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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I just redid our budget, since we just refinanced.  After $300/family health insurance premium, 5% retirement savings (matched), and $150/"buy-back" for years in military service retirement plan:

$3000 mortgage/ins./taxes/escrow
$740 car payment (first new car in 8 years)
$150 car insurance
$120 basic church donation
$400 NOVEC (average)
$175 Verizon (cable/internet/phone)
$70 cell phones
$30 trash
$30 life insurance
$200 braces for two kids
$30 media (Netflix, newspapers)
$300 kids' sports

$5400 for automatically withdrawn monthly bills

Food, diapers, household, clothes, schoolbooks (we homeschool)...I don't like to think about it.

Honestly, I think I am starting to get anxiety attacks about the cost of living.

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Your verizon cable-internet-phone is high.  Unless in an apt or condo building you usually have a choice of 2 providers. Why have a phone?  Obviously you have cells. regular landline is only 25/month.  Do you even need that?  Check out new customer deals on comcast or cox.  New customer internet/cable is usually cheap.  Netflix prices are increasing.  If you have amazon prime dump netflix.[/quote]

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