Why buy designer clothes for children? They don’t understand what it is in order to appreciate it and they grow so fast, they’ll have outgrown them in a few months/weeks. Get them something they’ll actually need!

Fancy, over the top weddings are nice, but the point of weddings is to display your love to you partner, and it shouldn’t cost thousands to do that!

You forgot the newest iPhone every year.

True! I remember all of the random, small things me and my siblings did in summer vacation like going to the park or pool more than any big thing years later

What tf is a stbxh?

Why? Maybe they like the trailer park.

Having six kids while being unemployed, not intending to work at all in your life. Living on financial aid. Complaining that financial aid is too low. Cursing the state organisation providing financial aid on social media.

I had a friend who had borrowed money from me, I thought she was in deep s**t at the end of the month, that it was to pay for food for her children. But no, it was for a new tattoo. Fortunately, she refunded me. We're not friends anymore, not because of that, but it didn't weigh in his favor.

Instead of a smart fella, he's a fart smella.

Hmm, at least the bike one the bike is around $30k. That still leaves around $87k. Doesn't say what sort of Dodge Charger so can't really tell how much the other brother is aiming to spend. But if he's got himself back into a place and set some money aside, maybe that's not a terrible thing either. Get a car he loves, keep working til he dies. If he's enjoying himself and happy...

I don't get how people have a desire to get used to a new phone every year. I just upgraded my Samsung phone. The new one is more fragile, and took me a while to get used to. Just like my old one. It's a pain the a**e. I'm keeping this new one for as long as I can.

He won't be paying that for too long 💀

I wear a $9 belt and I have a really good job...

*than FFS!

Had a heck of a week at work. Project falling apart. Massive hours. Was hungry and to tired to cook. Went to a food cart near me. $10 burrito, $5 for a hotdog. I went back home and had cereal for dinner. I just couldnt justify the cost.

They got a bad name in Europe some decennia ago, lots of shady things were going on with homes in mainly Spain. But what is CPA?

There is absolutely no reason for a refrigerator to need an internet connection!

I reuse until the water starts to taste funny.

Firstly, this is why you get insurance. Even if you're the best driver ever and will never have an accident it doesn't mean someone won't smash into you. Secondly, you should be factoring insurance and basic maintenance into the costs. And most fancy cars cost way more than people expect. Even things like tyres cost double, triple or more than a "regular" car. My first car was second hand when I got it, and I drove it for roughly 20 years. In the end it was so worn out I sold it to a wrecker (it as 25ish years old by that point). Unless something drastic happens my current car will be the same.

I've always bought second hand I paid £500 for my first car. When it was totaled 10 years later. Not my fault stopped at a red light and a lorry with a bull dozer on the back drove into me. I got £750 from insurance just for the car.... I still miss it.

I have an '06 Scion xA. Only car I ever bought new and I'm still driving it. Runs amazing and the only maintenance I've ever had to do are brakes, muffler and oil changes, just standard stuff.

I have a 2005 Citroen. It's done over 140,000 miles, 90,000 of them with me. Sure, it needs the occasional repair but it's got to be the most robust car I've ever owned, and I only paid £1500 for it in 2017. I've had six years out of that car.

Remember that woman who bought her dream car (a Ferrari) but could not afford insurance? She had an accident on her very first drive. Not sure if this was real or only show, but it fits here I think.

I have a neighbor with a 20 something daughter that got a brand new Honda Accord a few years ago and it has SO many dents and dings and damage, I'm surprised it's drivable. I realize all those many not be her fault, but if I was her parent, I would have bought her a used car so that the insurance wouldn't be sky high due to all the fender benders and all the dents and dings wouldn't look AS bad.

In France : driving a 300000 km fancy car, buying rims but cannot afford technical control and papers to make it road legal

1983 red Volvo wagon (Sweden) new condition inside out. The red is fading. Completely paid for, considered a classic, but old enough for insurance and registration to minimal. Best part, does not need a mechanic for repairs.

I'm 56 I have had 2 cars only, always driving. Drove the first till it took its last gasp and doing the same with the current one. I get from a to b just fine with my Toyota Corolla, can't see an expensive car doing much different, except for the deep abyss of costs that would come with it.

I have a rusting 2009 Equinox. It gets me from A to B. It's paid for but is at the point its going to start needing some repairs. I've been glancing at replacements, used only, and just can't justify the cost for a vehicle with tons of mileage, only a couple of years newer. I'm accepting that I'll be driving my rust bucket for a while longer. Repairs n all.

Best car I ever had was one I got for $50 dollars. Fifty. It was back around 1998. Had to start it with a screwdriver. Drivers side door had forklift holes in it cuz last owner decided it'd be funny to raise it into the air. Could only get into the car from the passenger side. Thing ran like a charm and lasted me 3 years. Everything under the hood was in perfect running order which was shocking. Before that car, I got one from my parents as a late graduation gift.in '92 It was a volkswagon rabbit that my aunt/uncle owned. No power steering or power breaks. Bright a*s yellow. I named it Blake and I loved it. Someone ran a red light and hit the front side of the car. i was lucky to survive but Blake was totaled. Parents paid $250 for it. $5.00 filled the tank from empty (gas was like $0.95 a gallon. Oh the good old days.

I jad my 2001 Toyota rav 4, for 20 years. My husband drove it for 2 of those years. It had 117,000 miles on it and when I was given an inheritance from my parents after they had passed, i bout a used suv and it be the last car I own. Paid for it outright and got a insurance repair package for it for 100, 000 miles. Not that bad i der 1500 for 20 years

I got a 2006 mustang for 13k, cash. I treat it like my baby, since I love it so much it makes me an even safer driver cuz I don't want to bang it up

1998 Saturn, leased new for $99, 246,000 miles, gets 32 mpg.

This is me. A 2011 van with a bit of bumper damage.

Growing up we had a family friend that had the nicest trans am( hooked up real nice) but his kids were always raggedy

That's just flat out dumb.

Agree with the commenters. It's not so much poor financial decisions as decisions made out of desperation (usually) and people don't think about what happens next when they are desperate to put food on the table today, or fix the truck they need to get to work.

I worry for the safety of such cars in neighbourhoods like that

Bragging on what a good deal you got is much more fun

Like beanie babies ? LOL

I'm proud to say I've never used a food delivery service

In all fairness, a TV is a MUCH cheaper purchase than a car

"I will gladly pay you Wednesday for a hamburger today"

I don't immediately judge someone with a Starbucks cup. It might be a once every few months treat, or they were desperate for coffee and there were no other options handy. But yeah, if they were getting it frequently? I would.

Depends. If you're only spending a few dollars here and there then it's as harmless as buying that coffee at Starbucks everyone likes to talk about. It still going to be gone by the end of the day. If your spending hundreds every month, then it's a problem.

How was it worth it if you didn't win?!?! :/