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TIFU by forgetting one subscription and bleeding $60 without realizing

This is one of those dumb mistakes that doesn't seem like a big deal until you actually stop and do the math. So a few months ago, I signed up for some free trial. I honestly can't even remember what it was for now, probably some productivity app or meditation thing I convinced myself I'd actually use. I told myself I'd cancel before they started charging. Spoiler: I didn't.

The app just kind of... disappeared into the void of my phone. You know how it is: you download something, use it twice, then it gets shoved into a folder you never open. Out of sight, out of mind.

Fast forward to last week. I'm lying in bed scrolling through my bank app (as one does when they should be sleeping), and something feels off. My balance isn't wrong exactly, just lower than I expected. So I start poking around.

That's when I see it. This charge I vaguely recognize. $9.99. Same day every month. Going back... and back... and back.

Six. Fucking. Months. I just sat there staring at my phone like an idiot. Sixty bucks. Gone. For an app I used maybe once and completely forgot existed.

The thing that really gets me is that I'm usually pretty on top of this stuff. I don't have a million subscriptions. I'm not out here signing up for every streaming service under the sun. But this one just slipped through because it was small enough not to hurt, you know? Ten bucks doesn't set off alarm bells. It just quietly eats away at your account while you're none the wiser.

Anyway, I canceled it immediately. The money's gone, and I can't even be that mad because it's entirely my fault. It's not like it ruined me financially or anything, but damn if it doesn't sting knowing I basically threw away sixty bucks for nothing.

So yeah. Learn from my stupidity. Check your subscriptions. The big expensive mistakes aren't always the obvious ones. Sometimes it's just ten dollars a month you forgot about until it's too late.

TL;DR: I forgot to cancel a free trial, paid $9.99 a month for six months without noticing, and only caught it because my balance felt off. Small charges are way easier to miss than big ones.

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