We did. My wife and I both worked 6-7 days for over a year, only got one week off during the lockdown. Plus stimulus. We hadn’t had $2k to our name in a decade and then we had $20k. Thought maybe we could finally afford to go to the dentist. Ended up with $50k in home repair bills though. Still haven’t been to the dentist.
Go to the dentist. It’s cheaper than not going. It’s only twice a year.
Skip a luxury or two. Do some GrubHub or Uber for a few days if you need to. The dentist is more important than most doctor appointments, unless you have a chronic condition.
At least get a cleaning for a few hundred bucks, opt for x-rays, then discuss what your options are for restorative work. Finding abscesses and getting screened for oral cancer is important to your overall health.
If you’re wealthy and all your money is in assets, investments, residential real estate, etc and not income then your wealth significantly increased while everyone else’s decreased.
Sorry what? People SAVED during the pandemic! Who are these people?
We did. My wife and I both worked 6-7 days for over a year, only got one week off during the lockdown. Plus stimulus. We hadn’t had $2k to our name in a decade and then we had $20k. Thought maybe we could finally afford to go to the dentist. Ended up with $50k in home repair bills though. Still haven’t been to the dentist.
Go to the dentist. It’s cheaper than not going. It’s only twice a year.
Skip a luxury or two. Do some GrubHub or Uber for a few days if you need to. The dentist is more important than most doctor appointments, unless you have a chronic condition.
Dude when you haven’t gone in 20 years that bill is like $15k. Each. No luxuries to skip, we both already work 60 hrs.
At least get a cleaning for a few hundred bucks, opt for x-rays, then discuss what your options are for restorative work. Finding abscesses and getting screened for oral cancer is important to your overall health.
A man can dream
Mostly high earners / high spenders who suddenly had nowhere to spend all their money.
Also some extremely low earners who got elevated unemployment for a while.
And PPP grifters.
If you’re wealthy and all your money is in assets, investments, residential real estate, etc and not income then your wealth significantly increased while everyone else’s decreased.
I paid off 20k in debt over the pandemic. Extreme frugality and budgeting with no change in income.
Getting my wife to stop buying stuff was a critical piece.
I learned a LOT about how to save money during the pandemic.
Staying at home is pretty cheap