#i HATE spending money on myself

[navybrat817]

Found a pair of workout pants on sale for $4.

So, naturally, my daughter grabbed a pair of $35 pants for me because they were pretty and I deserve pretty things. 😂❤️

#navybrat rambles #mom life #my daughter #i adore her #i hate shopping #why you may ask #i hate spending money on myself #to be fair #the leggings she chose are cute #are you reading my tags? #go drink some water #stay hydrated my friends

[carbonbeef]

I got a new laptop today and good LORD I am so happy. I was using a refurbished $50 one that couldn't even run an external hard drive without crashing and would take like 5 mins to load a website. This one definitely isn't up to the standards of my one from college but heck it serves my purposes (AND HAS MICROSOFT OFFICE FOR A YEAR FOR ALL MY NICHE INTEREST SPREADSHEETS!)

#i hate spending money on myself #but im really happy i pulled the cyber monday trigger and got this #normally im not a retail therapy guy but this really gave me a split second of joy that i can type and it doesnt have a 10 second delay

[starkidlabs]

Do I buy the a new laptop that I really need for my MA or do I buy Pokémon plushies? I think the choice is obvious.

#ok so I can afford both #I had money saved from my student loan to buy a new laptop cause I really needed it a year ago #and I have birthday money for the Pokemon #but consider this #I hate spending money on myself #(why did mew have to come back in stock just as I was buying a new laptop)

[dastardly-crows]

Every time I see someone say "find a better way to cope" when referring to writing or reading fiction, I have to fight back the urge to start laughing hysterically.

Buddy, pal, dude, writing and reading fiction is the better way of coping.

#not only is it really shitty to act like you know how to deal with someone elses issues more than they do #its also wild to put fiction into the same category as actual bad coping skills / methods #ppl will cope by abusing others by using drugs by self harm by isolation by spending money #you know like... actually... harmful.... shit #im never going to use the term proship/proshipper for myself bc i dont ship or anything #and the issue with censoring isnt just with ships and fandom #pro fiction #i also hate the term antiship / antishipper #the terms feel like such bs tbh #i rlly love the “fuck proshitters >:(” thing in dnis tho bc its so... funny... and edgy #tags for reach #proship #fuck antishippers #fuck antis

[deoidesign]

Are you slowly going insane over your OWN ocs?

No, I've been infected by brainworms the entire time. Nothing slow about it.

But honestly, no... It's not really about my characters to me. I love my characters, of course, and I love telling stories, and I hope to keep making art of my characters every day until I die.

But it's not about them! They're not REALLY what I love, what I love is people! And I hope I can leave the world with a hundred different love letters so my readers can feel how much I love them for even one day longer than I am here.

My characters are a conduit through which I can give that to people. I want nothing more than to make someone feel a little more loved, a little more seen, and a little less alone. And my characters are the best way I know how to do that.

So for that, they're incredibly important to me... But they're not for me. They're for you!

So I hope you enjoy them

and I hope you can feel that I love you through them.

#personally I dont like to use the word insane to describe myself or others #I struggle with many things but when it comes to my characters #I am nothing but concrete #determined #and absolutely positively headstrong through and through. #I don't take myself too seriously #And I don't hold too much sacred that I do #I really just want to make the world slightly better #for even one person #anyways. #asks #izzy-fishy #oh this is also why I hate like... advertising #and locking anything behind a paywall #and just. all of that stuff #I wish I could just make money drawing whatever and everything I do were free with no issues #but the best way for me to pay my bills and make more art is for some of it to be for money... so. #unfortunately I dont get to truly live my dream #where I spend all day teaching people how to draw and making them art they love #ALAS!!! #capitalism

[legofemme]

Making your mmo characters outfit and hair all one color for the bit is fun until you have to draw them. Have a gurt for the road

#vani draws #mar art #monster hunter #ok so i actually. dont ever have him wear the cat tail bc it ruins the outfit . like the placement of it yk #but in spirit. in spirit its there all the time #i cant wait to spend human money to give him cat ears in the new game #i didnt pay for these this time. i used eshop tokens . but he needs them #hes wearing the uuhhh sunbreak preorder layered armor. the dragonrider set i believe #heavily simplified becayse i dont hate myself

[fattributes]

I want to know why Arby's markets itself as one of the best gluten-friendly fast food restaurants when they don't have a safe bread option. Yes, "we have the meats" rings true, but I'm not breaking into a steaming lump of fluffed beef and melted cheese in the parking lot.

