I'm admittedly not working very hard on it, but it makes no sense or requires a very specific combination, not just one great-grandparent or something. In which case, as someone else pointed out, she'd be a registered tribe member and maybe not quite so cavalier?

I'm perpetually confused by how 4chan is still a thing.

Most people I know are pretty frugal, and I actually feel self-conscious when I do spend money. I think you're definitely right.

I don't mind when people have coupons, but yeah, when they get rejected and someone holds up the line arguing over two bucks - pretty ridiculous.

Hah, that's my life. Everyone around me is various levels of frugal and I feel self-conscious about actually spending money. Sometimes people will ask me how much something I bought cost and utterly recoil. I feel like I have to justify having cable to people. My husband and I at least share some values as far as…

I prefer non-clumping since my cats are gracious enough to not mind it being dumped once a week and we're lazy. But Tidy Cats is the BEST. And my stupid grocery store stopped carrying the Tidy Cats non-clumping and just have the dusty generic crap. We're also too lazy to go to a separate pet store for it (we're some…

I 100% agree with this, especially for running shoes. But I developed a problem in my foot that causes 95% of shoes on the market to put me in excruciating pain. For some reason, that 5% is composed of the low-end cheap running shoes. It actually felt wrong to me to spend so little on a pair of shoes. And of course…

Especially if you live somewhere with a lot of snow and ice. I'm admittedly lackadaisical about my tires in California, but I'll probably be moving somewhere cold in a year, and all 4 of those tires are getting replaced with something good.

I have an extra-large bath towel that's 25-30% bigger than standard towel size. I don't remember how much it cost, it was probably too much, but it is amazing.

Yes. Like low-flow toilets!

I'm understanding on a case by case basis; we get stiffed a LOT, especially at the ERs. I've gotten good at sniffing it out. I'll usually start the lifesaving stuff though while my staff is figuring out whether they're going to stiff us or are genuinely having a very temporary problem. I've had people surprise me both…

I'll never forget this lady who rushed in carrying in her arms her collapsed 90 lb rottweiler barefoot in pajama pants. I believed she forgot her wallet.

But... just... admit it and ask if anything can be done! Don't turn it around and lash out at the person asking for the ID! Aaaargh! I might be expecting too much from people here.

I have six figure student loan debt, w00t! Maybe I didn't learn my lesson after all. My current salary is allowing me to pay it off on a 10 year plan and enjoy a lovely lower middle class lifestyle. I live in fear of that changing though.

Yeah, I kind of never got around to telling him, and then on the day of the hearing realized I was in fact hiding a sad little asset. I got worried that either the judge would be mad or wouldn't believe the car cost that little, but it was fine. They basically just asked whether I'd made "major purchases" since filing…

I remember finding it all confusing because some sources said they'll let you keep the car if you need it to get to work but that depends on the judge, or they won't let you keep it because all creditors are treated equally so it's not fair to the other creditors to have you keep paying on the car. My car was repo'd…

Yeah, last time I was there they just went straight to asking for the phone number, didn't even ask for the card. Maybe I should lighten my wallet by one card!

I've done it when I'm feeling so lazy I drive to the mailbox (no outgoing box in my building). I figure if I manage to fuck up so bad I get pulled over on the way to the mailbox, I can walk to my apartment and retrieve the license.

What about cars? They let me keep my car but it was hilariously worth $200. That's the one thing I don't really know.

Yes, absolutely. I was lucky enough to file back when you could still discharge private student loans; unloaded $3k from a particularly evil company (that still called and threatened my family years later!) The one thing to say for government loans is that there's a lot of options for relief, particularly IBR and…