re: Here's a budget breakdown of a couple that makes $200,000 a year and yet is scraping by

Yeah I feel like you COULD get by as a family of 3 for much less than $1,000/mo, but you'd be eating a lot of garbage and Ramen. If you want to actually eat well (and by well I mean quality food, not steak every night), $1,000 is extremely reasonable.

Oh, and has anyone made mention of the fact that they don't even have a line item in their budget for alcohol? shite - that's like 32% of my monthly budget.