#text #I want to go to ONE safe fast food place #with a designated fryer and a gluten free menu that has something other than a list of condiments and two milkshakes #I just don't think this is very friendly of them #inevitably someone is going to suggest I try the salads #and I need y'all to know this about me #I hate spending money on things I can easily make for myself #and I remember every recipe I've ever read #crouton-less fast food salads with room temperature dressing make me sad

[thespongebobsquarepantsmovie]

crazyyyy to me how some people can go to the mall and casually spend hundreds of dollars in one day when i bought a single $150 coat like a vintage coat that was custom-made for someone and i could never find another one of and i feel like im going to hell for that purchase

#i just hate money i hate spending money on myself T__T #ill get over itt its my christmas present to myself and i cant remember the last time i was this excited over an article of clothing so

[honeysunchild]

Parents really will have kids on purpose and then spend the next twenty or so years punishing that child for being alive and having needs

#i hate my parents #i hate my mom #ugh 🙄🙄🙄 #why is everything so difficult w theeemm #and about really basic level stuff too #like tissues and school books and needing a doctor #bc my foot is literally BROKEN but bitch still wants me to walk or drive myself everywhere #and god forbid the doctor say I need to spend money to get better #nooo #no no #ghaaaahh #parents really will ruin everything even when u thought there was nothing to ruin in the first place #don't u worry boo #they'll find a way #when i can financially support myself its over tho #I'll drop them so fast and hard they won't see it coming #like BAM BYE BYE ASSHOLES #BLOCKED

[lambsdeath]

undergoing a transformation …

#trying so hard to figure out style lately it’s a really big struggle and i’ve been hating how i present myself half the time lately #but i think i finally have a clear idea in my head and also im feeling impulsive enough to spend money on pieces i really want #god i’m yapping lately it’s my period i swear

[swinging-stars-from-satellites]

answer within the next like 2 hours bc I'm making a decision before I go to bed

#basically my dad has a pair of these banger shoes #and my dad has actual literal podiatry issues and he is harder on shoes than anyone I've ever mey #met* #like. buying a new set of sneakers and/or hiking boots nearly annually bc he's worn through them and stuff. he's that hard on shoes #and he has had THE SAME PAIR of these sandals LITERALLY since before my sister was born. so like. OVER 14 years at this point #so like... seems like a worthy investment to me #better than buying a new set of cheap $20 sandals every year yknow?? #I told myself that once I saved up a certain amount of money following my Florida trip I could buy a good set of shoes #I just need backup lol bc I'm gonna have to justify myself to my parents who hate it when I spend ANY money sksksksks #Lu rambles #adulthood woes

[detransraichu]

my ex is talking about all these cute dates they're going on with this trans guy and how they're planning to kiss for the first time tonight and i just wish i had something like that with someone. if i had transitioned maybe i could've had a chance of being attractive to them... i only say that bc i reallyyyy struggle to believe i'll find my person. i feel so unattractive physically and personality wise :/ and i have no money to my name, and my apartment is constantly a mess. all the girls i was into turned out to be a jerk or rejected me. What Is It Going To Take!!!!!!

#lay text #i'm high and weepy #idk why #maybe cuz their life is going sm better than mine :( i feel like i was a burden for them. i was only on disability aid #and i asked for romance and sometimes sex and they weren't into me #now they have money to spend and they're conventionally attractive they literally have strangers call their face pretty 24/7 #while dressed masc no makeup #meanwhile i'm single af and have no money and i feel so ugly and broke all the time!!! #i find fwbs and casual polyam girls #but no one who actually wants me and only me. it breaks my heart #i've yearned for 5 fucking years while dating my ex #yearned for feeling wanted. i was the ugly kid growing up #my winter fling made me feel so freaking desired but my ex lowkey ruined it so i left #and then drama happened and now she's gone #i'm learning to love myself #but a bitch wants to be wanted sometimes too!!! #to be kissed by someone who tells me i'm enough they don't want anybody else!!! #by someone who actually finds me attractive!!! tho now i have severe trust issues :'( #so dumb #i hate being jealous of a friend having a happy dating life #i didn't expect to feel so bitter #i feel like a bad person ugh :/

[pom-seedss]

Old art, new format!

Made a paint by numbers for myself to keep track of which colour goes where because I know I would have messed it up otherwise.

Fun to see how this turns out.... I custom mixed the blues. I think 2 and 3 may end up being too similar, but it should still get the effect I wanted for the most part.

