Dad scolds aunt for buying her 12-year-old niece 2 pairs of glasses and contact lenses because he can't afford them for her or his 4 stepchildren: 'He’s sick of me and Haley rubbing her stuff in her step-siblings' faces.'

Everything in life is so expensive. I never realized how much the things I regarded as basic necessities would cost me until I became an adult and started paying for them myself. The most exorbitantly expensive item was contact lenses. I had been wearing daily contact lenses for so long, and I had no idea that a year's supply cost around $500 after insurance. I spent a year reusing my last month of daily contacts until they became so physically uncomfortable that I couldn't wear them anymore. That proved to be a little too dangerous, so the next year I bit the bullet and simply purchased the $500 daily contacts. This year, I made the best decision I could've possibly made by opting for monthly contacts instead of Dailies. I understand why my parents thought dailies were the optimal choice for a 12-year-old, but now that I'm 25, I think I can handle the responsibility of keeping track of contacts for a month straight. 

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