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Who only likes grapes and strawberries anyways? I just buy produce based on what's in season and cheap at the moment and can't imagine being all 'I only eat these two fruits and 2 vegetables and refuse to buy anything else".
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What was that terribly depressing forum about people married to Aspies?
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Jan 25, 2017 18:38
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Batterypowered7 posted:What was that terribly depressing forum about people married to Aspies?
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Jan 25, 2017 18:39
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ArbitraryC posted:Who only likes grapes and strawberries anyways? I just buy produce based on what's in season and cheap at the moment and can't imagine being all 'I only eat these two fruits and 2 vegetables and refuse to buy anything else". Maybe it was just an example; strawberries n grapes are usually the more expensive things at my local store.
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Jan 25, 2017 18:40
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Moridin920 posted:Maybe it was just an example; strawberries n grapes are usually the more expensive things at my local store. Yeah, they're way more expensive when they are out of season and generally everybody likes them all the time so it was probably the thing she thought of immediately, since it's probably the thing she gets turned down on every time they go grocery shopping It's just incredible that a couple who probably have a million dollars in savings are getting into fights over a 3 dollar carton of strawberries Just imagining him going on a spiel about smart shopping, his girlfriend looking really hurt, and then putting back the strawberries feeling dejected, at the end of a workday where she made close to $400 Either one of them earns their entire grocery budget for a month in less than a half of a day's work, it's insane that they're even bargain hunting at this point, when your time is worth $50+ an hour why spend time clipping coupons? That's idiotic. Mirthless fucked around with this message at 18:46 on Jan 25, 2017 |
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Jan 25, 2017 18:41
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Moridin920 posted:Maybe it was just an example; strawberries n grapes are usually the more expensive things at my local store. They're cheap when they're in season which is when i get them. Granted I would never be "babe you can't buy strawberries they're expensive right now" but I also can't imagine needing to have strawberries year round either so the whole situation just seems dumb to me. Pretty much all fruit is good, enjoy it when it's freshest in season and coincidentally it's also the cheapest, everyone wins and you also get to build traditions to look forwards to, like feasting on clementines around christmas.
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Jan 25, 2017 18:43
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Andrast posted:You got me, you cheeky oval office.
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Jan 25, 2017 18:44
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Mirthless posted:Yeah, they're way more expensive when they are out of season and generally everybody likes them all the time so it was probably the thing she thought of immediately, since it's probably the thing she gets turned down on every time they go grocery shopping from her own words " If they are not on sale I have to buy something else, which I generally don't because I like strawberries and grapes the best." She straight up doesn't eat fruit unless it's strawberries and grapes haha, calm down ceasar there's a world of deliciousness out there.
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Jan 25, 2017 18:45
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ArbitraryC posted:from her own words " If they are not on sale I have to buy something else, which I generally don't because I like strawberries and grapes the best." Yeah, OK, it's a little juvenile, but she makes just shy of a six figure salary, pretty sure she's safe to eat whatever fruit she likes If I made 90k/yr you'd better believe I'd have ten pounds of plums in my fridge even when they're $3.99 a pound
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That woman should be holding her cat one day and just push her dumbshit husband out the window while laughing. 
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Mirthless posted:Yeah, OK, it's a little juvenile, but she makes just shy of a six figure salary, pretty sure she's safe to eat whatever fruit she likes I have eaten the plums that were in the icebox and which you were probably saving for breakfast Forgive me they were delicious so sweet and so cold And cost us $7.00 at the grocery this week
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Mirthless posted:Yeah, OK, it's a little juvenile, but she makes just shy of a six figure salary, pretty sure she's safe to eat whatever fruit she likes Yeah I'm not saying it's actually appropriate for the hubby to be all "no hon you can't have grapes and strawberries right now they're not in season" but come on just do the environment a favor and eat seasonally by default anyways it shouldn't be a huge sacrifice. Basically I think they're both dumb dumbs
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Never underestimate the ability of people to overlook the point in order to pat themselves on the back Congrats on eating stuff, guys
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ArbitraryC posted:They're cheap when they're in season which is when i get them. Granted I would never be "babe you can't buy strawberries they're expensive right now" but I also can't imagine needing to have strawberries year round either so the whole situation just seems dumb to me. Pretty much all fruit is good, enjoy it when it's freshest in season and coincidentally it's also the cheapest, everyone wins and you also get to build traditions to look forwards to, like feasting on clementines around christmas. I mean yeah but sometimes I just want some grapes man. I think the point is more that he allows her to get them but only when they are on sale like they are making $30k/yr between them or something which is pretty unreasonable on his part.
