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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why are your expenses higher than your take-home income right now? Is it something that's temporary, and temporary enough for you to not drain your entire savings?

We need a few more details here, OP.[/quote]
I’m just a little more than a year out from a divorce and just trying to find a groove. I’ve been hit with a lot of unexpected expenses lately, on top of expensive months—like this month, homecoming for two high schoolers somehow has thrown everything into chaos, and we bought the most inexpensive of everything. [/quote]

When you normalize expenses like homecoming there are probably multiple other examples of spending money mindlessly. Teens need jobs of some sort to pay for these optional things, or skip them altogether. It sounds harsh, but it sounds like you can't afford this type of thing.[/quote]

+1. My parents didn't buy a class ring for us and my mother sewed our prom dresses. No eating out ever and we had to babysit or do odd jobs for neighbors to make money for anything else we wanted. I was the poor friend of our circle but I am the rich friend now. It will give your kids an incentive to be successful. [/quote]

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