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Originally Posted by Digging4Truth
Or even better...
Be 20 and know what you know now. We could sure make a better 2nd run at it couldn't we? 
I consistently preach to my kids... debt... is... slavery. That's it in a nutshell... cut and dried... in my opinion of course. |
You are right about that, young'un.
btw, you are still a young'un compared to ME...
When the wife and I got married, Mr. Macho decided he was going to handle all the bills.
Bad idea!
A big night out for us two love birds was to go to the drive in on a Saturday night, order two hamburgers and share a milk shake. That came to $3.00 total. We didn't know we were poor because we were too much in love. Our rent was $50.00 a month which included gas and water.
So, even though our budget was tight, we had just enough money left over for our big night out each week. So, Mr. Hero managing the money let a check bounce one week. That cost us $2.50 as I recall as an overdraft fee. We had to forfeit our big night out.
I would deposit my check in the bank and the write checks on it without keeping good records. When a check bounced, I became furious with the inept bank and went to see them to correct them. I left embarrassed having been properly corrected myself.
After this happened three or four times and having forfeiting our big night out, the wife finally suggested that I turn the check book over to her.
That turned out to be the smartest thing that I ever did. If THAT girl writes a check, Ft. Knox would go broke before it bounced. I married a good woman and a good money manager too...both are the same woman.
Well, at least I take credit for having enough sense to do the right thing, finally.
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