#new hobbies are so good and there is still so much to learn and I am trying different things every time #do i hate that my new hobby costs more money than no hobby? and all the fucking guilt and stuff that comes with #spending money on myself? yeah pretty much yeah its why i never feel bad about digital art because #i would still be using the computer and internet anyway so aside from the tablet cost almost a decade ago this is #basically free for me so like idk idk physical hobbies are so good but physical goods make me feel sick #because of the fucking world we live in and the way i was raised so like i am really #struggling here but what are ya gonna do eh? trying to push all this away because processing it has only looped it #so we get a lovely post and the mother of all fucking shitty tag talks afterwards :) :(

[lucalicatteart]

Poll adventure (paventure? lol) Day 4: read the small story tidbit below the poll for more details, OR just vote based on initial impression

(✦ see past poll results + further information HERE (link) ✦)

The winning option of yesterday's poll was that the adventurer should offer the Well Creature some bread and soup ….

"Completely unsure how to even begin to interact with the strange creature from the well, The Adventurer recalls reading in a book once that 'food is a universal language', or uh.. something like that.. thus, some hearty soup and bread would surely bridge any communication barriers... probably. He serves the little cannister of broth cold, straight from his bag just dumped into a wooden bowl, mostly because he's far too nervous to try and start a fire with someone watching.. hopefully they won't mind the food not being warmed..

After gently placing a single bread roll next to the soup, he steps back, gesturing towards the meal with an uncertain smile. The creature pauses, sniffs around, then promptly disappears back into the darkness. Just as The Adventurer begins to sulk over his apparent rejection, something stirs behind him... With a rush of creaking and plopping noises, the creature resurfaces, revealing it's massive serpent-like body as it hoists itself over the crumbled stone of the well's edge with it's many arms. It cracks open it's mighty jaw just far enough for a tiny blue tongue to slither out, then politely slurps at the soup, delicate enough not to spill any.

Stumbling backwards in shock, The Adventurer simply sits there staring the entire time whilst the creature happily (and rather quickly) enjoys their meal... Seemingly appreciative of his kind offerings, another strange slinking arm creeps up from the depths of the well, daintily opening a velvet sack with it's claws and laying out a small assortment of items onto the grass. Still a bit shaken, but also never one to turn down a free gift, The Adventurer senses that the creature intends for him to take any single item of his choosing... but, which one?"

#paventure posting #polls #choose your own adventure #what can I say.. I like the trope of a smaller creature actaully being a much larger scarier creature which you just dont see because the #creature is in a place/position where most of it's body is obscured lol #sometimes a little guy is actually secretly a much bigger guy of mysterious origins that spans the length of an entire #underground cave system obscured by the facade of a simple well #AND MOST important of all.. the cat is scared.. :( bapy... #also I hate writing for these it's so impossible for me to be short and simple with writing. I always want to make it #extremely detailed and 500 paragraphs long. Giving myself a limit of like 3 paragraphs and a time limit of 20 minutes #is actually impossible for my brain gjhbjhbhj #but I have to post it anyway otherwise I'd spend forever on it and never actually get these done but..hhhh #Just know I am going into my evil vampire library to collapse onto the fainting chair in anguish each time after I hit post #Telling a chronically longwinded details obsessive rambler to ''keep it short'' is like telling a cat not to meow. not to run around the #house at 3am. not to be round and perfect. It is simply against nature #ANYWAY. These items might be useful later. As he continues on his journey - he does indeed have an inventory in my mind #like he can lose and aquire things. has a limited amount of money. Can change his outfit or etc. depending on the choices #people make in the polls. These may not have an immediate purpose (though some can) they'll be factored in down the road

[calamitys-child]

FUCK. I hate having to make adult financial decisions.

#the problem is. TECHNICALLY I've been saving to move out #but until my monthly pay is 1. stable and 2. a lil better that is simply not a sustainable achievable goal #and now . i have enough money to actually afford lasik. #which i want very badly bc i hate wearing glasses cause it inhibits me doing activities i love and enjoy #but equally i fucking HATE spending money like i cant comprehend things being more than like. £100 #and this would be a 4 figure sum of money #thats. too many figures. and i feel like i shouldnt ever use it for something that isnt life threatening #but also it Would enable me to like... go to gigs. perform. work out. manage my migraines. #i just cant bring myself to spend money on a large scale. i remember not too long ago when i had less than £60 to my name in the world #having the ability to spend money on something just For Me thats more substantial than. say. a £30 gig ticket #is absolutely foreign to me #and it makes me sick with fear that if i ever spend it ill be two months from risking homelessness again even though #logically i know im in a stable home right now #anyway!!! poverty is traumatic as fuck and if jobs paid a real living wage for a weeks work maybe i would be able to be normal about this!!!

[sillyandquiteawkward]

"youre eyes suck sooo bad were charging you extra for glasses you absolute freak. fuck you"

#keep telling myself its cheaper than in store without vision insurance.... and i wear them all the time....worthy investment. #but at what cost. sighing. #this machine just hates spending money soooo bad. fuck #tho my current glasses are okay i just. hate how they fit actually. sobbing.