In the red on $150k a year. Help me get my head out of my butt

https://old.reddit.com/r/MoneyDiariesACTIVE/comments/1c0tynd/in_the_red_on_150k_a_year_help_me_get_my_head_out/

OP rudely deleted her thread, but it shows up in pullpush here: https://undelete.pullpush.io/r/MoneyDiariesACTIVE/comments/1c0tynd/in_the_red_on_150k_a_year_help_me_get_my_head_out/

Her "partner" (male) quit their job in November so now they're trying to survive on $150k a year (and failing). OP is too long to post but interesting line items:

rent 2,500

storage unit 108

Renting a two bedroom and still needing a storage unit

cellphones 148 2 lines. Will go down to 100 when phones are paid off in a few months. I don't have a line for my Apple Watch or iPad so there's that at least lol

Financing cell phones and still getting completely screwed on the phone lines.

daycare 1,980 This is very cheap for the area! Stopping this to have partner watch baby is an option, but we'd lose our slot and have to scramble when he finds a job

The daycare grift strikes again

car 400 Car is paid off but somehow still expensive. Gas, tolls (family out of state), parking, registration, etc. I drive to the office

:marseysquint:

donations 783 Not a religious thing. Just us trying to do some good. Open to questions/suggestions

:marseyquestion:

travel 500

:marseyconfused2:

gifts 250

:marseygossipshock:

If my math is right that puts me at -$1631 a month.

To be fair, I'm guessing the travel and gifts are some kind of "we're planning on spending this the whole year" and not actually spending that each month. Still, nearly 6 months in and no changes at all.

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It shocks me that people can have an itemized list of everything for the month and still are completely blind :marseyeyemixer: to half the things on it