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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I get what you are saying, OP.  They say they have no money saved, but then spend on dinner and going out.
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So how many dinners out add up to two months of living expenses? Several thousand?

Yes, people should live within their means and yes people should have savings. But this "if you didn't buy lunch once a week you'd have nothing to worry about" logic is completely disconnected from the cost of things. Real wages are falling relative to the cost of living. People make less, in adjusted dollars, than their parents did. Housing and food and childcare cost more than they did, and the minimum you feel you need to do for your kids (years of ECs leading up to college applications, for example) is higher. Maybe don't shake fingers at people who are getting squeezed by that, especially people who took jobs that serve their country.

- person who only has a house and savings because govt is my second career 
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It’s not just the twice a week lunch.
It’s the twice a week lunches, a few times a week drinks and dinner, coffee, treats, hair and nails, subscriptions. It adds up. And yes, it can add up to thousands of dollars.

Can’t put my finger on what I want to call it, but it’s like an entitlement of small luxuries.

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They don't see these as luxuries. That's the problem.[/quote]

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