That’s the point of having savings. You could just as easily ask yourself what you would do if you spent 2k on car repairs and suddenly your friend urgently needs financial assistance the next day. If you need to spend that money, then you spend it. If you can’t, then you deal with the consequences.
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then_three_more@lemmy.world 1 month ago2k though? That’s not a small chunk of change. That would wipe out a lot of people’s savings.
howrar@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
WizardofFrobozz@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
Those sound like American problems.
I have solid savings, don’t need a car, and can wash dishes just fine.
then_three_more@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I’ll not a yank.
Warl0k3@lemmy.world 1 month ago
… You know there are places other than the US, right? It seems like a really unhealthy mindset to assume everything you can’t personally relate to must therefore automatically be about America.
Warl0k3@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I can only answer for myself, but in that case then we’re going to figure something out. It would be a shitty situation, but not one that can’t be overcome.