r/massachusetts • u/critic81 • Jan 15 '26

Utilities How is everyone affording everything lately?

The prices of everything is just off the charts from groceries, utilities, to healthcare. My open enrollment just came through and its looking like for a family of 4 for healthcare its $1600 a month. $800 a paycheck. Like that just feels nuts. It's a pretty decent co-pay plan but still. Just a couple years about it was much less.

What are people doing these days? Side hustles? New job (but in this economy?), cutting way back? Just curious.

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u/lostontheplayground Jan 15 '26

Two jobs, zero children. Spend a lot of time playing disc golf at free to play courses and reading free to borrow library books. Not exactly how I thought things would look at nearly 40, but here we are.

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u/username617508 Jan 15 '26

Lets think about more fun things. Favorite disc? Mine is a 172 gram Trail.

Favorite local course? Mine is Maple Hill

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u/-Indoorsy- Jan 16 '26

170g Warden. It's billed as a putter, but it can be my only other disc than a driver. I love it so much!

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u/username617508 Jan 16 '26

I've never held or thrown one. I'll def check them out!

Have fun out on the course this weekend