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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I find it interesting that posters always suggest downgrading cable or phone when OP complains about budget problems. [/quote]

+1.  If only it were that simple! [/quote]

[b]No, but it's an expense that is not fixed and so, when you're looking through looking for things to cut, that one can be cut pretty easily, and it all adds up, AND it's easy [/b]to find other sources for entertainment that are cheaper, such as starting at the public library.[/quote]

Trust me, we've done this. I have a household budget that I track like a fiend.  I plan meals a week in advance to cut the laundry bill and food waste.  I've cut back on meat since it's so expensive to get anything that isn't full of hormones and chemicals.  I clip coupons.  I buy at sales.  I drink the coffee in my office.  I bring my own lunch and snacks to work.  We eat out rarely. And it's still not enough, hence the title of this thread.  But when two people work full time, can't afford a housekeeper, there are groceries to put away, laundry to fold, etc etc etc having on demand to entertain my kid for an hour is amazing.  If I were living at home, I'd cut that shitfrom the budget in a heartbeat and call my MIL or my sister, who would happily take him and entertain him at the park, a museum, the zoo, my backyard, etc etc etc.  And I'd be able to afford a house that isn't 90 years old and constantly suprising us with the next broken down whatever.

I know I should stop my bourgeouis ranting, but lordy.  I often wonder how truly middle class and working poor people make it in this country if it's this hard for me.  A previous PP got it right - I need my family around me, because even though my friends are great, you can't rely on them the way you can with your family.  It's just not right to anyway, IMO.  [/quote]

OP, I FEEL YOU ON THIS 110%.  In fact, I am YOU except that our HHI barely breaks six figures.  It sucks a$$ and I honestly don't know everyone except us (and you) can afford multiple kids in this area, let alone a damn house!  I mean wow is EVERYONE a lawyer?  Does EVERYONE have a PhD?  I'm trying to get DH to see that the life we envisioned for ourselves won't happen here but he grew up here so it’s harder for him to walk away.  :roll:   I, on the other hand am ready to roll out YESTERDAY.  
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