I know that my blatant request for this might get me in trouble, but please help me, I'm in a third world country and i just won that iPhone in a contest, I got depressed after knowing the price of the game(which is literally a quarter of my dad's wage, he might go nuts if i told him to buy the game 😂)anyway, i don't want to return to my old infinix phone, please help😭🙏

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[–] misk@sopuli.xyz 10 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (7 children)

Sell that iPhone and make enough so that your dad doesn’t have to work for the next couple of years.

[–] Thorned_Rose@sh.itjust.works 30 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (4 children)

As a long time poor person myself, please don't give this sort advice. It doesn't help. When your poor, getting something like OPs competition win can make life feel not so glum. What you're saying is to sell happiness for slightly more security that will only last so long. Once the extra runs out, you're back where you were with zero ability to buy that 'luxury' back. Having something nice when your poor can make a big difference to mental health.

Also please don't assume that poor people don't know how to budget and that they need unsolicited financial advice from strangers who don't have any idea what their day to day circumstances and finances are.

[–] misk@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

His/her story wasn’t really plausible because if it was true parents would be the first to suggest and then do it.

[–] Easyccheese@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 day ago

My dad is not the type to do such a thing (neither is my mom). He's actually quite happy that I finally got a phone and will stop asking him to buy me a new one

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