No one wants to feel that way JS, so I can understand why you would feel the way you do. Maybe it is time to institute budgets, instead of just on a want basis? Everyone gets X amount each week for fun and frivolity. Use that up and the fun and frivolity that costs money will have to wait until next week. Set it at whatever you can afford and makes sense.
You can only squeeze so much from a grape.
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