Rant: My fridge died and ate my grocery budget for the month

Ngl, my 15 year old Kenmore fridge just gave out last Wednesday. I woke up to warm milk and a puddle on the floor. Had to drop $450 on a used one off Facebook Marketplace to replace it before the meat spoiled, which totally wrecked my debt snowball payment for this month. Anyone else have an unexpected expense throw off their whole payoff timeline?

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rivera.holly8d ago

Honestly $450 isn't that bad for a used fridge, could've been way worse. Kinda feels like you're getting worked up over a minor setback that'll just delay things by a month.

jason7527d agoMost Upvoted

Bruh, come on. $450 for a used fridge that's probably gonna crap out in a year? That's not a minor setback, that's money down the drain. A month delay matters when you got food spoiling and no way to keep it cold. Not everyone has a spare grand lying around to just shrug it off like it's nothing. You're acting like everyone can just absorb that hit no problem, but for a lot of people that's a real chunk of change.