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Hot Smart ARYAN Girl posted:Never underestimate the ability of people to overlook the point in order to pat themselves on the back loving lmao ArbitraryC posted:Basically I think they're both dumb dumbs She's not dumb at all and you're dumb for thinking she is. THEY MAKE $180,000 A YEAR, SHE CAN AFFORD THE loving FRUIT!
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Jan 25, 2017 18:51
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She can buy whatever goddamn fruit she wants when she wants. If you are broke all the time at 180k in household earnings unless you both have insane student debt you can make changes almost immediately to unfuck that situation wnough to start eating out of season fruit. she also isnt reliant on him for income so the verdict is either she can buy some fruit or she can divorce him.
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ArbitraryC posted:Yeah I'm not saying it's actually appropriate for the hubby to be all "no hon you can't have grapes and strawberries right now they're not in season" but come on just do the environment a favor and eat seasonally by default anyways it shouldn't be a huge sacrifice. he isn't saying she can't have them because they're not in season, he says she can't have then because their $180k annual income cannot afford grapes, it's fuckin stupid and you can't justify that stupidity based on "well he'd have a point if his point was something else entirely"
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She makes her own drat money she can spend an extra $2 on fruit, seriously it's loving noise compared to expenses outside their control which have an even smaller effect on overall quality of life drat
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Oh sure, grapes seem cheap. They're pennies a grape. But you know what pennies are? They're one figure. If you have a six-figure income, you can afford six figures. That's six grapes. Didn't think of it that way, did you? That's called financial literacy, look it up.
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Cough Drop The Beat posted:That woman should be holding her cat one day and just push her dumbshit husband out the window while laughing.
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InediblePenguin posted:he isn't saying she can't have them because they're not in season, he says she can't have then because their $180k annual income cannot afford grapes, it's fuckin stupid and you can't justify that stupidity based on "well he'd have a point if his point was something else entirely" It's not that they can't afford it, I think he knows they can afford it, it's just not efficiently frugal enough for him which is even worse.
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I bet you almost anything that dude is stashing away tons of her money because "half of everything is mine" and buying BTC with it or something prepping for the end. No one is just that weird about money with nothing else going on.
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Moridin920 posted:I bet you almost anything that dude is stashing away tons of her money because "half of everything is mine" and buying BTC with it or something prepping for the end. No one is just that weird about money with nothing else going on. He could legitimately just have some extreme anxiety over money, I've had some really irrational freakouts over produce prices in the last year myself, but I was in total loving poverty less than two years ago and that did a lot of damage to my perceptions. If he was in a similar situation at some point, I can kind of understand, I'm not going to just go assuming he's stealing from her. That said, his anxiety is extremely irrational and if he's not gonna get help for it or try to change the behavior the only thing she can do is divorce him
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Moridin920 posted:I bet you almost anything that dude is stashing away tons of her money because "half of everything is mine" and buying BTC with it or something prepping for the end. No one is just that weird about money with nothing else going on. Lower upper-class people are the stingiest fuckers you will ever meet.
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Pick posted:Lower upper-class people are the stingiest fuckers you will ever meet. These are some true loving words.
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Moridin920 posted:I bet you almost anything that dude is stashing away tons of her money because "half of everything is mine" and buying BTC with it or something prepping for the end. No one is just that weird about money with nothing else going on. I know multiple people who make a ton of money but refuse to spend it on anything (and are also pretty miserable people in other ways too) So basically Pick posted:Lower upper-class people are the stingiest fuckers you will ever meet.
