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Anonymous wrote:Many of you are missing the point.

The question is not whether or not you should buy your kids guacamole and queso. The question is whether you should allow your kids to add guac and queso to a food order without teaching them that doing so greatly increases the cost of the dish.

I buy my kids guacamole and other add ons like that all the time, but they know it costs more and will ASK before adding extra items to an order. That way they learn that it's extra. That's all. We get extras, but we want our kids to understand what it means for it to be extra. And yes there are circumstances in which I would not allow extras, for instance if the last time my kid added guac to their burrito, they complained they didn't like it and picked it off. But not because I'm trying to starve my extremely privileged children.

It's not about denying your kids food or being cheap, it's about making sure your kids understand how the world works including the fact that you nearly double the price of a burrito by adding guacamole and queso to it at burrito, and inane but still somehow important piece of information for a person to learn.

DP. Your kids aren’t idiots. If they ever don’t have enough money to afford it, they’ll learn fast.
Signed, low income mom

A lot of people actually are idiots, tho. In part because they were not taught by their parents or by experience. So this includes a lot of upper income kids who are just oblivious to how anything works.

If they aren’t taught by experience, good for them. Means they have a good life. I’m not going to beat my kids to teach them by experience, life will (hopefully won’t) take care of it

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Anonymous wrote:I can not read all these posts but I'll add this.

We make about 520K/year. Tonight I got Cava for me and DS. He asked for double chicken. I got a regular bowl. It was a ton of chicken and I mentioned that the total was $27. He said "Oh wow. I won't get double chicken again, it's too much even though it's a lot of chicken." And he'll hold to that, he's just like that.

THAT made me feel like I did something right.

Just like I said, kids aren’t idiots. They’ll learn

Anonymous wrote:I can not read all these posts but I'll add this.

We make about 520K/year. Tonight I got Cava for me and DS. He asked for double chicken. I got a regular bowl. It was a ton of chicken and I mentioned that the total was $27. He said "Oh wow. I won't get double chicken again, it's too much even though it's a lot of chicken." And he'll hold to that, he's just like that.

THAT made me feel like I did something right.

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Anonymous wrote:Many of you are missing the point.

The question is not whether or not you should buy your kids guacamole and queso. The question is whether you should allow your kids to add guac and queso to a food order without teaching them that doing so greatly increases the cost of the dish.

I buy my kids guacamole and other add ons like that all the time, but they know it costs more and will ASK before adding extra items to an order. That way they learn that it's extra. That's all. We get extras, but we want our kids to understand what it means for it to be extra. And yes there are circumstances in which I would not allow extras, for instance if the last time my kid added guac to their burrito, they complained they didn't like it and picked it off. But not because I'm trying to starve my extremely privileged children.

It's not about denying your kids food or being cheap, it's about making sure your kids understand how the world works including the fact that you nearly double the price of a burrito by adding guacamole and queso to it at burrito, and inane but still somehow important piece of information for a person to learn.

DP. Your kids aren’t idiots. If they ever don’t have enough money to afford it, they’ll learn fast.
Signed, low income mom

A lot of people actually are idiots, tho. In part because they were not taught by their parents or by experience. So this includes a lot of upper income kids who are just oblivious to how anything works.

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Anonymous wrote:Wait, what? So how many homes do I need to own before I can buy guac and queso with abandon?

Ask the person who tried to flaunt her wealth by saying 5 minutes isn’t worth $30 to her and then asking others how much they have. She’s paying hers off slowly.

Lady, it’s not worth it for you either. You would have literally have to save $30 every month for ten thousand years in order to cover the cost of the cars and houses you don’t need.

Saving money in this way is your hobby. It’s fine. But you don’t need to lecture anyone else on it.

Apparently I do.

Obviously not to the many posters who find easy ways to save and don’t like to save money.

Oh, well! I tried! At least you’re about to finally disclose your HHI and assets…oh wait. You can’t because it disproved your point about being “too wealthy” to care about lowering your costs.

This poster was super triggered by saying that at a certain income $30 a month is in the noise. She seems to be thinking that was a gauntlet thrown, when in reality, that certain income is just standard middle class.

This poster also took a challenge to show us how much they waste on big ticket items before worrying about small potatoes like saving 15 bucks on gas twice a month as a challenge as to who owns more houses and cars.

