Brooklyn, NY resident Aneesa Bishop recently proved that making more money isn’t necessarily required in order to experience the phenomenon known as “lifestyle creep.” The 25-year-old reported that she slowly began spending more and more on luxuries and non-essentials in spite of earning no additional income at all.
“They say making more money leads you to spending more money,” Aneesa told reporters. “And while that may be true, I’ve personally found the whole ‘making more money’ thing to be a superfluous detail. I want to spend more money almost constantly.”
Okay, relatable!
Aneesa said this lifestyle creep started when she saw a cute ladybug-themed glassware set from Anthropologie.
“I wanted it,” she said, offering no further details.
A bad financial decision, perhaps, but we’re absolutely on your side for this one, girl.
Aneesa told reporters her entire worldview shifted once she realized she could just put the previously deemed “crazy price for two cups” on her credit card.
“That was really the turning point for me,” Aneesa told reporters. “Things I once viewed as luxuries quickly became necessities. Not because I started making more money or anything, but simply because life is hard and I was bored.”
Aneesa’s friends were quick to notice the shift in their friend’s behavior.
“One day, out of nowhere, she was just like, ‘I need at least two little weekend vacations a month or I’ll go stir crazy,’” said Fiona, a fellow barista at the coffee shop where Aneesa works. “At first I thought she had to have gotten a new job, because how the hell could she afford to go on two vacations every month when I know she’s only working 25 hours a week? Then I realized her new job was simply a credit card and self-delusion.”
Aneesa admitted that it didn’t take long for her newfound expensive tastes to catch up with her.
“Turns out your lifestyle can only creep so far when you have no actual money to back it up,” Aneesa informed reporters while she stoically reviewed the bill for her maxed out credit card. “At least curbing my spending habits will be easy now that I have literally no money to spend. I’m taking accountability: This lifestyle creep ends now.”
However, at press time, Aneesa had received predatory offer letters from three more credit card companies and had immediately applied for them, saying, “Well, is it really lifestyle ‘creep’ if you blow all your money on Prada loafers then immediately go back to being massively in debt?”
We’re not totally sure, girl, but whatever it is, it’s not great!
