 26 female, were saving for a house payment.

I work and she is unemployed.

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.

I was doing the Oxford County Cheese Trail and I found a Volt release.

They were selling 140 pound wheel of 21 year old cheddar.

It was aged using a traditional cloth bound method that's practically extinct here in Canada.

And with over 21 years, it is extremely concentrated.

21-year-old cheddar often sells for about $120 a pound.

The farm was selling the entire wheel for $18,500.

If I cut it into 200-gram wedges and I sell it at $60 each, I can make $38,000.

I bought the cheese wheel and I 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.

She didn't yell, but expressed she wasn't happy about how I spent my share of our house savings.