Comments on: Being Happy with What You Have https://add-vodka.com/archaic-finance/ When Life Gives You Lemons => ADD VODKA Tue, 04 Aug 2015 20:07:47 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 By: Relationship Deal Breakers | When Life Gives You Lemons https://add-vodka.com/archaic-finance/#comment-5856 Thu, 19 Apr 2012 09:34:44 +0000 http://add-vodka.com/?p=482#comment-5856 […] has always been a good saver; maybe because his parents are ridiculously frugal, and I think partly because he makes a lot of money and I make sure our costs stay down. So […]

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By: addvodka https://add-vodka.com/archaic-finance/#comment-492 Wed, 26 Oct 2011 13:18:23 +0000 http://add-vodka.com/?p=482#comment-492 In reply to afistfulodollars.

I definitely agree. I’d love to see more people take control of their lives and own up to their financial mistakes, but that’s not how things work all the time unfortunately. They’re different, that’s for sure!

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By: afistfulodollars https://add-vodka.com/archaic-finance/#comment-491 Tue, 25 Oct 2011 00:22:07 +0000 http://add-vodka.com/?p=482#comment-491 Bankruptcy is meant to be a last resort, so yes, I would go to extreme measures to get out of the situation before bankruptcy is required! Declaring bankruptcy isn’t a way to get the slate wiped clean and to continue on your merry way of accumulating debt again through expensive food and strollers. People just have a certain amount of cognitive dissonance and denial that keep them thinking they can just declare bankruptcy and everything will be fine for the rest of their lives.

I can’t imagine living like your FIL and MIL though, that’s taking frugality to an entirely different level!

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By: LC https://add-vodka.com/archaic-finance/#comment-490 Sat, 22 Oct 2011 22:14:33 +0000 http://add-vodka.com/?p=482#comment-490 One of my best girlfriend’s is sometimes frugal to the extremes. She has a cell phone (but it’s not a smart phone) and she asks that no one text her b/c she doesn’t want to pay for a text message plan; she reuses plastic containers from the deli counter instead of buying tupperware; and even though she has a car, she always asks for a ride… trying to save on gas? Oh, and she lives at home and has never paid rent. Sometimes I’m jealous of the part where she’s never had to pay rent (think of the $$$$!) but some of her other behaviours drive me bonkers. Either way, I know she has zero debt. Jealous!

And I would definitely cut back on my expenses before ever considering bankruptcy. That’s just not an option.

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