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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Well, my DH is a GS-15 and I work for a nonprofit. We cannot afford for my DH to not get paid.  I don't think we live extravagantly but somehow cannot save much.  Due to some unexpected expenses lately, we have only $2k in savings. We have 2 kids in elementary school. We cannot afford this at all.[/quote]

NP and Also adding to the caveat that I do not support the government shutdown. And I do not intend this to feel like a pile-on .
But the reality in your post is that you are mistaken in your thinking that you do not “live extravagantly” if you cannot sustain 2-3 weeks of non-payment.
And that is not meant to be a dig.
It just means that you—like most other Americans—do not have enough of a cushion set aside for emergencies. And if that’s the case, it means you do live beyond your means. Because your means should include savings and set-asides for such events.
I’m not knocking what you choose to spend your money on. Nor am I saying that you spend excessively *compared to your friends or neighbors* but rather that you probably need to re-calibrate how you budget in future so that you can sustain a 6-month period with no income.[/quote]

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