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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I disagree with most of the comments here.  We have a HHI of about 400, and I hate to see myself or DH wasting money on this kind of stuff, though we certainly do because we just get tired, or need a pick me up, or whatever.  I grew up poor, and when I see the aggregate totals of what we waste it frightens me. [b] What if I end up poor again at some time in my life and I will have to live with the knowledge that, for years, we wasted around $1000 a month on stuff like Starbucks, iTunes, lunches and dinners out, and other nonsense.[/b]

OP, my suggestion would be to start using mint.com to track these expenses.  No one minds a $15 lunch at Chili's but if you do it every workday it is another story.  Getting the monthly reports from Mint was an eye opener for me.[/quote]

just because you have issues you are struggling with doesn't mean OP's husband has to live according to your far fetched hypotheticals.[/quote]

Whoopie for you that you find my hypothetical far-fetched.  You live in a dream world if you think that.  Unless you come from a wealthy family it really can happen to anyone and I got the sense from the way OP described her DH's income that it could be sales-related in which case, no guarantees at all.[/quote]

far fetched scenarios can happen to anyone, yes. that doesn't make them any less far fetched. i could be, god forbid, eaten by a crocodile. it unfortunately has happened to some people. planning my life around that possibility would be insane. and so is living like you are going to lose everything overnight.[/quote]

You know, you're probably right.  I concede.  The mental/emotional scars of poverty, i guess.[/quote]

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