COULD THIS BE TRUE OR WAS THIS PERSON JUST TALKING SMACK?

I was in a store and the heat was a bit too warm inside due to a sudden shift in the temperature upwards outside. A dude — approaching 60s age range— near me started talking about how warm inside the store was. I mentioned the corporate office just probably hadn’t got the alert, yet, of the temperature outside.

The guy went onto add, somehow insistently and proudly, “I know women who want to date me, who power bills are $500 a month.”

I was like What??? What woman has a power bill $500 a month.

I assumed these females were single or divorced living in a pretty nice size living spaces like 3500–4500 square foot?

Well…

The average electricity bill in the USA, according to Move.org on November 12, 2021 by Joe Roberts titled Utility Bills 101: Utilities Tips, Average Costs, Fees and More, is $114.44. Water is $70.93. Natural Gas is 63.34. Broadband Internet $59.99. Streaming Services $47.43. Trash/Recycling $14.03.

$370.16.

That’s a considerable sum amount less of $500.

Rent.com on 9/16/2020 sites the average 3 bedroom apartment (1326 square feet) is $106.08. The post also reports that 51% of bill goes to heating and cooling.