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Most people have moved away but I used to host multiple large BBQ's every summer for all of our friends. I just told them to bring drinks if they want something specific. If I were to do the same thing today it would cost me something like 5x as much probably. Maybe I would be able to do 1 a year.

Most people have moved away but I used to host multiple large BBQ's every summer for all of our friends. I just told them to bring drinks if they want something specific. If I were to do the same thing today it would cost me something like 5x as much probably. Maybe I would be able to do 1 a year.

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I used to be happy if I left Costco and spent less than $100. Now, less than $300 has me feeling like I missed something. That is each week. So groceries now cost more than my mortgage payments.

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I'm in awe at how much you eat.

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Having teenagers in the house means they're always hungry. They bring friends over, food goes faster, then it's like $500 a week. At least at my house it is not junk food that they're eating.

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Name brands too. The luxury!

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Yeah, Not all of it were name brand but more of it is than not from that pic.

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I spend around $100 to $130 a week for groceries. In the 1980s when I was a kid we would have walked out with 1/2 store with just $100.

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In the early to mid 2000's $100-150 was enough for a month depending on how you cook/eat and where you lived.

It is painfully comical when I go to a store for "random things I forgot" and it turns out to fill a small bag for ~80.

"Are you better off today than you were 4 years ago"?

You fucking bet I was better off 4 years ago. I was saving more money, I was making more money, food and other goods were cheaper and I was not looking WWIII in the face.

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Remember what they took from us.