http://wideopenwallet.com/2009/05/we-dont-spend-our-money-on-that/ An honest look at family finances Thu, 18 Mar 2010 23:43:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://wideopenwallet.com/2009/05/we-dont-spend-our-money-on-that/#comment-9258 BayouJosh Fri, 15 May 2009 15:04:26 +0000 http://wideopenwallet.com/?p=457#comment-9258 Excellent post. Love the dad's response. And you're take on it is perfectly accurate! Excellent post. Love the dad’s response. And you’re take on it is perfectly accurate!

]]> http://wideopenwallet.com/2009/05/we-dont-spend-our-money-on-that/#comment-9224 Angie Fri, 15 May 2009 05:42:28 +0000 http://wideopenwallet.com/?p=457#comment-9224 Makes me think of a few months ago when my son asked for candy at the grocery store. I replied that "we choose how to spend our money because we can only spend it once. If we buy that candy, we don't have as much money to buy the other things we came to buy. Really, what's more important, buying chicken for dinner or a treat for right now?" His response, "The candy is more important." Oh to be 5 again! Makes me think of a few months ago when my son asked for candy at the grocery store. I replied that “we choose how to spend our money because we can only spend it once. If we buy that candy, we don’t have as much money to buy the other things we came to buy. Really, what’s more important, buying chicken for dinner or a treat for right now?” His response, “The candy is more important.” Oh to be 5 again!

]]> http://wideopenwallet.com/2009/05/we-dont-spend-our-money-on-that/#comment-9197 FB @ FabulouslyBroke.com Thu, 14 May 2009 18:32:39 +0000 http://wideopenwallet.com/?p=457#comment-9197 I LOVE that. :) "We don't spend our money on that" is exactly how BF and I feel about a lot of expenditures when people try to pressure us to buy something. I LOVE that. “We don’t spend our money on that” is exactly how BF and I feel about a lot of expenditures when people try to pressure us to buy something.

]]> http://wideopenwallet.com/2009/05/we-dont-spend-our-money-on-that/#comment-9193 Money Beagle Thu, 14 May 2009 16:22:23 +0000 http://wideopenwallet.com/?p=457#comment-9193 Very true! Had he gone forward with the 'We can't afford it' argument, you'd better believe that girl would be piping up any time the dad spent money. Good thing he realized that before he finished getting the sentence out of his mouth! Very true! Had he gone forward with the ‘We can’t afford it’ argument, you’d better believe that girl would be piping up any time the dad spent money. Good thing he realized that before he finished getting the sentence out of his mouth!

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