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re: Poll: Six-figure earners feel they’re in ‘survival mode’
Posted on 11/18/25 at 9:28 am to cgrand
Posted on 11/18/25 at 9:28 am to cgrand
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you don’t need all that shite to live well. It’s so fricking easy to live simply and happily. And it starts with the little things that add up to big things
There's some truth to this but what we see now are complaints from people who DO live simply. Most of the inflation bomb landed on things like rent, groceries, health insurance, used cars, car insurance, utilities, etc. When the cost of basic human essentials goes up 30% in five years and people's income doesn't budge, that's a serious problem.
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Posted on 11/18/25 at 9:29 am to BoogaBear
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roceries for my family of 5 are usually about 300-400 a week, we cook at home, meal prep lunches for the week, don't eat garbage (no soft drinks and sweets).
I have a family of 5 as well. You don't need to spend that much per week. That could last you 2 weeks.
Posted on 11/18/25 at 9:37 am to WigSplitta22
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have a family of 5 as well. You don't need to spend that much per week. That could last you 2 weeks.
Create me a grocery list that will feed my family for 2 weeks for 300 dollars.
10 breakfasts
10 lunches for my wife and I
Dinner for 7 nights a week (one big meal for leftovers during the week)
4 lunches for kids school (the older 2 bring their lunch twice a week)
Snacks for school
2 family breakfasts on the weekend
I would appreciate it if I can have some miller lite too but see if it fits the budget.
Posted on 11/18/25 at 9:39 am to BoogaBear
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n the case of credit card debt, how exactly are they just supposed to up and pay off the debt when there's only enough to make minimum payments?
So you are living beyond your means
. You just proved his pointPosted on 11/18/25 at 9:40 am to BoogaBear
was going to do it for you but
trashy
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if I can have some miller lite too
trashy
Posted on 11/18/25 at 9:40 am to ragincajun03
Ah the weekly OT thread where our local geniuses remind us if you pay cash for a pop up camper in Chipola with no cable, eat only lentils, walk to work and never need to see a doctor, things are perfectly affordable
Posted on 11/18/25 at 9:42 am to WigSplitta22
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you are living beyond your means . You just proved his point
I never said that was my situation.
Posted on 11/18/25 at 9:42 am to Turnblad85
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If making 6fig and are struggling to make ends meet, you are bad at managing money, let me be clear, full stop, end of discussion, period
Posted on 11/18/25 at 9:43 am to BoogaBear
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Create me a grocery list that will feed my family for 2 weeks for 300 dollars.
Chicken, rice, noodles, sauces, eggs, ground meat, bread,Canned food, Ramen etc are all cheap as hell. It's not hard. You just don't want to do the work to figure it out
Hell i could make a potato soup, chili, gumbo, jambalaya etc that would last 3 days or more for $20 each
Posted on 11/18/25 at 9:44 am to BoogaBear
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I never said that was my situation.
Sure sounded like it but i guess you were asking for a friend
Posted on 11/18/25 at 9:46 am to WigSplitta22
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Sure sounded like it but i guess you were asking for a friend
Then your reading comprehension sucks. I was using the example posted on the first page, never once made it specific to my situation other than some high level budget numbers of what my family of 5 spends on certain categories.
Posted on 11/18/25 at 9:49 am to WigSplitta22
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Chicken, rice, noodles, sauces, eggs, ground meat, bread,Canned food, Ramen etc are all cheap as hell. It's not hard. You just don't want to do the work to figure it out
No, I don't have a problem with what I spend. You're the one saying you could do that for a family of 5 for 2 weeks.
Do it. Put together a grocery list that isn't beans and rice for a family of 5 for 2 full weeks, 300 dollars.
Everyone wants to point the finger in these threads but is far from realistic. So feed a family of 5 for 300 for 2 weeks. Then do it repeatedly.
Posted on 11/18/25 at 9:50 am to BoogaBear
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Do it. Put together a grocery list that isn't beans and rice for a family of 5 for 2 full weeks, 300 dollars.
They're about to come back and say you're spoiled if you want something other than beans and rice for every meal. "You just don't want to SUFFER like we did!"
Posted on 11/18/25 at 9:51 am to wm72
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Would most folks really be better off moving from NYC to Brewton Alabama with slightly cheaper living expenses in that exploding Brewton job market with stellar wages and benefits?
This has been the case since industrialization began in the U.S. It is nothing new. What is new is that net migration has reversed from a 200 year trend of rural to urban, most of it domestic. Only international migration continues to have a higher rate in urban areas. This puts the "jobs" theory into question.
Posted on 11/18/25 at 9:52 am to Ingeniero
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They're about to come back and say you're spoiled if you want something other than beans and rice for every meal. "You just don't want to SUFFER like we did!"
I'm looking forward to this apocalypse menu someone will put together
Posted on 11/18/25 at 9:52 am to BoogaBear
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Do it. Put together a grocery list that isn't beans and rice for a family of 5 for 2 full weeks, 300 dollars.
I'd be willing to bet my mom(RIP,) could easily do that, I believe my wife could easily do that, people today just have a misconception of what is necessity v. what is a luxury
Posted on 11/18/25 at 9:53 am to WigSplitta22
quote:Gross. I’m not eating that mush.
Hell i could make a potato soup, chili, gumbo, jambalaya etc that would last 3 days or more for $20 each
Posted on 11/18/25 at 9:53 am to Warfox
Stop wasting money on junk.
Posted on 11/18/25 at 9:53 am to WigSplitta22
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I have a family of 5 as well. You don't need to spend that much per week. That could last you 2 weeks.
I'd love to know how you get a food budget at $150 for a week feeding a family of 5 all 21 meals + snacks.
Posted on 11/18/25 at 9:53 am to 777Tiger
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They're about to come back and say you're spoiled if you want something other than beans and rice for every meal.
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I'd be willing to bet my mom(RIP,) could easily do that, I believe my wife could easily do that, people today just have a misconception of what is necessity v. what is a luxury
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