You can’t teach an old dog new tricks. If someone has been irresponsible their entire life, no amount of help from their family is going to make them get their act together suddenly. It’s not true that people never change, but once you observe a specific pattern of behavior over the course of years, you …
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Entitled 29-year-old, Alex, living with his 28-year-old sister and her husband, eats all their food and never replaces it, forcing the couple to put a lock on their freezer: ‘When Alex realised he couldn’t get into the freezer, he lost it’
Ahhhh to be 28-years-old and having to lock your and your husband’s food away from your older brother, who lives in your basement…What a time to be alive… Wait, what, reverse, reverse! Girl! We just re-read that sentence and realized that something’s not quite right there! We understand that many people would enjoy the pleasures …
Seguir leyendo Entitled 29-year-old, Alex, living with his 28-year-old sister and her husband, eats all their food and never replaces it, forcing the couple to put a lock on their freezer: ‘When Alex realised he couldn’t get into the freezer, he lost it’
26-year-old girlfriend can’t pay rent after spending $800 on a designer purse, freaks out when boyfriend discusses financial responsibility with her: ‘She got defensive and said I was controlling and «didn’t understand women.’
Everything we buy should be categorized into «needs» and «wants.» The most important monthly expenses are rent/house payment, electricity, water, and food. If you can’t afford these things, you’re in deep trouble. After that, you need gas in your car so you can get to work and around the house items like soap and toilet …
Seguir leyendo 26-year-old girlfriend can’t pay rent after spending $800 on a designer purse, freaks out when boyfriend discusses financial responsibility with her: ‘She got defensive and said I was controlling and «didn’t understand women.’
22 Candle Memes to Light Up Your Mood
There’s nothing like a scented candle to lighten the mood, literally and figuratively. I have a lemon-vanilla-scented candle on my desk right now, and it’s quite literally the only thing that keeps me going when I’ve lost the will to live at work. It makes even the most mundane experience better. Even though I have …
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Husband divorces wife for racking up $45K in debt from 7 different credit cards after he paid off the $60K in debt she had when he met her: ‘She even opened a card in MY name.’
It’s easy to look at Dave Ramsey and say he’s a little out of touch. I would think that a guy who makes hundreds of thousands of dollars a month telling other people what to do with their money would be not only out of touch but a little bit scammy. I find his idea …
Seguir leyendo Husband divorces wife for racking up $45K in debt from 7 different credit cards after he paid off the $60K in debt she had when he met her: ‘She even opened a card in MY name.’
‘You’re wrong. My mom is right’: Mother-in-law saves the day with stringent budgeting tips from her ‘single mother’ days, then her son’s heavy-spending wife gets called out
This man learned that his wife’s over-spending was the reason they were dipping into the red every month, so he brought in the heavy artillery: His frugal mother who raised him and his 2 siblings as a single mother on a meager income… And his wife did NOT like that. When your parents give you …
Seguir leyendo ‘You’re wrong. My mom is right’: Mother-in-law saves the day with stringent budgeting tips from her ‘single mother’ days, then her son’s heavy-spending wife gets called out
Woman keeps $20k in ‘friend fund’ with 4 other women, refuses to pull out her share to help husband with $60k down payment: ‘Your wife sounds financially illiterate’
You could have a perfect marriage in every other way and money could still be the thing that tears you apart. It’s the tie that binds, and the knife that severs. It’s difficult to find the right balance of splitting the burden, especially when you don’t have equal salaries. Usually, marriage means combining your funds, …
Seguir leyendo Woman keeps $20k in ‘friend fund’ with 4 other women, refuses to pull out her share to help husband with $60k down payment: ‘Your wife sounds financially illiterate’
‘This is her own fault’: Penny-pinching husband exiles his wife from the family vacation to try to teach her a lesson about money management
Weaponized FOMO
Woman spends $45 on burgers every week to help out pregnant sister, husband lashes out: ‘Does she micromanage how you spend your money?’
Helping out a family member financially can be a difficult situation to navigate. You want to be helpful and generous if you can, but it can be hard to know where to draw the line. Because once you get money involved, it’s a different ballgame. Feelings can easily get hurt and debts can easily remain …
Seguir leyendo Woman spends $45 on burgers every week to help out pregnant sister, husband lashes out: ‘Does she micromanage how you spend your money?’
Brother asks sister for $16000 for his wedding, is offended when she draws up a loan contract: ‘He’s defaulted on 2 car loans and his credit score is around the 470s’
As someone who just spent the whole weekend watching Four Weddings (the TLC show where four brides are pitted against each other and they have to vote on which one wins), I can confidently say that weddings are expensive. Even the lowest budget ones are usually north of $10,000, with no upper ceiling. There are …
Seguir leyendo Brother asks sister for $16000 for his wedding, is offended when she draws up a loan contract: ‘He’s defaulted on 2 car loans and his credit score is around the 470s’