Posted:Tue Aug 18, 2009 4:59 PM CST
More Credit or More Happiness?...hmmm...tough one.
So I saw this credit report commercial on tv...and it kind of annoyed me.
Big surprise.
Anyway, in it there’s this guy who’s alone with his girlfriend in their small apartment...and here are the lyrics to the song he sings...
“Well, I married my dream girl
I married my dream girl
But she didn't tell me her credit was bad
So now instead of living in a pleasant suburb
We're living in the basement at her mom and dad's
No we can't get a loan
For a respectable home
Just because my girl defaulted on some old credit card
If we'd gone to free credit report dot com
I'd be a happy bachelor with a dog and a yard.”
Ok, the living with the parents might not be ideal, but still...this commercial is just beyond me.
I mean...if you’ve met your “dream girl”(or boy)...
Someone who you just really like...and who really likes you...and you’re getting to just enjoy being with them and hanging out....
Why, for one second, would you really give a Flying F#*K about a credit score?????
Seriously, the idea is LAUGHABLE.
These same people have done some other commercials too...
I actually kind of like the one that takes place at the Renaissance Festival in the countryside...it’s supposed to be saying how it sucks cuz the only place that didn’t care about the guy’s credit was at a Ren. Fest...but really all it did was make me want to hang out and groove at a Ren. Fest 
(Although I’d probably try to talk the Ren. Fest people into giving up the turkey legs for tofurky jerky or something 
)
I saw another one of the commercials where the guy’s riding around in a tiny beat-up car with a bunch of his friends...
And that just reminded me of “Nick and Nora’s Infinite Playlist”...which, a few things aside, was actually a pretty cool movie...and reminds me of how nice it is to just knock around in a car with a bunch of close friends who really care about you.
So, to sum up.....let me see if I’ve got this right.....if I let my credit score crash.....I will...get to be with an amazing girl...a bunch of awesome friends...and hang out in the countryside?
Sweet!!!!!
Why didn’t somebody tell me?...I would have done this sooner!