We had bowls full of beautiful satsumas, pink lady apples, grapes, bananas etc. Often soft fruit for pudding like strawberries with cream or stewed plums. My parents were NOT rich either this was something they prioritised.
Nowadays I do still eat fruit but not as much at all sadly.
When you buy the individual ingredients for stuff, you realize how much cheaper it is than buying a microwave dinner or the like. Depends what you’re making of course but still surprised me how big the difference can be sometimes.
Formal outfits. For women, this likely includes everything from head to toe: dress, shoes, matching purse, jewelry, possibly a hair accessory. Special undergarments. Add on to that, hair and makeup.
Ammunition, when you don’t pay for it and they hand it out by the thousand you don’t get that every day at the range costs more in the ammunition than it did on everyone’s salaries.
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Cat food, I miss the times my parents bought it
Cell phone bill
Dental care.
Nowadays everything! Especially in the US.
Tiger lube
Cheese
Decent toilet paper lol
Groceries
Trash cans
Helium. Filling balloons is surprisingly expensive.
Healthcare coverage
Bed mattress
Mattresses- what a racket
Rugs
New tires for the car
10k for a cemetery plot.
Tires
Existence.
Outdoor furniture… Really just furniture in general!
Dying is expensive 😭
A rug. Wtf man??
A standing mirror
New furnace. Ours broke down and the price for a new one damn near gave me a heart attack.
Life, being an adult and having to buy everything yourself is such a shock after everything was free as a kid
Windows
Underwear
Wife
Fruit.
We had bowls full of beautiful satsumas, pink lady apples, grapes, bananas etc. Often soft fruit for pudding like strawberries with cream or stewed plums. My parents were NOT rich either this was something they prioritised.
Nowadays I do still eat fruit but not as much at all sadly.
A bedframe and mattress. Silly me thought a thousand bucks would get me a top of the line queen.
Fish. 3 for £10 in my local supermarket.
Patio/pool furniture – it’s plastic!
Oh, and throw pillows. Jeez.
Was just quoted 20k for a new front door so I’m going with that.
Towels and sheets
Cat litter. That’s some expensive pooping dirt, man.
Childcare
Fucking doors…
Prosthetics
A yoga mat. I had no idea they ranged from $20-$400.
New gutters for the house. Like, holy shit. 😳
blankets, bedsheets
Makeup.
Damn, that stuff is expensive!
Mattresses
rocks and dirt are unexpectedly expensive
Appliances
Car insurance for your 16 year old son.
Getting someone to install drywall. Easily 4 times more expensive than I was expecting.
Sheets
Diapers
A cruise ticket
Bed sheets! $100+ for a few pieces of fabric.
An election – Elon Musk 🤷🤷
Daycare. I knew it would be expensive. Didn’t expect a second mortgage!
Health insurance. What a complete and total scam.
Lighting
A toilet, or even a toilet lid.
Pre-made foods and snacks in general.
When you buy the individual ingredients for stuff, you realize how much cheaper it is than buying a microwave dinner or the like. Depends what you’re making of course but still surprised me how big the difference can be sometimes.
Berries 4 bucks for those motherfuckers and they go moldy so fast.
After my son moved he phoned me to ask me if I knew how expensive shampoo was. Yes, yes I do.
A decent desk chair
Heat pump
socks.
Lamps. I only buy them second hand because new lamps seem insanely expensive for no reason.
Stroller
Windows. Windshields. Any large or funny shaped piece of glass.
Sending out Christmas Cards.
Car insurance
Formal outfits. For women, this likely includes everything from head to toe: dress, shoes, matching purse, jewelry, possibly a hair accessory. Special undergarments. Add on to that, hair and makeup.
Made-to-measure curtains and blinds
Wheel barrow
My uncles love
A roof – 20k+!!!!
A dishwasher – 1200 now with tariffs!
Wedding photographer
Batteries
Divorce.
I haven’t seen anyone say luggage yet. But… luggage.
Maybe someone on here can explain to me why it’s easy to spend $700 on a suitcase.
Bedside tables?? $500?!
Ammunition, when you don’t pay for it and they hand it out by the thousand you don’t get that every day at the range costs more in the ammunition than it did on everyone’s salaries.
Ladders!
Bras
Women
Pillows!! Especially decorative ones. How is a throw pillow 49.99 bro?
Good towels and pillows
Peace of mind.
A halfway decent pillow
Definitely rugs
Health insurance.
Your average everyday ceiling fan. $150 gets you a name brand low end fan.
A comfortable and easy to clean couch
Garbage and recycling pickup. Also caskets and cremation.
Blinds/shades
A really good pair of shoes like a comfortable supportive pair of good quality running shoes
Food
Water. Decent water.
A nice bed
Fricken CPAP supplies
Healthcare
Rugs!
Towels and bed linen! Gosh, too expensive where I live!
Wheel barrow.
A funeral
Curtains
Vacuum cleaner
Dirt