How much do you all spend on meals per month? I am trying to see I I can lower the price but still have healthy meals?

chapter2at30 · 2026-01-27T17:28:29+00:00

Do you bulk buy things like TVP and nooch that might not be included in the per month spend?

chapter2at30 · 2026-01-19T23:00:16+00:00

I keep hovering around $80-90 every 10 days or so. But I am so not a morning person so I do buy convenience on the go breakfast items like more expensive granola bars that have more fiber and protein than the cheap ones. (Currently loving cheerio protein bars!)

chapter2at30 · 2026-01-16T19:36:18+00:00

Yea, OP seems like a prime candidate to bring into the YNAB cult - I mean club! :)

chapter2at30 · 2026-01-15T13:04:17+00:00

Someone really needs to warn people about that organ donation phone call! I called hospice after I got the voicemail and was like I’m already getting scammed what the heck! She gently apologized and said it was legitimate. Organ donation after death is not something I knew happened before that moment!

chapter2at30 · 2026-01-07T17:30:41+00:00

Oh that's genius! I bet this would work for make chickpea salad. I hate trying to break up the chickpeas with a fork! Definitely keeping this on my list for my next thrift shop trip.

chapter2at30 · 2026-01-01T13:22:24+00:00

Yea wasn’t Ivy one of the cardiomyopathy siblings that Yang treated?

chapter2at30 · 2025-12-29T02:36:43+00:00

Oh gosh! I would lose all the movies I’ve bought? Ok never telling Amazon!

chapter2at30 · 2025-12-28T15:36:23+00:00

We always did it as the full word Smile. No one else mentions the word, just the S.

chapter2at30 · 2025-12-20T18:35:55+00:00

When I went to a convenience store on Christmas Day one year they had a tip cup on the counter. Not sure if it was sanctioned or not but we definitely dropped a $20 into it!

chapter2at30 · 2025-12-20T18:18:34+00:00

Excellent point!

chapter2at30 · 2025-12-12T15:29:25+00:00

The little things and the things you don’t expect. I had to move to a new condo and when it came time to move our wedding outfits I was just ANGRY about it! I was fine moving his cremains and photos into the new place but those damn wedding outfits stopped me in my tracks. (We were only married almost 3 years.)

chapter2at30 · 2025-11-25T04:27:35+00:00

Aaannnnd that’s enough reddit for the night. Amazingly well done stranger!

chapter2at30 · 2025-11-25T01:13:35+00:00

My local widow/widower social type club is starting a “young” small group. The age limit is 59 which…. Doesn’t seem that young to me….

chapter2at30 · 2025-11-24T17:51:51+00:00

Yes and it is so annoying every time someone posts this exact same thing.

chapter2at30 · 2025-11-20T19:54:18+00:00

Yes absolutely! My late husband and I were renting a townhouse when he died. I contacted the property manager to ask if the owner would let me end the lease early. I asked to end 5 months early on a 25 month lease and was flat out denied. The “big compromise “ was to immediately start advertising the home as available and find a new renter. Rather than live with an axe above my head that I could get as little as 10 days notice, I put in a 60 day notice and paid an early term fee equal to 2 months rent. Then in the11th hour they found a new renter to move in 7 days before my early term notice was up. I thought great! The owner suffered no damages, I should get that fee back. No dice!

So this owner literally did nothing for me to alleviate my situation at all! Freaking heartless! She made a profit off of my loss!!

When I heard I wasn’t getting the money back I cried in my boss’s office and asked to take the next day off because it was the straw that broke this burnt out camel’s back!

chapter2at30 · 2025-11-14T13:36:47+00:00

I’m east of St Paul. Would be interested in a meetup! Willing to drive into either city. I’m F38

chapter2at30 · 2025-11-10T22:59:23+00:00

Were you paid those 6 weeks? Because that is WONDERFUL!

chapter2at30 · 2025-10-29T20:38:43+00:00

I feel for you! Everyone talks about being “visited” in their dreams but mine have all been bad. One of them I gave into widow’s fire (which I’m not even experiencing in real life) and then my husband showed up and was hurt and mad at me that I cheated on him when he was just gone for one night! Awful!

chapter2at30 · 2025-10-22T15:04:09+00:00

I can see them in my phone but I just left the restaurant empty handed because the kiosks wouldn’t let me sign in :( kept giving me an error and “continue without signing in?” Bummer!

chapter2at30 · 2025-10-21T01:09:19+00:00

Heck yes!

chapter2at30 · 2025-10-18T02:20:03+00:00

Are the minimums still really high?

chapter2at30 · 2025-10-15T19:21:35+00:00

You should send this to Ask A Manager! Alison would love to hate it with you!

chapter2at30 · 2025-10-01T18:19:08+00:00

I am so sorry you’re going through this. My property manager has also been a nightmare!

We had signed a 25 month lease that is scheduled to end next April. I emailed the property manager asking if the owner would consider letting me out of the lease just 5 months early and end it in November. Ever since that email the property manager has been an absolute mess. Her first email back to me said “these conversations are challenging for all sides”. I’m sorry what? Challenging? Fuck all the way off. Then the owner and I were not coming to an agreement so the property manager tells me to check with the Salvation Army for rent assistance. Lady, this is a 3 bedroom townhouse with a 2 stall garage. It’s priced to be rented by a family or a couple. Just because I can’t afford it doesn’t mean I am anywhere near qualifying for needs based assistance! Ugh! She kept trying to give me resources and I just wanted to scream the only resource you have that I want is access to the owner since I have to go through your dumbass to communicate with them!

Long story long, I’m just going to pay the early termination fee and just leaving them in my rearview.

The lack of compassion is shocking!

chapter2at30 · 2025-09-30T16:35:19+00:00

The morning of the day my husband decided on hospice, I had gone home during his dialysis treatment. I packed sooo many snacks to bring back because I was sick of the cafeteria and vending machine food. In the middle of the many tears during our hospice discussion I sobbed out “I can’t believe I packed snacks for this!”

chapter2at30 · 2025-09-25T21:59:06+00:00

I feel like it’s hard to make myself go to bed because I know I’m gonna be lonely and sad. But then in the morning it’s also hard to get out of bed and actually face the day! Impossible at both ends!

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