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By budgeter - 14/06/2017 06:00 - United States - Boston

Today, my father made me go grocery shopping for the week because he believes my mother is too wasteful with her shopping. The bill for the three of us came out to $85, over double my budget of $30. He won't negotiate. FML
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pelletman67 16

Um. Your awesome. $85 for the week!!! I can't come close to that.

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goodread2200 10

Um... my ex uncle used to do this to his family - they'd have a very strict budget for everything except his lotto money. Eventually my aunt saw him for the controlling abusive man he was and got him out of her's and the kid's lives. Not suggesting your father is the same... hope he's not.

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mariri9206 32

Get food for you and your mom and tell him he has to get his own food.

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Danne696 14

I'm a single adult male in college that is fine with eating literally the same thing every day, 30$ works for me. For a family of three tho, not a chance.

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piinksock 17

Where are you people buying food!? I spend around $500 a week on groceries.

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mlw11 3

how many people are you feeding lobsters to every night?!

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GhostFox 33

Probably less luxury food and more health conscious food choices. The price for the same number of servings of... let's say apples, would get you four times the amount of serving numbers of chips. Fresh veggies are more expensive than canned, and frozen veggies can be more expensive than fresh. If you eat certain kinds of diets, your costs can easily double or triple.

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PhoenixChick 26

Or maybe they live in a completely different area than you? If you live in a city the cost of food can easily triple or more- not to mention places like Alaska where milk can get past 4 bucks a gallon, etc. Or have dietary restrictions, or any number of non judgy reasons. For some reason though everyone like to assume that if you spend more money than they do they must be eating unhealhty AND wastefully.

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piinksock 17

Thank you! I am not wasteful, luxurious or unhealthy with my shopping. I don't really appreciate having shopping explained to me since I've been doing it the last 20 years, but I guess she's not to know that. I have 4 kids and a husband to feed on just his income. Both myself and one of the kids have Celiac disease. (not the fake, trendy not eating gluten kind, the kind where you poop blood)and we don't eat any kind of processed sugar. So I buy nothing premade. Not even sauce. I make my own bread. I literally just buy meats, fresh vegetables and a few herbs and spices. I guess meat is expensive here. I've spent $45 on one meals' worth of lamb chops.

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PhoenixChick 26

I like how you assumed that they were making 'less healthy" and "more luxurious" food choices and then mentioned how fresh veggies can be more expensive than canned...yeah, a lot of food works like that now. In fact Vegetables and Fruit are more expensive than chips and oreos in most places. So unhealthy "luxury" pre-packaged food is the cheaper choice- so you can judge people no matter what!

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GhostFox 33

I think you misunderstood my post. "Less luxury" means buying less luxury items, "more health conscious" means buying more healthy foods, which are more expensive. When I see a high grocery bill, unless the person themself says it's all junk food, I assume their bill is higher because they choose healthier items.

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R_L_Jack 11

This hits a chord with me, it is just the 2 of us now, and I was shocked on how much I spent. But then we got a freezer and I freeze everything. Also we grow a lot of things so in summer the garden is the master. I can now get by very cheaply. A tip I found out was don't buy tp at the grocery store. I order a whole year plus from Walmart.com for 60 dollars. They charge 12 plus for one package at the grocery. That lasted 2 weeks. Of course storage is an issue. Our storage bead has a center area that fits them perfectly. They were hard to pull out in the back. So we put electrical tape handles for the grabber on them. Works great.

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Dumper420 3

Dump him as a Father. There's plenty around.

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sambmjmdjj 9

He thinks you can get groceries for a family of 3 for a week for $30? How old is he? I'm thinking at least 80

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Bibliovore 26

I'm a little confused. I agree that $30 is very low for groceries for three for a week. Where does the negotiation come in, though? Are you saying that he said to spend no more than $30, you spent $85 (of your own money?), and he won't pay for the $55 difference? Or are you grounded or something for going over?

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