It feels like everything that exists these days is to drain money from me. Tourism is out of control. I don’t even want to travel anymore. Video games, kids sports, eating out… It’s all overly expensive just because they can.
It’s frustrating.
It feels like everything that exists these days is to drain money from me. Tourism is out of control. I don’t even want to travel anymore. Video games, kids sports, eating out… It’s all overly expensive just because they can.
It’s frustrating.
Yup, just disengage from consumerism. Buy what you need, make what you can. Spend your free time in nature, at a park, or at the library.
I have to constantly tell my wife, we aren’t required to spend money on the weekend to have fun. The kids have just as much fun at the nice park 20 minutes from our house as they do at the movies or great America, only the park is free, and gets them to exercise and socialize.
It really feel good to be in control, to find real fun, it brings a weird freedom.
I bet your kids remember painting leaves or finding trails more than standing in queue for the popcorn.
I play ice hockey. It’s gone up 20% in the last 4 years. It’s something I won’t do without, and is a true passion of mine. It’s worth it to me.
Kids sports? Major grift. Ice bills are outrageous. Sometimes the only option is travel. Materialistic parents demand three uniforms, team jackets, bags, shirts, hats, trading cards. I miss kids meeting at the rink and playing the game so the parents can drunkenly argue like they are supposed to.
Yup. When I go on holidays I focus on eating lots of yummy local food. Other than that, I don’t buy crap. I don’t go to silly tourist attractions. I get that everyone’s struggling, specially places that depend on tourism, but do we really need a million souvenir shops?
I may buy a cheap trinket merely as a memento, so it can hang on a keychain or sit on a shelf… as a reminder of the experience.
I rather take and print a picture than collect trinkets tbh
You need to buy a $45 stuffed animal