Or waiting.. to buy an item you need or want. Always prioritizing and going without. Waiting while you save or for the right time. When you are rich...you want something, you can buy it without the wait.

And taking things back out of the cart...

Yeah, well-heeled folks have no read on this. Best of hopes for you, hermano/hermana.

Feigning ill to cover up the fact you can't afford extracurricular events.

I keep some in my drivers side door panel for easy access.

Plus, who has a job that offers PTO to even be able to travel?

But they are tasty too.

Unlike Prime Ministers!

Growing up we had takeaway once a week every week. I could not fathom doing that now, that's a once a month treat.

I've needed surgery on my mouth for years. Eventually I'm losing all of my front teeth because of how they all fit together. Minimum cost 15k. I think I'll wait for them to fall out and get dentures.

When I lived in TX people would cross the border into Mexico on the regular to get their dental work done. High quality work for a fraction of the cost.

I'm in my 40s and finally getting my teeth straightened and fixed because the damage they had done from rubbing on each other got to bad to ignore. I had broken teeth, chipped teeth and worn down teeth. Still had my wisdom teeth and one was broken and starting to rot and had a front tooth cap I got when I was 11 that didn't match the size of my other teeth. Only saving grace is my dental insurance is currently pretty good and my dentist is awesome. He's putting so much of the cosmetic work through as necessary to get the insurance to cover it. Last time I got a quote to get it all fixed was like 22k and I'm almost done now and it looks like the total out of pocket is going to be around 8k and he does really good work too. Weird to think that finding a decent dentist who doesn't bend you over requires so much luck.

Best thing I ever did for myself after my dad passed away (I got a little insurance money) was have all my top teeth pulled and got a denture. I wanted an implant but even after cadaver bone implants I don’t have enough bone. But my plate is beautiful and matches my natural teeth perfectly. I had a big gap in my front teeth so having them nice and straight for the first time in my life is a real treat. I actually love my smile for the first time in my life! :)

Look for a dental college.

Some offices do financing! It's the only way I could get the 12k worth of work I needed

I feel this so much!! Between untreated GERD and my Chemotherapy it destroyed my teeth. Since I'm on disability I only qualify for Medicare A&B but not C&D which is dental, vision, hearing and prescriptions. I pay $400 a month just on regular prescriptions, if I get sick that's additional money. My disability is a fraction of what I made working, so saying I have a tight budget is an understatement.

Where I live, medical procedures are free but now it come to the point if you want quality you need to go private. Otherwise it's almost like a dice roll - you don't know what you get and will it help. Free doctors will offer more pills for symptoms and say next, private will find a cause and fix it, sometimes in more healthier or cheaper way, but visit to them will still be costly.

Yep. A friend of mine got sick of having such poor oral health. He took out a loan (I know, not something everyone can afford) and had all his teeth pulled & got dentures. Just to get it over with.

Is dental cheap anywhere? It was here until I turned 18 and then it became absurd!

My water heater began leaking two weeks before Thanksgiving. I bought the new tank and some fittings from Lowes because shipping was free. Some other fittings from Amazon because they cost less. The drain pan from Home Depot because shipping was free (they were charging $55 to deliver the heater, yet Lowes was charging $15 to deliver the pan).

God bless murrica I guess... if "freedom" is paying $3,000 for a doctors appointment to save you from paying 0.01¢ towards someone else's, I'm quite happy living in the "oppressive communist hellhole where people have no rights", a.k.a. Europe (or anywhere else in the civilised world for that matter). NOTE: I say this against the country and the system of government, not necessarily all of the people.

Or for used kitty litter bags ...

And not the gross hours. The net.

Why let that heat go to waste?

This is a straight-up problem for me. I have to really watch it so I don't tread into hoarder territory.

Cammy seems to believe that no one loses their job after having kids (thank you corporations who offshore entire departments) or that birth control works 100% of the time (cause clearly condoms never break, the pill is perfect, etc.). Cammy, dear, I hope you never fall on hard times or end up with a surprise child - as your world will simply fall apart.

Almost every night.

In my country people who need insulin or any other meds for diabetes get it free. Not just those on low incomes or state benefits, but anyone at all. Because people with the disease often have other health issues alongside it, they also get any and all other prescription medication for free too, as well as free dental care, operations and prosthetics, free eyecare including glasses, free podiatry, hosiery and specialised footwear, hearing care, hearing aids or implants... Not a criticism or attack, but I'm amazed that the US hasn't launched either a civil war or a coup d'état against the system of governance in general over this kind of thing

This happened more than I care to admit as a child. Times were tough.

Or working 2 jobs to afford the bare necessities.

P**n shops are a part of life when money is tight.

With so many telelmarketers and scammers out there I never answer a number I don't know anyway. If it's important they'll leave a vm.

You may need them to wear, to turn into something else, to use their fabric/wood/whatever it is made out of.

Gross? how?

I'm almost 42, and until four years ago, I never even had a matching set of tires on any vehicle I owned.

Having to distinguish between wants and needs.

I got to be a reasonably competent DIY plumber and electrician. Currently repairing the stove.

We gifted my daughter a mattress for Christmas, cause her mattress was so bad she was sleeping on her floor. It was a family gift, where we pooled money together, and we got the mattress on sale, too. It isn't a great mattress but better than what she had.

I've been cold all winter.

"Deep cleaning their house by themselves"?? Like who else would do it?

I took my stitches out after a vasectomy. Sharp knife, large glass of alcohol, nerves and a steady hand. Didn't castrate myself, yay!

Actually I do it as well but just because otherwise it's a waste. Most of the packaging designs allow at least 2 more usages when cut.