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JT45242

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33. Just frustrated in that they never get enough food to feed everyone because they hate leftovers

Reply to llmart (Reply #22)

Fri Nov 28, 2025, 02:53 PM

Nov 28

They don't understand that when you make thanksgiving dinner. You need to cook enough so that you can at least get lunch or dinner the next day out of leftovers (seriously, watch an episode of friends...leftovers are the best part).

But sister in law and brother in n law hate to eat leftovers, so they try to cut it uncomfortably close so that the teenage grandkids are afraid to eat their fill because food will run out

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I tried the spending boycott thingy, I gave up, it was just too hard. [View all] Hotler Nov 28 OP

Barter. Open your drawers, closets, attics, basements, garages. bucolic_frolic Nov 28 #1

Make something! Hugin Nov 28 #6

"mounds of misfit items" is a good way of putting it! /nt bucolic_frolic Nov 28 #7

Not every American llmart Nov 28 #19

It's not hard. My parents grew up in the depression and I inherited the "cheap" usonian Nov 28 #2

Mark Twain is usually attributed to the quote NotHardly Nov 28 #21

No shopping for us today, none at all. lark Nov 28 #3

This message was self-deleted by its author PeaceWave Nov 28 #4

Haha! That's a lovely gift! nt babylonsister Nov 28 #10

100,000 people with ten dollars is much scarier than one person with a million dollars. Hugin Nov 28 #5

It's the constant advertizing that most people are exposed to nonstop. PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 28 #8

I have found that "having everything you need" is not about acquiring the correct pile of stuff RockRaven Nov 28 #9

It's like the anecdote of the author who said "I have what he'll never have -- enough." nt eppur_se_muova Nov 28 #13

Absolutely. PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 28 #16

Agreed jfz9580m Nov 28 #26

Take it from us Canadians, it works and our resolve is strong. Bev54 Nov 28 #11

I've practiced voluntary simplicity since the early 1990's. llmart Nov 28 #20

Likewise.... anciano Nov 28 #24

Had planned to...but had to go to Aldi to get food JT45242 Nov 28 #12

I think it's understood that shopping for food is a necessity. llmart Nov 28 #22

Just frustrated in that they never get enough food to feed everyone because they hate leftovers JT45242 Nov 28 #33

Oh, now I get it. llmart Nov 28 #34

No shopping for this guy. lastlib Nov 28 #14

I was hoping your header was sarcasm. nt Exp Nov 28 #15

howdi AllaN01Bear Nov 28 #17

I need groceries pfitz59 Nov 28 #18

Groceries... llmart Nov 28 #23

We should buy less anyway. Envirogal Nov 28 #25

What a terrific post! llmart Nov 28 #35

I don't go out on Black Friday, never have. LisaM Nov 28 #27

Having lunch with my Granddaughter. Lochloosa Nov 28 #28

Every Dollar Is A Vote... ret5hd Nov 28 #29

We never go out on Black Friday Jilly_in_VA Nov 28 #30

Yup Joinfortmill Nov 28 #31

In our conversion from citizens to consumers markodochartaigh Nov 28 #32