Bengaluru woman checks total expenses for August, the amount leaves her in disbelief

A woman from Bengaluru shared that she spent Rs 1,80,591 in August and asked others if it was normal. The post triggered a split reaction over whether city life is costly or the spending was excessive.Bengaluru woman checks total expenses for August, the amount leaves her in disbelief (Photos: @trisha.sidhwani/Instagram)A Bengaluru woman was left questioning her own spending habits after checking her expenses for August and discovering she had spent a whopping Rs 1.8 lakh in a single month.Instagram user Trisha Sidhwani shared the video on her account, where she showed a screenshot of her total expenses and asked fellow Bengaluru residents if the amount was actually normal.In the video, Sidhwani said she checked her monthly expenses on September 3 and was stunned to see the final figure. The screenshot showed that she had spent Rs 1,80,591 during August.“Is this normal? I live in Bangalore, in HSR,” she said, adding that she was not sure where all the money had gone. “I don't know what I'm doing wrong. But yeah, how much do you guys spend?” she asked viewers.She captioned the post, “How much living in Bangalore costs,” prompting a debate over just how expensive life in the city can get. Watch the video here:Some users felt the figure was not particularly surprising for someone living in Bengaluru. One commenter said the amount seemed pretty normal for people living in the city.Others disagreed, arguing that Bengaluru itself was not necessarily that expensive and that the woman could simply be spending well beyond her basic needs.The biggest question for another viewer, however, was how people were earning enough to spend nearly Rs 2 lakh a month. “I need to switch jobs asap,” the user joked.The post ultimately left viewers with a question of their own: was Rs 1.8 lakh a month simply the cost of living in Bengaluru, or was this one person’s spending getting a little out of hand?- EndsPublished By: Yashna TalwarPublished On: Sep 4, 2026 17:43 IST