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Frugal living in a HCOL with no support
I live in a HCOL suburb and I don't have a support system at all. My family is 4 states away. I feel like every month I have a reason to drop a large sum of money. Last month I bought glasses. Honestly regret buying them so expensive and should have just bought whatever cheapo glasses my insurance covered. I bought glasses January 2020 so it was time for new ones. The month before I spent a good amount of money to diagnose a problem with my car. I'm really supposed to look for a new car so bye bye money right there. No, I can't get rid of my car since there is absolutely no transit here. I have a dentist appointment this coming week and I'm sure I will have to spend money there. I have an iphone XS (bought it new in 2019) and I might have to buy another phone since upgrading to the latest iOS is probably going to slow down my phone. Some apps are starting to say that they will only work on a later iOS that I don't have. Also my laptop is 11 years old and going to have to buy a new one. How do people handle these types of costs that seem unavoidable?
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I live in a HCOL suburb and I don't have a support system at all. My family is 4 states away. I feel like every month I have a reason to drop a large sum of money. Last month I bought glasses. Honestly regret buying them so expensive and should have just bought whatever cheapo glasses my insurance covered. I bought glasses January 2020 so it was time for new ones. The month before I spent a good amount of money to diagnose a problem with my car. I'm really supposed to look for a new car so bye bye money right there. No, I can't get rid of my car since there is absolutely no transit here. I have a dentist appointment this coming week and I'm sure I will have to spend money there. I have an iphone XS (bought it new in 2019) and I might have to buy another phone since upgrading to the latest iOS is probably going to slow down my phone. Some apps are starting to say that they will only work on a later iOS that I don't have. Also my laptop is 11 years old and going to have to buy a new one. How do people handle these types of costs that seem unavoidable?
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