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Any wives of declaration signers on? I feel so alone, with DH out trying to build a country for everyone else when he has a family at home!

Posted September 13, 2007(191 replies)

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i live well below my means. it feels good. i don't have to worry if i get laid off or can never work again. i don't even have THAT much money, peanuts compared to many new yorkers but i have a great exit plan and don't buy into all the crap you buy.
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04.24.08, 07:56 AM Flag ]
- I am in complete agreement with you.
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  04.24.08, 07:57 AM Flag
- okay?
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  04.24.08, 07:57 AM Flag
  - it feels good. much better than a lv handbag.
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    04.24.08, 07:58 AM Flag
    - ok
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- This will be me, when I go back to work. We're just barely squeaking by on dh's income
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  04.24.08, 07:57 AM Flag
- we live well below our means too, but it allows us not only to not be so worried about a "rainy" day, but also it allows to splurge on the "crap" without worrying that we can't make the mortgage payment.
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  04.24.08, 07:58 AM Flag
  - i lost interest in most of that stuff, except good food.
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    04.24.08, 07:59 AM Flag
    - to each his own.
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      04.24.08, 08:00 AM Flag
    - np: does that make you feel superior?
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      04.24.08, 08:00 AM Flag
      - no i have a LOT of flaws. anger issues, etc. just trying to be helpful about something i have actually done well at.
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        04.24.08, 08:01 AM Flag
        
        your anger issues bubbled through " I don't buy into all the crap you buy" Who are you speaking to?
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        04.24.08, 08:04 AM Flag
        
        ub population in general. you are the one who wants to pick a fight. do you have a lot of debt>
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        04.24.08, 08:05 AM Flag
        
        not a slim dime!
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        04.24.08, 08:06 AM Flag
        
        well good for you. you do realize that a lot of people have massive debt.
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        04.24.08, 08:08 AM Flag
        
        your op was very high and mighty-- talking down to the masses.
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        04.24.08, 08:08 AM Flag
        
        well maybe i am sick of what living beyond your means has done to america. it isn't a pretty picture right now and frankly it scares me a bit.
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        04.24.08, 08:10 AM Flag
      - seriously. what's wrong with coveting an LV bag. As long as you aren't making the choice between paying your bills and feeding your familiy or having the bag.
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        04.24.08, 08:02 AM Flag
        
        i did not say there is anything wrong with that. i am saying that is not what i am into. an expensive meal on the other hand.....
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        04.24.08, 08:02 AM Flag
- ita
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  04.24.08, 08:00 AM Flag
- I live well below my means, but my means are HUGE.
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  04.24.08, 08:02 AM Flag
  - lucky you.
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    04.24.08, 08:03 AM Flag
    - Luck had nothing to do with. I made a concious decision to have more money coming.
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      04.24.08, 08:03 AM Flag
      - ok. could have inherited it for all i know.
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        04.24.08, 08:04 AM Flag
- I don't have a lot to begin with. Sometimes when I go into a restaurant, I wonder if people are looking at me like "She's poor"
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  04.24.08, 08:03 AM Flag
  - good watch, good shoes, good back...all the rest can be old navy and no one will think you're poor
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    04.24.08, 08:05 AM Flag
- what makes you think I buiy crap? who are you talking to?
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  04.24.08, 08:03 AM Flag
  - have you been reading the posts on ub?
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    04.24.08, 08:04 AM Flag
    - of course but she is speaking in such VAST generalizations. many women here do not live like that and those that buy expensive purses mighty very well be able to afford them. she (the OP) sounds bitter in her need to justify her life
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      04.24.08, 08:06 AM Flag
      - eh, i was just trying to be helpful. it is different if you can actually afford this stuff which many can. but there are different levels of being able to afford, like what if you lose your job or other scenarios.
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        04.24.08, 08:09 AM Flag
        
        Why is this post back. Enough already.
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        09.08.09, 11:03 AM Flag
        
        Yes the world has changed. Peace of mind is what you have... and that is worth more than 1 billion dollars because if you had 1 billion dollars you would be afraid of whom was going to take it from you.
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        12.08.09, 07:07 PM Flag
        
        This post is from 2008!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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        12.08.09, 07:08 PM Flag

i live well below my means. it feels good. i don't have to worry if i get laid off or can never work again. i don't even have THAT much money, peanuts compared to many new yorkers but i have a great exit plan and don't buy into all the crap you buy.

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Do you 'enjoy' spending time with your kids?

UB Like it's 1776!

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i live well below my means. it feels good. i don't have to worry if i get laid off or can never work again. i don't even have THAT much money, peanuts compared to many new yorkers but i have a great exit plan and don't buy into all the crap you buy.

I am in complete agreement with you.

okay?

it feels good. much better than a lv handbag.

ok

This will be me, when I go back to work. We're just barely squeaking by on dh's income

we live well below our means too, but it allows us not only to not be so worried about a "rainy" day, but also it allows to splurge on the "crap" without worrying that we can't make the mortgage payment.

i lost interest in most of that stuff, except good food.

to each his own.

np: does that make you feel superior?

no i have a LOT of flaws. anger issues, etc. just trying to be helpful about something i have actually done well at.

your anger issues bubbled through " I don't buy into all the crap you buy" Who are you speaking to?

ub population in general. you are the one who wants to pick a fight. do you have a lot of debt>

not a slim dime!

well good for you. you do realize that a lot of people have massive debt.

your op was very high and mighty-- talking down to the masses.

well maybe i am sick of what living beyond your means has done to america. it isn't a pretty picture right now and frankly it scares me a bit.

seriously. what's wrong with coveting an LV bag. As long as you aren't making the choice between paying your bills and feeding your familiy or having the bag.

i did not say there is anything wrong with that. i am saying that is not what i am into. an expensive meal on the other hand.....

ita

I live well below my means, but my means are HUGE.

lucky you.

Luck had nothing to do with. I made a concious decision to have more money coming.

ok. could have inherited it for all i know.

I don't have a lot to begin with. Sometimes when I go into a restaurant, I wonder if people are looking at me like "She's poor"

good watch, good shoes, good back...all the rest can be old navy and no one will think you're poor

what makes you think I buiy crap? who are you talking to?

have you been reading the posts on ub?

of course but she is speaking in such VAST generalizations. many women here do not live like that and those that buy expensive purses mighty very well be able to afford them. she (the OP) sounds bitter in her need to justify her life

eh, i was just trying to be helpful. it is different if you can actually afford this stuff which many can. but there are different levels of being able to afford, like what if you lose your job or other scenarios.

Why is this post back. Enough already.

Yes the world has changed. Peace of mind is what you have... and that is worth more than 1 billion dollars because if you had 1 billion dollars you would be afraid of whom was going to take it from you.

This post is from 2008!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!