When you’re shelling out for something, you probably want to make sure it’s worth your money. Everything is expensive nowadays. The Urban Institute reports that «Nearly half of people in American families cannot afford the true cost of living.» This is a pretty bleak finding, but it rings true in most of our lives. It’s …
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17 Common Money Mistakes That May Jeopardize Your Finances
Sometimes you make a decision that you don’t realize will have a ripple effect throughout the rest of your life. I, for one, don’t always make decisions thinking in the long term. Sometimes I’m all about the short term. I’m trying to get through today, and I’m not always thinking about tomorrow. This isn’t a …
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Bride’s Brother Orders $150 Worth of Drinks at Expenses-Paid Pre-Wedding Party, Is Shocked When She Asks Him To Pay His Share
When someone offers to buy you a drink, is it wrong to pick the most expensive one on the menu? Hospitality can be a tricky thing. There are so many unwritten rules that go into this stuff that it can be hard to keep track of, especially if you’re not a person who’s great at …
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Millennials bemoan tipping for coffee, spark discussion about tipping culture at large: ‘Having the money doesn’t mean I want every transaction to come with a guilt trip’
Should you have to tip on a cup of coffee? It seems like every couple of months, we get together on the fine place known as the internet to do a little discourse about tipping. As an internet culturista, I see this trend constantly ebbing and flowing. It seems like there is so much to …
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Middle Class Memes for Normal People (October 13, 2026)
I’m middle class, just like everyone else! Everyone has a different idea of «middle class,» which makes it hard to define in conversations about salary, money, and poverty. The ASPE published findings that someone earning $15,960 per year lives in poverty. A family of four is living in poverty if they’re only making $33,000 per …
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Boyfriend refuses to buy girlfriend a $60 steak, even though had $100 of a credit card bonus to spend on the meal: ‘I said it was too expensive, and offered her a $40 salmon instead.’
Why is he penny-pinching over $20? Deciding who should be paying for things in a relationship is always tricky. It feels pretty unromantic to Venmo a date $16 for sushi, even if it’s technically paying for exactly what you ate. Many couples have a «I’ll get you this time, you’ll get me next time» dynamic …
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‘What «innocent» habit is silently destroying your finances faster than you realize?’: People share their stories about how they realized that they were sinking their finances with innocent habits
Getting your finances destroyed by innocence can be stopped. I know it may seem hard to manage your finances, especially at first. When you get older and decide to live on your own and manage your own expenses, you will soon realize that it’s not as easy as it seems. Being an adult is never …
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‘You’re not broke, you’re pre-rich’: 25 money memes for people in need of a little laughter credit
Can we start tipping with hilarious memes? Another month is starting, and you’re suddenly wondering where all your money went. Of course, you’re conveniently forgetting all those Starbucks coffee breaks and random concerts you’d decided to «invest» in, because you only live once and tomorrow will be another day. Well, tomorrow did come after all. …
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19 Seemingly innocent habits that silently destroy your finances: ‘Even just $1 a day’
It’s the little things that have a way of adding up big time. Finances can be a difficult thing to tackle. If you’re not literate in money, then you might feel like you’re flying blind. You try to make the right choices, but you’re also human and imperfect. Sometimes you accidentally spend $18 on a …
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Parents charge 21-year-old daughter $300/month if she moves in with her boyfriend: ‘[It is] a made-up number they got for the ‘average’ cost of a singular phone plan, health insurance, and half of my car payment’
Going out on your own means paying for yourself too. It’s not easy to strike out on your own. You may want to do it gradually, gaining a little bit of independence at a time. But you don’t always get this luxury, depending on your situation. Sometimes you have to do a big leap and …
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