Personal Finance (Not Investing) • Any guidance for a middle class BH feeling squeezed?

Groceries (1200)

This can be cut in half. Plan your meals ahead on Sunday, Shop at Walmart/Trader Joe's, only buy stuff on your list, come up with inexpensive meals not packaged stuff: potatoes, rice, pasta, canned or dry beans, rotisserie chicken, hamburger not steak, etc. Plan a leftover night one night a week.

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I am about your age and my partner and I (just us) live in a HCOL area with the same household income as you, and our grocery budget was $575 before I got a teaching job where hot lunch is provided, and now the groceries are about $450/month. (I know, no such thing as a free lunch...except at certain private schools).

Statistics: Posted by NeoNeo — Mon Nov 17, 2025 11:23 pm — Replies 140 — Views 32257

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