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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Here are some of the things that I have spent money on in the few years, in no particular order.  All of this is "discretionary" spending but none of it feels really optional.  OP is young and clueless, but some day she might sing a different song.

1.  Thousands of dollars in airfare and legal fees to visit sick/dying family member in another state and attend to probate and house sale related issues following relative's death.
2.  Legal fees to draft will/guardianship documents for our kids.  We had put this off due to $$ issues, but decided we couldn't after going through #1 above.
3.  Orthodontia for kid with severe underbite (not merely a cosmetic issue, but would have long term negative health outcome if left unchecked.)
4.  New eye glasses due to changed prescription (not covered by crappy health insurance policy).
5.  E.R. expenses for seemingly healthy and fit DH's kidney stones (not covered by crappy health insurance policy.)
6.  Emergency vet fees for cat that died anyway.
7.  $80/month copay for allergy shots so kid can function 
8.  New dressers for both kids after Ikea ones they'd had since infancy finally gave up the ghost
9.  Paid winter snowplow fees for elderly parent living on fixed income in another (very snowy) state, because said stubborn parent was insisting on trying to do it himself despite having fallen several times on the ice. 
10. Paid to have huge dead tree in back yard cut down and removed so that it wouldn't fall on our house and kill us in our sleep.  Yeah that was $2k right there. 
11.  New tires for car.
12.  Post-insurance MRI costs for 10 year old kid with symptoms consistent with a brain tumor (found out she is fine)
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OP here. Lots of the expensive stuff you're listing are for kids. My budget is for singles, so you can't compare. I would assume that with a second income, my/our spending could cover an additional $6,000 a month. That's plenty, even with $2,000 for childcare, allergy slots co-pay of $80, snowplow fees, and so on.

I'm glad your DD is fine.[/quote]

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