+1 for technology connections. Who knew I could watch 3 hours about dishwashers and stay interested?

You would still want it as a baseline comparison for the experimental groups.

Ehhh as someone who has a chronic illness (with a nice $20k/month prescription if you don’t have insurance), the issue is if your health is so bad that you can’t work 40 hrs a week reliably…that’s when you need insurance the most but then you get dumped.

I managed it but boy it was scary.

…of which border?

To each their own…I would count not being socially ostracized as highly important, appropriate, and of significant weight.

The shoes are probably not $300…more like $100. And the kids goal is to not feel socially ostracized, not to spend money frivolously.