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[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 minutes ago

funktioniert, danke!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 hours ago (2 children)

403 forbidden 🥲 link geht bei mir nicht

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago

i will never see butterfly depictions the same again

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

haven't thought about anything like this at all, that's a great idea (for an adult) that is really frugal

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

love this 😍

 

I need to get some sort of gift for a friends birthday (who lives nearby) and for a kid of my extended family (lives further away).

Do you have any recommendations for gifts that go along with sorta frugal lifestyle? I can't think of anything right now (pressure is on, birthday 1 is tomorrow)

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

It's common online slang to translate english words into (nonsense) german translation. "Zuhausys" doesn't exist as a offical word, but it is the direct translation of "homies" (Home + is/ Zuhause + is).

irl the kids would actually use "homies" over Zuhausys

(edit: haven't seen the other explanation comments before answering, sorry 🤡)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Totally agree. It will be the last move I'll only make if I have to (to give any pet away). But it was good considering it, because I realized what I can do BEFORE it's too late. It's not that bad yet and I hope work things out, so the dog will as long as I can get it's anti-allergic food but the cat (because fit and healthy) will have to make amends like I do. I'm not 100%broke yet and it's my desire to keep both kid and pets okay (in that order). I'll have to get used to a cheaper lifestyle and that's fine by me, just struggling with the adjustment sometimes.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 week ago

bin seit ner Woche dabei für meine Nachbarn einen Termin bei der Ausländerbehörde zu organisieren. Täglich um 7:30 und um 20:00 Uhr werden neue Termine eingestellt - aber es ist einfach unmöglich, einen zu erhalten. Es wird gar nicht erst angezeigt oder wenn ich draufklicke, sind die Termine schon vergeben. Entsprechend denke ich, dass das Ganze noch größere Ausmaße hat

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (3 children)

😭 didn't think about the opportunity that my cat might be end up as snake food 🤯 I'll cancel it's insurance first (it's a young and healthy cat) to save some money for food, maybe I'll figure something out.

you can visit any library (in germany btw) for free, but if you want to take books, dvds or magazines to your own home for a couple weeks, you have to pay an annual fee. price differs from town to town. Since I'm living in a bigger city, I can use my library card in all the departments in different city parts. But the main library is gigantic and a good place to study as well

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

did you choose to live frugal or did it just happen at some point? I used to grow up superpoor and we've had a frugal lifestyle. but as I started to have a career I started to spent more on things, food etc. I'm trying to get myself to be really careful with money now, but it's not easy thanks to adhd

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (5 children)

ah i see where the confusion came from. going without buying anything at all seems impossible. only-basic-essentials-buddies doesn't sound as good as no-buy-buddies haha

I rediscovered our library and it's only 25€/year - don't know why I didn't figure this out earlier 😊

ya, the cat. guess I'll have to give it away if nothing else works out.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

that is such a smart thing to do. I'm going to set myself a daily budget asap. I think that might actually work for me, because I tend to be competetive with myself.

the thing about not spending money I don't have yet is the thing I try to teach my teen, but I guess I have to remind myself as well. thanks for that!

in my country healthcare is free, so I only pay insurance for the pets! it's round about 100€/month for both and all eventual costs are included except food. but it's still a lot of money. getting rid of them isn't easy. I might find someone to help with the dog costs, I have someone in mind. and it's a good idea to give the cat to someone who would give it back. urgh, I hate this situation.

I've stopped eating out and get our food from a discounter/cook it myself, so i hope to save money. realised the snack thing while typing - good idea to ask around and try out to make some myself

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about adapting to frugal lifestyle after an incomebreakdown 🫠

my adhd is giving me a hard time not spending for any impulsive ideas but I am left with only round about a quarter of my former income and I can't adapt well. I had enough before and since half a year I don't, but my brain wants to spent money like before.

we don't eat expensive, but we snack expensive. i usually don't buy a lot of clothes but I lost a lot of weight and most doesn't fit anymore (and I'm going to look for a new job soon, so I need at least one proper outfit).

we got a cat and a dog, which had super heavy health scares last year. so I pay for the insurances instead of waiting for the worst. the dog is allergic af and I have to buy expensive special food. i am a single parent and have to take care of the teenagers needs as well.

I'm going to sell my car soon, because I just have to to get by. social aid doesn't pay anything at this point because I was couple of bucks over the limit so far. But they don't consider the high debt I got. So I'm actually pretty concerned right now. i used to be poor before, so I kinda know I will get over this episode, but it terrifies me at this point.

long story short: i need a network of no-buy-buddies that helps keep me from spending too much. anyone out there?

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