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I would really like to try a fruit sometime but 79 cents for bananas would really cut into my Funko Pop collecting budget so I subsist on a paste of flour and water and occasionally treat myself to a potato.
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Pick posted:Lower upper-class people are the stingiest fuckers you will ever meet. which is all well and good for him if splurging makes him anxious but sort of misses the bigger question of, like, she makes 90 loving k just on her own, why is anybody micromanaging else her pocket change. the two of them can't live incredibly loving plushly on the remainder if she sets aside, idk, a fifth of her income as personal mad money that nobody can say poo poo about if she blows on strawberries? just have your office send whatever portion of your paycheck you don't need to set aside for shared expenses to your own bank account so Scrooge can't even see it, if financial domination isn't what gets you off there is no reason to live like this. A Wizard of Goatse fucked around with this message at 19:12 on Jan 25, 2017 |
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TheScott2K posted:These are some true loving words. Lower upper-class person: *drives across town for gas that is 3 cents cheaper per gallon* *has a 'life hack' that entails knowing exactly what day expensive specialty cheeses expire, pointing it out to customer service, and offering to buy it if offered a deduction* *refuses to buy higher-end flour unless it is at the scratch-n-dent store even though can absolutely appreciate the difference when making breads and other baked goods and whines whenever he doesn't have the good flour, is a multimillionaire but can just GET THE loving KING ARTHUR FLOUR IF HE WANTS IT and would SAVE EVERYONE MORE TIME AND HASSLE OF HIS WHINING THAN THE DIFFERENCE IN PRICE, jesus loving christ*
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Personally I don't trust anyone who makes more than like 60k a year, money fucks people up and anyone who hoards wealth or believes that you can never have too much money is guaranteed to be a terrible human being in some regard
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purple death ray posted:Personally I don't trust anyone who makes more than like 60k a year, money fucks people up and anyone who hoards wealth or believes that you can never have too much money is guaranteed to be a terrible human being in some regard Man, 60k is a low-rear end number for what you're talking about.
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purple death ray posted:Personally I don't trust anyone who makes more than like 60k a year, money fucks people up and anyone who hoards wealth or believes that you can never have too much money is guaranteed to be a terrible human being in some regard Some folks have become so accustomed to slavery that they can no longer see the shackles. For everyone else, there's frugal living and "hoarding wealth". None of this has to do with saving $1/lb on strawberries. Come to BFC we love you.
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TheScott2K posted:Man, 60k is a low-rear end number for what you're talking about. yeah Um.. I make quite a bit more than 60k and I wouldn't say that I feel like I can hoard money, I feel like it's comfortable and I font' need to worry about not buying grapes if they aren't on sale. Then again I was supporting 3 children and a wife on that. Thankfully after my divorce if final i'll be making less than 60k so I'll be safe from goon's judgmental eyes. tater_salad fucked around with this message at 19:25 on Jan 25, 2017 |
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Before we go too far down this rabbit hole, cost of living varies, availability of lower-price options varies, blah blah so let's just settle for the inevitable conclusion, and my personal favorite post in this thread,Whorelord posted:everyone above and below my exact socioeconomic status is a twat
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Oh is this the salarychat part of the thread? I'll just say that I make enough money to buy things unavailable to most people, like off-season berries, and the slaves that pick them.
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I'm not gonna say how much I make but I will say that if my SO ever said I could only buy Hersheys instead of Lindt I would laugh right in their face.
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I can't tell you how much I earn, but I can tell you what I make: love, girl. Oh yeah.
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I don't even know how someone who makes 60k, lives on their own, is saving for retirement, and has (pick one) student debt or a car loan can even go about "hoarding wealth." I make a decent bit more than that and support a wife and one child on it in a low COL area, and my wife still shops with a binder full of coupons and knows when the meat goes on clearance.
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