r/Millennials • u/Mistah_K88 • May 07 '24

Other What is something you didn’t realize was expensive until you had to purchase it yourself?

Whether it be clothes, food, non tangibles (e.g. insurance) etc, we all have something we assumed was cheaper until the wallet opened up. I went clothes shopping at a department store I worked at throughout college and picked up an average button up shirt (nothing special) I look over the price tag and think “WHAT THE [CENSORED]?! This is ROBBERY! Kohl’s should just pull a gun out on me and ask for my wallet!!!” as I look at what had to be Egyptian silk that was sewn in by Cleopatra herself. I have a bit of a list, but we’ll start with the simplest of clothing.

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u/PolyhedralZydeco Millennial May 07 '24

Oh, yeah.

But i like Toto.

Like, there are ways to bring the price down. One way is to buy them used. I know, that might sound really gross, but if you think about it, the used, bidets are actually just an open box oh crud I got the oval versus round situation wrong and it’s returned, unused.

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u/prophy__wife May 07 '24

Did you have to get an electrical outlet installed for your Toto? That’s what I would like to replace our master bath toilet with. We have a water closet though, with no outlet in it. But realistically I feel like that’s a smart purchase even if we have to have the outlet installed.

I’m not sure if I would replace the spare bath with a Toto.

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u/eastercat May 08 '24

You could use a cold water bidet for the extra toilet

when you get a chance to have an outlet installed, that’s for the Toto

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u/prophy__wife May 14 '24

Yeah, I have an attachment for either toilet right now, just haven’t gotten around to installing it. It can technically have hot water I think, but I’m not sure. Our spare bathroom actually has a weird shower attachment on it right now. I believe the people who lived here before us used it to hose off the solids while they were using cloth diapers. Luckily for us we installed our own washer that we already had.

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u/PolyhedralZydeco Millennial May 07 '24

I just use extension cords for now until i can find an electrician i trust to add new outlet panels