Anonymous
Post 02/12/2026 17:20     Subject: Fun/stupid things you spend on
Anonymous wrote:The most I do is $100 on myself: some months it's stuff from The Real Real, others it's perfume micro bottles to sample several...I think how people spend money is interesting. It seems like so many people here are extremely wealthy so could easily splurge and save with great ease. We're not at that level.


I spend so much you would not believe, but I never buy stuff for myself for $100. I just don't buy stuff like that. Then when I have to buy clothes, it's usually a bunch at a time.
Anonymous
Post 02/12/2026 17:18     Subject: Fun/stupid things you spend on
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I'm new to this, but recently upgraded legs on a flight and now I fear I cannot go back.

DH and I also stay in nicer hotels when we travel, justifying it to each other by noting we will either not be there again or at least not for a long time. Would much rather spend on nicer hotels than going out to fancy meals, so that also helps the justification.



Funny, we choose very utilitarian hotels so we can splurge on dinners out. Love all kinds of great food and wine.


I like to do both.
Anonymous
Post 02/12/2026 09:55     Subject: Fun/stupid things you spend on
Anonymous wrote:I pay for monthly Tivo service. Does anyone remember Tivo? I will go to the grave with that thing....


I LOVE TIVO!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Anonymous
Post 02/12/2026 09:37     Subject: Fun/stupid things you spend on
The most I do is $100 on myself: some months it's stuff from The Real Real, others it's perfume micro bottles to sample several...I think how people spend money is interesting. It seems like so many people here are extremely wealthy so could easily splurge and save with great ease. We're not at that level.
Anonymous
Post 02/12/2026 09:24     Subject: Fun/stupid things you spend on
I pay for monthly Tivo service. Does anyone remember Tivo? I will go to the grave with that thing....
Anonymous
Post 02/12/2026 09:17     Subject: Fun/stupid things you spend on
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I got no bitcoins, but I'm finally, at 40 years old, at the YOLO phase of buying concert tickets. So much money to burn in a few hours! I'm going to a show for $150 tonight, and thinking of spending hundreds to take my kids to one in September! But nothing feels as full body spiritual as live music (and I'm a churchgoer).

Lego botanicals. My family always wants more Legos, I'm the one who says space is finite...but I do always wish we could have flowers, so they've got me there.

Snow tubing! Going this weekend!



Spent $150 to be in the pit at a concert for the first time this past October and I am hella older than you


I have realized that concerts are clearly part of my midlife crisis. They're my motorcycle.

Also, I was with friends with great seats yesterday, but sometimes I wish I were in the pit! I want to dance!!


Dancing in the pit at Keith Urban was one of my 2025 highlights. Seriously.
Anonymous
Post 02/12/2026 09:15     Subject: Fun/stupid things you spend on
Anonymous wrote:I'm new to this, but recently upgraded legs on a flight and now I fear I cannot go back.

DH and I also stay in nicer hotels when we travel, justifying it to each other by noting we will either not be there again or at least not for a long time. Would much rather spend on nicer hotels than going out to fancy meals, so that also helps the justification.



Funny, we choose very utilitarian hotels so we can splurge on dinners out. Love all kinds of great food and wine.
Anonymous
Post 02/12/2026 09:00     Subject: Fun/stupid things you spend on
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I got no bitcoins, but I'm finally, at 40 years old, at the YOLO phase of buying concert tickets. So much money to burn in a few hours! I'm going to a show for $150 tonight, and thinking of spending hundreds to take my kids to one in September! But nothing feels as full body spiritual as live music (and I'm a churchgoer).

Lego botanicals. My family always wants more Legos, I'm the one who says space is finite...but I do always wish we could have flowers, so they've got me there.

Snow tubing! Going this weekend!



Spent $150 to be in the pit at a concert for the first time this past October and I am hella older than you


I have realized that concerts are clearly part of my midlife crisis. They're my motorcycle.

Also, I was with friends with great seats yesterday, but sometimes I wish I were in the pit! I want to dance!!
Anonymous
Post 02/12/2026 08:55     Subject: Fun/stupid things you spend on
I collect old advertising signs. I recently paid $500 for an example I already have. Whoops!
Anonymous
Post 02/12/2026 07:46     Subject: Re:Fun/stupid things you spend on
Anonymous wrote:I would probably spend a bunch on my kid's birthday because he wants to invite everyone and I don't want to crush the idea that "everyone is welcome" from his instincts. The birthday party I really want to do is at one of those ropes course places that would cost me about 1500 if my kid invited everyone he wanted to. I'm not doing it because that is ridiculous, but I kinda want to.

Does getting nails done, eybrows and lashes dyed and underarms and bikini waxes count as frivolous spending?
yes
Anonymous
Post 02/12/2026 07:38     Subject: Fun/stupid things you spend on
I'm new to this, but recently upgraded legs on a flight and now I fear I cannot go back.

DH and I also stay in nicer hotels when we travel, justifying it to each other by noting we will either not be there again or at least not for a long time. Would much rather spend on nicer hotels than going out to fancy meals, so that also helps the justification.

Anonymous
Post 02/12/2026 00:35     Subject: Fun/stupid things you spend on
Prostitutes
Anonymous
Post 02/11/2026 23:43     Subject: Fun/stupid things you spend on
I’m all about the shoes. It’s the thrill of the hunt, so i like to find things on sale and hunt for them and sometimes they’re even cheap, but they’re crazy and unusual and colorful and i don’t wear them nearly often enough to justify having so many. When I get stressed, I buy shoes. The search process is like meditation for me.
Anonymous
Post 02/11/2026 23:35     Subject: Fun/stupid things you spend on
Scotty Cameron putters
Anonymous
Post 02/11/2026 22:37     Subject: Re:Fun/stupid things you spend on
Anonymous wrote:We're setting up a basement game room. So far we have a billiard table and one of these ugly things . . .



. . . and we are working on pinball.

You absolutely need a shuffleboard table. It will calm your mind after the jangliness of that thing and pinball. It’s a lot like curling. I do it every day on my own as a form of meditation. The rest of my family does it competitively, but I have no interest.