My fridge died on a Sunday and I'm done pretending an emergency fund is a flex
It quit at 6pm in July with $140 of groceries inside, and the repair guy quoted $380 for a compressor on a 9 year old unit. I'm buying the $500 replacement fridge in cash instead of financing it, so tell me why everyone treats a 3 month cushion like some kind of trophy when a single Sunday can eat it?