Anyone doing better financially now bec of all the programs?

amother

Ginger

Fri, May 22 2020, 1:11 am

its hard to say. but maybe ahead for now but depends on my parnasa which is always up and down.
got stimulus plus stimulus for business. which is good bec it will balance out a slow period I had.
still paying tuition. saving some money on kid school transportation. saving a little on food I think bec schools stopped charging room and board/food plus with free food programs I think we come out ahead. higher utilities. trying not to overspend. never did nails, rarely washed sheitals and usually cut the kids hair myself. saving on cleaning lady bec I'm not paying her (I feel guilty about that)
if camps close I'll be saving on that BUT I may just spend more trying to entertain the kids in some way which I havent figured out yet!!

amother

Cyan

Fri, May 22 2020, 1:15 am

Prob same.
DH and I both working full time with kids home
Still paying all tuition
Stopped paying cleaning lady - that’s $80/week
The food is nice but I don’t know how much savings because I never fed kids during day. They still eat a ton all day. Plus food prices went up.
DH has a side job that is dead now. Prob $1000/month loss. So the stimulus check broke that even.
Spending lots of money on kids entertainment.