30 Wildly Expensive Things These Adults Thought Were Very Cheap When They Were Kids

glad to see you appreciated your Father

Ugh...why's my face starting to leak?

Well done, OP. I don't mean to detract from OP's father's grace and sacrifices but this may have been back when people were paid a living wage. It seems like a fantasy now to recall a time when a single middle-class salary could support a wife, children, a house and an occasional steak dinner.

They just double the prices for vet treatment in Germany. Mine has a operation insurance and a savings account just in case. Add to that food, tax and daily stuff. It's an easy 100€/month for kibbel/snacks/vaccination/minor treatments +132 yearly tax + 335 yearly for insurance + savings. I calculate with 200 a month just to be safe. Lou is medium sized and generally healthy. My first dog did cost 50-80 a month in meds and another 50 in shoes a month when she got old. Add to that the standard costs... please plan ahead.

Medical insurance and a healthcare savings account for pets! Wow.

Still cheaper than a kid

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$$$$ is the reason I don't have a dog or cat. 😞

Pet insurance people! Seriously, look into it.

Exactly. If you want to be rich and have kids you need to be rich before you have the kids.

Move someplace snowy so you have to buy 2 sets of tires and pay 2X a year to get them swapped out.

Spend less, then it'll get exciting. Wear a helmet.

When i was a kid i thought tires cost around $60-$70 at best

Yea, I just paid $1700 for 4 new tires and front end alignment. I was like wtf?!!

It's so expensive. I just bought a set a couple of days ago of winter tyres and new wheels (new car, needed a new set of wheels to swap out for the wheels with the summer tyres). What's really annoying is that unfortunately you aren't going to find a bargain with regard to quality; this is one of those areas where, genuinely, the higher the quality, the more expensive they are. So, I had to balance decent quality with reasonable prices. I ended up buying last year's model tyres, but it was still the equivalent of $700US. In the grand scheme of things, that's not a huge amount, but it's so much more than I used to pay.

The eyeglass/frame industry are almost 99% monopoly run by some scumbag in Italy. Go to online sites like zennioptical.com where the glasses are more affordable and of high quality.

Yup, you all should really appreciate people who wear glasses because they paid A LOT of money to see you.

This is such a scam. All frames cost less than $5 to make, and progressive lenses (no lines) are about $60. Get your prescription and shop around. Try social service agencies. The rescue mission where I live used to make glasses for the general public at cost (that's where I got these numbers.)

Oh yes, astigmatism makes them incredibly expensive.

I got bad cataracts at age 50 something. Had to pay for it myself, roughly $5000 an eyeball but well worth it. Use reading glasses but that's it. Glasses were my nemesis for years, hated wearing them. Now, I mostly don't.

they're just building bricks unless they come from the Lego region of Denmark.

Oh for goodness sake - it isn't LegoS - it is Lego - how many times? They are Lego bricks or Lego

Now what's more expensive: Lego, or a hospital trip because you stepped on one?

As a child I knew how expensive they were. Only millionaire parents could afford them. Mine couldn't.

yes 46c per litre here in Australia...now 200c

I remember when I first started driving I was able to fill up a take for $5 USD or less! Sometimes that would be premium grade! Now, it's on average $5/gallon

1996: full tank for €25 ( 40 liters ) 2023: full tank voor around €90 ( same amount of liters ) WTF...

In the 60's, I had a small motorbike, and my father, who had an account at a local garage, allowed me to have 2/6d (12.5 pence) worth of fuel every month. And it did me well, except when I visited my aunt about 100 miles away, and I had to pay 2/6d from my own pocket.

Adjusted for inflation, the average price of gas has been stable for 60 or more years.

student curbside collection

buy a good wooden set, used. will still be durable, but at a fraction of the cost!

Goodwill, older furniture. The new stuff is junk anyway!

All my furniture was used when I got it. You get better quality for the same price buying the old stuff, but there are two things that make that hard for some people: 1. Thrift stores and antique stores won't give you financing, and 2. they won't deliver. But if you have some cash and know someone with a truck, you'll save a ton of money.

When I moved to Dallas I survived for months sitting in a blow up chair my BFF loaned me. Her 10 inch black and white bunny ears tv on the trunk I brought my stuff in. I slept on an air mattress for months. Compared with my income back in 1987 the furniture was very expensive. I compare income in relation to furniture prices for any year. I was determined to buy everything with cash. The very first credit card I ever got was a Foley’s because there was a huge discount in the price of a bed. A real bed! It took a very long time, bed, pull out couch I had been sleeping on before the bed. Strategic purchasing. A long time. But cash for everything. If you live someplace where you can get great furniture toss outs, you’re very lucky. Made a rush to buy a regular size color TV when the Calgary Olympics were happening. 8 months on a 10 inch black and white🤪

Some shoes cost more than a 2 bedroom apartment, which doesn't mean shoes, as a rule, are expensive. I recently bought my first car for 2500€ and was amazed by the amount of technology and raw materials I got for just double the price of my computer.

My dad had a range Rover. When he told me the price it was more than my 2 bedroom condo mortgaged in 2009

In my lifetime, cars have always been expensive. From my understanding, they're much less expensive in the US than in a lot of other countries.

Something European’s know that Americans are learning. It’s ok to rent a flat most of your life and owning a car is a huge obligation financially and also a privilege.

Ikea! Go to IKEA.

it's your choice, could have tried cling wrap

I have never in my life understood why anyone would pay to have something professionally framed. Usually the frame they use is nowhere near as decorative as what you can get from the store yourself and its way more expensive.