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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The reason you are drawing negative reactions is that you come off as spoiled and entitled in your post.  There are many people who are still recovering from the recession who don't have the luxuries that you lament that you *might* have to give up and you are claiming "woe is me."  People don't feel empathy or want to give you positive feedback because you basically take your luxuries for granted.   You epitomize what the have-nots hate about the haves.

We are cutting back on eating out, entertainment and are being a little more frugal with shopping.[/quote]

Just goes to show you never know how people will react because I didn't get that sense at all from her post.  I can understand that paying for housecleaning is an expense many people can't afford, but going from there to saying she is the epitome of what people don't like about the "haves" seems a little excessive.[/quote]

These are the lines that come off very entitled and spoiled:

[quote]The furlough pay cuts will seriously eat into our down payment savings (we are renters). [b]It is tempting not to make any lifestyle changes since technically we can afford it, but at the least I feel we should cancel the cleaners ($240/mo).[/b] DH is the one who will be home and he plans to get done the grocery shopping and cooking for the week. This would clear up wknd time for me to clean. [b]I don't think we can cut our nannys's pay since we are in a share,[/b] although that would be the biggest savings. What temporary changes are you all making? [b]Please don't chime in with the celebrations/traffic hurrahs. DH is highly specialized and works way harder for the government for the same pay as he did in private industry.[/b] [/quote]

They can afford not to make any lifestyle changes, while many are struggling as it is and the furlough cuts will be devastating to their family budgets.  There are many who will be cutting back on retirement savings, college savings, food budgets and car repairs/maintenance just to get by.  There are many who don't have housecleaners and certainly don't pay $240/month on that.  Nannies, even nanny shares are still on the expensive side especially in the DC-metro area and nannies instead of group care is often considered a luxury (how often do we see "I'm so glad that I can afford a nanny." on DCUM?)[/quote]

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