I am sure most of us are run to feel the same way about a lot of these .
Ask just about any friend or family member, and they’ll probably agree on one thing: the cost of everyday stuff just keeps climbing, and it doesn’t look like it’s going to stop. Eventually, it starts to take a real toll on your wallet — and suddenly, ordering delivery or that night out doesn’t feel worth the splurge anymore.
Recently, Reddit userWonderful-Economy762wanted to know what things people couldn’t justify spending money on when theyasked: “What has become so expensive that it’s not worth buying anymore?”
The thread got thousands of responses. Below are the top and most often repeated things people said they are not spending money on anymore:
1.“Concert tickets. And it’s doubly not worth it to go because everyone has their damn phone in the air the whole time, completely obstructing your view.”
2.“Junk food — a simple bag of chips is like $5.”
3.“Movie tickets is the big one for me. I can’t justify going to the theater anymore.”
4.“Haircuts. It used to be $25 for a shampoo + cut + dry. Now it’s $60 base without tip. I cut my own hair now.”
5.“Sports tickets and team merchandise.”
6.“Alcohol!!!!!! I stopped drinking back in February, and I swear I have saved so much money while eating out and also just by not buying bottles of alcohol anymore. I’m so happy with my decision to stop drinking.”
7.“New vehicles.”
8.“Dining out. I can afford it, but it’s not worth the value, plus I enjoy cooking my own food.”
9.“A great deal of the shoes and clothing from ‘budget’ retailers. I feel you’re better off biting the bullet and sinking money into something more expensive and having less items, rather than being sucked into outlaying the increasingly more expensive prices (but still less than elsewhere) they’re charging in the budget stores. The prices they’re charging for absolute crap - you might as well just pay the bit extra and get something better.”
10.“Delivery food! The delivery charge alone is ridiculous, and you’ve gotta tip the person who’s doing something for you… I’ll just go pick it up myself!!!”
11.“Soft drinks in a restaurant. Nope, I’m not paying $4 for a Coke.”
12.“Lift tickets for skiing. I know snow sports have never been cheap, but a weekday lift pass used to cost $40 at one of the smaller mountains. That same ticket is now approaching $100. The larger resorts have gotten ridiculous at nearly $200 a day. It’s even more out West. It’s gotten so expensive that I’m considering quitting it altogether. "
13.“Anything recreational, like a boat or RV. It will just creep up your costs and responsibilities and break you as a person.”
14.“Cauliflower. One cauliflower can run $6 or $7. I was astounded one day when I bought three and that it was over $20 for 3 m’fn cauliflowers!”
15.“Fast food and lower-tier restaurant chains. The original point was that you put up with the quality and the conditions under which it was served in exchange for it being cheap. If it’s no longer cheap, why would you subject yourself to that?”
16.“Fabric. I used to sew a lot of our clothes and do quite a bit of quilting. But the fabric is so expensive now that it’s cheaper to buy clothes.”
17.“Steaks. I used to buy red meat a couple times a month, and now when I go to the store and look at it I simply can’t afford it.”
18.And lastly, “Streaming. Streaming was touted as a cable killer when it was released, and now it’s just as, if not more, expensive than just having cable. The only difference is that you don’t have to pay for equipment.”
You can read the original thread onReddit.
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