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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You[b] morons[/b]. This person is a troll.[/quote]

This word has a terrible history connected to using derogatory terms for people with disabilities.  I'd wish you'd retire it.  (I agree with you that OP is a troll).[/quote]

I agree re using the word moron. But I don't agree re troll. I make 140k as a single and know exactly what OP is feeling.

I'm reading the posts from people saying to go on a financial diet or whatever and when I consider my spending, it seems the only area I have where I can cut weekly spending is groceries, but I'm not sure how much savings I'll actually get going to a regular supermarket instead of WF. For a single, let's assume I manage to save $50 a week in groceries, that's 200 a month or 2400 a year. It's something but not a prominent sum.

For people like OP in a dual HH equivalent of my single income HH, we're in the position where we can comfortably afford our mortgages and relatively simple expenditures, max out retirement, avoid debt, but at the same time we're not easily able to rack up significant savings. It can be a frustrating place to be in, especially as we're aware of how expensive life is and mindful of unexpected high ticket expenses. [/quote]

The OP lists $1340 a month for food. It can be cut back more than $200.[/quote]

Single here. Probably spend average of 150 a week on groceries. 600 a month. 1200 for a couple isn't unreasonable or lavish. Sure, probably can trim that a bit. Is tradeoff worth it? Who knows. OP can scrimp and nitpick but no matter what she does, she still isn't going to invent massive sums of new savings. At most it's a few extra thousand across the year. [/quote]

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