“I recently bought 10 donuts for my team during a meeting at work, and I spent $50.”

"More people than ever are going into debt now just to go to Disney. The last number I saw was around 25% of people who visit the parks go INTO debt as a result of their vacation. As in, they didn't have debt before."

"I picked up smoking during college 20 years ago, and dropped it after graduation pretty easily. The cost was annoying, but less than $5 a pack back then. Recently, I picked it up again while going through a divorce, and got hooked for two years. I've tried dozens of times to quit and am four weeks free now. A pack-a-day habit is $15 a day now. I've saved almost $500 in just one month. Sick, evil product that they are selling people."

"And dental practices will try to upsell you services that are not covered by insurance and are often sneaky about it. I learned the hard way."

"Mine would be $700 per month without insurance, and I’m in Canada, where medications are 'cheaper.'"

"I have a kid in competitive gymnastics. I pay hundreds of dollars a month in gym fees, hundreds of dollars in meet fees for each meet, and then they hit me up for another $30 just to get into the meet to watch. It's such a racket. Can you please just give me one comp ticket included with the hundreds of dollars I pay for my kid to be a part of this?"

"I live in New York State, and last winter, our electric bill was higher than our mortgage…and we heat with gas!"

"It's roughly $26,000 per year for one 3-year-old at a 'cheap' daycare, and for before/after school care for my 10-year-old. Don't forget the food, entertainment, clothes, extracurricular activities, the extra gas to drive them to these places, Doctor bills, insurance, and everything else. I'm probably spending closer to $45,000 a year for two kids, 10 and under."

"My parents make decent money, but they’ve spent close to half a million dollars on my sister's undergrad and graduate degree, and I know a ton of parents who’ve done the same. Kids get more expensive as they age! And don’t forget buying them a car around certain ages, like when they get jobs, etc. It never ends."

"$18 to $20 for an appetizer is also ridiculous. That's entree money."

"And mocktails are just as bad! $20 for juice with more juice?!? Insanity."

"And you forgot the most important part: more often than not, you end up eating cold food."

"Truly! Why was my four-item meal from Taco Bell nearly $20 when my partner got a wagyu burger, fries, and a drink from a local place for $13 total?? And don’t even get me started on McDonald's — they’re out of their minds."

"Literally 'on sale' this week for $6.99!"

"There are only so many years we can continue to blame COVID, but that's where it started. And once costs climb, they literally never go back down because the greedies know people will pay it since we have no choice."

"I switched to piracy like four price increases ago. Saved me a bundle! Better quality, too, most of the time."

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