A very large portion of the American population is living paycheck to paycheck. But as the pandemic hit, the percentage of people’s income remaining each month after taxes and spending skyrocketed to a record 32.2% in April, up from 12.7% in March, according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. The economy slowed down as consumer spending fell to 12.6%.
And as these unprecedented times made our saving habits evolve, more and more people have now gone into frugal mode. Just like the author of this recent r/AITA post who wanted to find out whether it’s wrong of her to pretend she’s broke.
“I am doing an engineering job making a good amount of money and I save a lot so I'm definitely not actually broke,” she stated. Turns out that she sometimes acts like she is, which totally frustrates her boyfriend.
The woman has been pretending to be broke so she doesn't have to spend money on things she doesn't want to, but her boyfriend finds this behavior super annoying
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And this is what people had to comment
