Comments on: What do you do when you have rich friends? http://www.debtreduction101.com/2008/12/13/10262_what-do-you-do-when-you-have-rich-friends.html Digging my way out of debt Tue, 15 Nov 2011 21:23:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Melanie http://www.debtreduction101.com/2008/12/13/10262_what-do-you-do-when-you-have-rich-friends.html/comment-page-1#comment-102 Melanie Mon, 15 Dec 2008 13:13:16 +0000 http://www.debtreduction101.com/?p=262#comment-102 I have a relative that drives me crazy, go figure! Anyway I've seen her spread her nonexistant wealth when we go out buying several rounds of drinks for friends. Last week she told me that she easily spent $100 buying drinks for friends one night. In the next breath, she told me that she needed to get a loan to pay for Christmas and that she was going to be late paying a few bills. I don't understand the mentality here! In one breath she talks about buying her son "guitar hero" for his birthday and how she spent an additional $200 on bowling/pizza party for him and his friends. She also had another party for relatives at her house, and then its followed up with news of a disconnect notice on her family's electricity. The kid is only 9 years old, does he need 2 birthday parties? Does he need an expensive gift? When I go out I try to keep my tab under $20, and although my family isn't behind on bills or loan payments, I still think of my family as struggling. I probaly spend about $40 on a birthday present for my kids, and we don't have a party. I can't wait until the day I can say we are debt free and I work for fun and extras! I have a relative that drives me crazy, go figure! Anyway I’ve seen her spread her nonexistant wealth when we go out buying several rounds of drinks for friends. Last week she told me that she easily spent $100 buying drinks for friends one night. In the next breath, she told me that she needed to get a loan to pay for Christmas and that she was going to be late paying a few bills.

I don’t understand the mentality here! In one breath she talks about buying her son “guitar hero” for his birthday and how she spent an additional $200 on bowling/pizza party for him and his friends. She also had another party for relatives at her house, and then its followed up with news of a disconnect notice on her family’s electricity. The kid is only 9 years old, does he need 2 birthday parties? Does he need an expensive gift?

When I go out I try to keep my tab under $20, and although my family isn’t behind on bills or loan payments, I still think of my family as struggling. I probaly spend about $40 on a birthday present for my kids, and we don’t have a party. I can’t wait until the day I can say we are debt free and I work for fun and extras!

]]> By: Michelle http://www.debtreduction101.com/2008/12/13/10262_what-do-you-do-when-you-have-rich-friends.html/comment-page-1#comment-95 Michelle Sat, 13 Dec 2008 23:51:36 +0000 http://www.debtreduction101.com/?p=262#comment-95 Wow - that's a really cool system. But you're right - everyone has some sort of financial commitment and it doesn't matter if you're Daddy Warbucks or Joe Schmo - you gotta pay your way! :) Wow – that’s a really cool system. But you’re right – everyone has some sort of financial commitment and it doesn’t matter if you’re Daddy Warbucks or Joe Schmo – you gotta pay your way! :)

]]> By: whitestripe http://www.debtreduction101.com/2008/12/13/10262_what-do-you-do-when-you-have-rich-friends.html/comment-page-1#comment-94 whitestripe Sat, 13 Dec 2008 21:40:24 +0000 http://www.debtreduction101.com/?p=262#comment-94 BF and I have a friend who will take beer from our fridge, forget his wallet etc and then offer to pick up the tab the next time. trouble is that he never does. so in our friend circle we have a general rule that we split everything. and if someone forgets their wallet, they transfer the money into the bank accounts of the people that pay for them. while it probably seems stingy or tight, a few of our friends have mortgages, a couple have kids, and most are saving for houses or some are unemployed. we all have our reasons for saving money, as does everyone in the world of course. and everything is just so much easier if we all pay our own way, then we don't have to worry about who pays next or who paid the most. BF and I have a friend who will take beer from our fridge, forget his wallet etc and then offer to pick up the tab the next time. trouble is that he never does. so in our friend circle we have a general rule that we split everything. and if someone forgets their wallet, they transfer the money into the bank accounts of the people that pay for them.
while it probably seems stingy or tight, a few of our friends have mortgages, a couple have kids, and most are saving for houses or some are unemployed. we all have our reasons for saving money, as does everyone in the world of course. and everything is just so much easier if we all pay our own way, then we don’t have to worry about who pays next or who paid the most.

]]>