Retirement sounds like a dream. However, most of us probably dream of our elder years being spent sipping mai tais on the beach in Hawaii, dipping into an endless pit of cash, while healthily living each day like a tourist, but that’s not a common reality. There are few who have the idyllic retirement plan …
Seguir leyendo ‘I’m not rearranging my entire life because she spent recklessly’: Daughter refuses to be her mother’s fallback retirement plan after the 58-year-old mom blows her savings on «treating herself»
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‘We’re broke. Few understand’: Tech bro has $10 million net worth, refuses wife’s request to go on vacation because he only has $3000 in his checking account
Money is meant to be spent, but not everybody wants to spend it the same way. Creating and maintaining some kind of financial stability is one of the most important factors to having a decent quality of life in the world that we live in, so it follows that two people in a committed relationship …
Seguir leyendo ‘We’re broke. Few understand’: Tech bro has $10 million net worth, refuses wife’s request to go on vacation because he only has $3000 in his checking account
Penny pinchers discuss the normal age to hit $100K in savings: ‘It seems like everyone is doing it by 21’
At what age did you save your first $100K? For some of you, that question makes you laugh out loud. You barely have $ 1,000 in savings, let alone 100 times $1,000. Saving a ton of money is not always someone’s top priority, especially if they’re paying off debt or live in a high-cost-of-living area. …
Seguir leyendo Penny pinchers discuss the normal age to hit $100K in savings: ‘It seems like everyone is doing it by 21’
19-year-old school graduate finds out older sister spent her college fund on her step-children’s private school tuition, causing the family to divide: ‘My grandparents are heartbroken but can’t just pull that money out of nowhere again’
Imagine working tirelessly for years with the sole hope of attending the university of your dreams. The time has finally come to make the big-girl request for your college fund, the most precious stack of savings, carefully set aside for this very purpose, a key puzzle piece in turning your dream into a reality. But …
Seguir leyendo 19-year-old school graduate finds out older sister spent her college fund on her step-children’s private school tuition, causing the family to divide: ‘My grandparents are heartbroken but can’t just pull that money out of nowhere again’
Mom steals $5K from her son’s bank account to buy MLM products, family criticizes son for calling the police on her: ‘I’d been saving money because my dog needs liver surgery’
Multi-level marketing schemes are designed to sell you a lie. Sure, special candles you plug in, makeup, or Tupperware might not be faulty products, and you can easily understand why someone would want to buy them. The lie doesn’t lie in the products being bad. The lie lies in the idea that selling makeup door …
Seguir leyendo Mom steals $5K from her son’s bank account to buy MLM products, family criticizes son for calling the police on her: ‘I’d been saving money because my dog needs liver surgery’
Man receives £1800 from mom, refuses to bend to girlfriend’s demand that he save it for a house payment: ‘I said no and stated again what it was for’
Those in committed relationships always have to have many conversations about money, whether they like it or not. Managing your finances is a crucial part of adulthood, and when you share your life with somebody it follows that this is something that you will share on some level as well. No matter if one person …
Seguir leyendo Man receives £1800 from mom, refuses to bend to girlfriend’s demand that he save it for a house payment: ‘I said no and stated again what it was for’
Daughter refuses to give up college fund to bail her parents out of debt due to careless overspending and failed investments: ‘I wasn’t going to throw away my future’
Student debt is a right of passage for most folks who attend college. The government allows freshly-18-year-olds to sign away their future to big loan companies so they can profit off of their naiveté… That’s just showbiz, baby! If you’re one of the lucky few who graduated debt-free for any number of reasons, count your …
Seguir leyendo Daughter refuses to give up college fund to bail her parents out of debt due to careless overspending and failed investments: ‘I wasn’t going to throw away my future’
25+ Saving Money Memes for Balling on a Budget
Everything is expensive these days. Heck, eggs are out of the question. Everyone is trying their best to get by, and that often involves curbing your spending. It can be difficult to do that, though, in a world where a treat can take a bad day and make it a good day. Have you ever …
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Boyfriend allows his 32-year-old brother who has lived rent free for 5 years with no savings live with him and his girlfriend against her wishes: ‘He says that he will not let his brother be homeless’
It’s a sad reality that some people never get their lives together. It’s easy to see someone in their early 20s who lives with their parents and doesn’t have steady employment and assume that they will become fully independent at some point in the next couple of years. However, if that same person is in …
Seguir leyendo Boyfriend allows his 32-year-old brother who has lived rent free for 5 years with no savings live with him and his girlfriend against her wishes: ‘He says that he will not let his brother be homeless’
Freeloading uncle steals over $500 from his 4-year-old nephew’s piggy bank, his sister calls out their mom for enabling his behavior: ‘I’m done with her condoning his foolishness’
There are selfish people in this world, there’s no doubt about that. Folks hope, however, that the selfish people stay far away from them, and hopefully out of their ancestry as well. Sharing DNA with a thief is no fun, especially when that thief steals money from unsuspecting children… In this story, a mother finds …
Seguir leyendo Freeloading uncle steals over $500 from his 4-year-old nephew’s piggy bank, his sister calls out their mom for enabling his behavior: ‘I’m done with her condoning his foolishness’