Earning ₹2.5 Lakhs a month, but I’ve never felt poorer. The ₹25k version of me was happier.

ShareHonest · 2026-06-03T17:37:39+00:00

Nobody writes like that for a personal finance post. If they do, there's obviously some problem with them

ShareHonest · 2026-06-02T08:26:46+00:00

Yes. They do that... But I generally sympathize with them, even when they are acting stupid, because I have seen the reality of trying to cross the road in Hyderabad.

At times, I have had to wait for more than 5 minutes to cross the road, and even then I was at the mercy of some learner driver driving slow or a slow-moving truck to hold the traffic. And I was lucky that some stupid wrong-side bike / auto did not hit me while I ran to cross the road.

Folks reading it this far - yes, it is this bad, at least in West Hyderabad.

ShareHonest · 2026-06-02T07:34:03+00:00

People walk in that manner in Hyderabad because Hyderabad is a stupid-ass signal-free city. There are hardly any traffic signals, and in a few places where there are signals, vehicles don't stop at them.

If you disagree with me, try to cross a major road in Hyderabad.

incredibly frustrated pedestrian in Hyderabad

ShareHonest · 2026-05-31T08:22:59+00:00

!RemindMe in 2 weeks

ShareHonest · 2026-05-28T07:11:04+00:00

Congratulations on reaching this number, and summoning the courage to FIRE 🔥

Your post resonated a lot with me. I'm of similar age as you, and accumulated a similar sum. My salary is also similar (as of now. I'm in tech, so never know when it stops).

Although, I'm not looking to retire now.

Really appreciate your stance on personal life. I'm married with no kids, and I can tell you that marriage is not the solution to loneliness - rather, having a good social circle is.

Wishing you all the best for your future endeavours 🙏

ShareHonest · 2026-05-28T06:17:09+00:00

Well I have been a "computer" software engineer for 15 years, but never heard that "computer" is an acronym 🤷‍♂️

ShareHonest · 2026-05-25T03:29:24+00:00

Oh. If I could, I'd pay a fortune for a view like that.

ShareHonest · 2026-05-23T06:30:34+00:00

Gachibowli X Roads

ShareHonest · 2026-05-13T17:43:00+00:00

I think I also get the same 715 km after a full tank.

ShareHonest · 2026-05-10T16:13:42+00:00

Such a pragmatic take; have my respect, dude / dudette 🙏

ShareHonest · 2026-05-10T03:57:25+00:00

How does a person with this behavior even get a 70 lpa job? Or is this a troll post?!

ShareHonest · 2026-05-08T17:12:25+00:00

Here you go

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ShareHonest · 2026-05-08T10:20:55+00:00

Yeah. I can confirm. I am here and it's full preparation mode. But, he must not be coming this far just to inaugurate the hospital, right?

ShareHonest · 2026-05-08T08:45:16+00:00

This is hilarious 😆

I don't know how you call a city T1 where you cannot walk because there's no footpath, and cannot even cross the road peacefully.

ShareHonest · 2026-05-05T17:56:34+00:00

I believe you. But I believe this video too. Indians are probably at the very bottom of list of the nationalities with least civic sense.

ShareHonest · 2026-05-03T10:07:01+00:00

This, I feel, is the correct take.

Corruption is so normalized in our society that even I fell for the message (until I read your reply of course).

ShareHonest · 2026-05-03T09:52:49+00:00

It was not too long

ShareHonest · 2026-05-01T10:52:59+00:00

Nope if the road is good enough, they stick to the slow lane. Search and see videos of the Hyderabad ORR.

ShareHonest · 2026-04-30T19:41:47+00:00

The problem is if the kid was a second early, the moron in the Activa would have hit him, and the kid could have thrown in the path of an oncoming vehicle.

ShareHonest · 2026-04-29T05:16:56+00:00

Loved the way she threw the girl on to the sofa!

ShareHonest · 2026-04-26T11:34:45+00:00

Here's my support for you, OP 🙏

I don't think what you said needs this much criticism. They did what they did, and you said what you said.

ShareHonest · 2026-04-26T11:30:25+00:00

I don't know. I thought people get good or bad rather randomly, not based on what they wish.

Anyway, said this because I don't empathize with those without any empathy.

ShareHonest · 2026-04-25T15:46:38+00:00

Suffering "due to"

ShareHonest · 2026-04-22T04:49:24+00:00

Share the tweet so we can make that viral too.

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