posted July 25, 2019 09:53 PM            

I've always accused my mom of not listening to my needs and neglecting what I really require.

But the more I look at things I realize were both driven pushy people dealing with declining available resources trying to maximize the most we can get out whats available.

I think she's done the very best she can trying to finance the rest of the family.

My Dad who is a lazy, unemployed, entitled, "crybaby" Cancer male who thinks he's king doesn't understand the cuts my mom always makes to fund his ego. He accuses her of being cheap, but he doesn't want to work.

My sister who now has a family of her own is starting to wake up to how to balance a household.

The one thing I've learned the most from her is the ability to suddenly cut costs when economic downturns hit by cutting food costs and reducing consumption and to live within your means. FYI the Wendy's Value meal is arguably the best among the fast food chains, great balance between price and quality. Followed by the poor man's Big Mac which is basically a plain McDouble with mac sauce sold at 1/2 the price of a regular Big Mac.

Practically comes before pride, no point in bankrupting yourself if you can't afford something.

I guess you can say for her financing the family was her primary goal. If I could go back i'd take what I learned from her and try to get people out of debt.

If everyone just lived within there means and instead of buying into the lure of credit they'd have a little bit of extra money which would be so much better for the economy.

posted July 25, 2019 10:02 PM            

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Originally posted by DualGemV2:
FYI the Wendy's Value meal is probably the cheapest and most healthiest out of all the fast food chains.

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you know what's always healthier and cheaper than fast food? actually cooking

posted July 25, 2019 10:08 PM            

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Originally posted by Dumuzi:
you know what's always healthier and cheaper than fast food? actually cooking

completely impractical to be buying fast food at all

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Not quiet, there's more to the equation.

If you live in the burbs it makes sense to buy as much as you can from the grocery store.

However you must take into account the cost of gas consumption + wear and tear on a Vehicle assuming its not a Toyota or Honda even worse if it has a CVT transmission which is getting recalls from every automaker...and of course were seeing the end of small cars as automakers start to focus on trucks and midsize suv's which cost more so thats another expensive you must take into account.

There's also regional differences the price of food in one place of the world differs greatly in other places due to supply/demand, transportation and distribution.

Don't believe me go live in Iqaluit,Nunavut close to the North Pole then tell me whats cheaper Wendy's or the the grocery store?.

Unless you have an army to feed.
I haven't completely baught into the idea of going to cosco and buying in bulk.

I live alone and control my own expenses and that whouldn't benefit me.

lol, the Wendy's is across the street from where I live.

I live in a condo building in a heavily urbanized tourist downtown area, everything is quick grab walking distance for me.

So driving to the grocery store buying in bulk wouldn't make any sense for me.

YMMV there's no one size fits all approach to cutting costs everyone
has there own unique set of challenges.