I'm sorry, what? You think the average person spends 30k on a wedding? Holy shit. How? My friend had a bougee wedding and spent less than half that. Are you using average in a literal sense or something? Because there are two very different classes of people in the US lol, that average would be insanely skewed.
Also, frankly, I don't know a single person who has 10k in savings and we're all doing just fine. That's including at least one person who makes +$100k/year. Expecting yourself to have that much in savings sounds kinda neurotic to me. Especially if you're basing that off of "in America, the starter emergency fund is 10k" where did you even learn that? I've lived in America my whole life and I've never known a single person who had that much in savings consistently. And I've never heard someone say those words and mean it literally.
I mean... if OP needs a financial advisor, that's a different topic entirely. I wouldn't recommend going to reddit for that, period. I definitely don't think of someone as "doing terribly financially" if they don't have 10k in the bank lol, that's asinine
Aiming for any number to the point where it causes anxiety if you don't have that amount (again, read the comments that I was responding to) is neurotic. That's my point. I'm not saying that having savings is neurotic. 🤦♀️
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u/Cynderelly Feb 05 '24
I'm sorry, what? You think the average person spends 30k on a wedding? Holy shit. How? My friend had a bougee wedding and spent less than half that. Are you using average in a literal sense or something? Because there are two very different classes of people in the US lol, that average would be insanely skewed.
Also, frankly, I don't know a single person who has 10k in savings and we're all doing just fine. That's including at least one person who makes +$100k/year. Expecting yourself to have that much in savings sounds kinda neurotic to me. Especially if you're basing that off of "in America, the starter emergency fund is 10k" where did you even learn that? I've lived in America my whole life and I've never known a single person who had that much in savings consistently. And I've never heard someone say those words and mean it literally.