It would be hilarious but I am actually concerned about her lack of critical thinking skills. It’s quite shocking.

Are you the same person using the word “poor” derogatorily?

No. I am the person who thinks if you’re not poor it’s a waste of time to worry about the cheapest gas or guac or queso, when you should be worrying about your big ticket costs (house, car, college, etc.) if you’re trying to save money. And I also think the vast majority of incomes fall into the “not poor” category.

Anonymous wrote:I make 1/3 of your income and we don't do chipotle because I'd rather support small businesses. And sometimes we get questions or guacamole.

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Anonymous wrote:Wait, what? So how many homes do I need to own before I can buy guac and queso with abandon?

Ask the person who tried to flaunt her wealth by saying 5 minutes isn’t worth $30 to her and then asking others how much they have. She’s paying hers off slowly.

Lady, it’s not worth it for you either. You would have literally have to save $30 every month for ten thousand years in order to cover the cost of the cars and houses you don’t need.

Saving money in this way is your hobby. It’s fine. But you don’t need to lecture anyone else on it.

Apparently I do.

Obviously not to the many posters who find easy ways to save and don’t like to save money.

Oh, well! I tried! At least you’re about to finally disclose your HHI and assets…oh wait. You can’t because it disproved your point about being “too wealthy” to care about lowering your costs.

This poster was super triggered by saying that at a certain income $30 a month is in the noise. She seems to be thinking that was a gauntlet thrown, when in reality, that certain income is just standard middle class.

This poster also took a challenge to show us how much they waste on big ticket items before worrying about small potatoes like saving 15 bucks on gas twice a month as a challenge as to who owns more houses and cars.

It would be hilarious but I am actually concerned about her lack of critical thinking skills. It’s quite shocking.

Are you the same person using the word “poor” derogatorily?

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Anonymous wrote:Wait, what? So how many homes do I need to own before I can buy guac and queso with abandon?

Ask the person who tried to flaunt her wealth by saying 5 minutes isn’t worth $30 to her and then asking others how much they have. She’s paying hers off slowly.

Lady, it’s not worth it for you either. You would have literally have to save $30 every month for ten thousand years in order to cover the cost of the cars and houses you don’t need.

Saving money in this way is your hobby. It’s fine. But you don’t need to lecture anyone else on it.

Apparently I do.

Obviously not to the many posters who find easy ways to save and don’t like to save money.

Oh, well! I tried! At least you’re about to finally disclose your HHI and assets…oh wait. You can’t because it disproved your point about being “too wealthy” to care about lowering your costs.

This poster was super triggered by saying that at a certain income $30 a month is in the noise. She seems to be thinking that was a gauntlet thrown, when in reality, that certain income is just standard middle class.

This poster also took a challenge to show us how much they waste on big ticket items before worrying about small potatoes like saving 15 bucks on gas twice a month as a challenge as to who owns more houses and cars.

It would be hilarious but I am actually concerned about her lack of critical thinking skills. It’s quite shocking.

Anonymous wrote:This has to be a joke.

Yes - I let my kids order this at Chipotle and I make much less.

Anonymous wrote:This may be a silly question, but I found out that my dh lets my kids get queso and guac in their chipotle bowls. My son has the nerve to order light queso. My daughter said she didn't realize it cost extra. Do you let your kids get all the extras all the time? I feel like it's wasteful and they need to learn they can't get everything that they want all the time. I did the ordering today and ordered them one queso to share. I know it's a small expense but all the small expenses add up.

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Anonymous wrote:Wait, what? So how many homes do I need to own before I can buy guac and queso with abandon?

Ask the person who tried to flaunt her wealth by saying 5 minutes isn’t worth $30 to her and then asking others how much they have. She’s paying hers off slowly.

Lady, it’s not worth it for you either. You would have literally have to save $30 every month for ten thousand years in order to cover the cost of the cars and houses you don’t need.

Saving money in this way is your hobby. It’s fine. But you don’t need to lecture anyone else on it.

Apparently I do.

Obviously not to the many posters who find easy ways to save and don’t like to save money.

Oh, well! I tried! At least you’re about to finally disclose your HHI and assets…oh wait. You can’t because it disproved your point about being “too wealthy” to care about lowering your costs.

DP. How many times are going to spam the thread with this? Call a friend or something.

Pot calling the kettle black