skokieSue Forum Posts (12)

RE: Living Beyond One's Means

Well now I am going to spend my time wisely as i do my money
and go to bed!


Thank you for the conversation

RE: Living Beyond One's Means

HA! Me Too!!

This is one of my tricks- with the coins!!!

I even use a mans wallet now so I don't have anywhere to carry coins to give the storekeepers exact change and i accumulate change all day!!

RE: the two year mark

hmmmph

Well... my last one had a few 2 yr marks --

and now I can't wait til it's 2 years past-
so far it's only been one-


I will let you know

RE: Living Beyond One's Means

YES!!! Layaway is so great!
and if it isn't available, I do my own layaway

I save!

If I save up for what I want to buy -it seems about half the time
when I get that money all in a pile I decide I am 'over' that thing and just use the money for something else or just roll it over into another savings goal

RE: Living Beyond One's Means

I have lived rural and city

I bought a digital converter box for 30 dollars-
have always gotten from 34-60 some channels- depending where I am living.

Never use a landline- not for years now so the whole bundling thing is lost on me-

When they come to the door and try to sell me the tv service and tempt me with the bundling I just laugh.

I have become teflon to it

I don't need commercial TV period-

oh but I do have a Wii and netflix-
the Wii was a gift and netflix is 10 dollars a month and all the
TV series and movies I could ever watch in a lifetime

I don't know- it's like something broke- a hypnotic hold - I refuse to pay for TV ever again. It's wrong!!

RE: What will you do if you ever meet psychopath in your life?

Excellent advice-

I have given this advice


But somehow with the last one I let it slide and almost convinced myself it was me that was the problem

He was skilled and in the end- scary but i kept hoping and pretending
it was fixable- poor dear I told myself, he has been so hurt.

We need to remember these people aren't abused pups that can be turned around with love and safety- many of them are permanently broken

RE: What will you do if you ever meet psychopath in your life?

I am no doctor so I can't diagnose but I can say I agree with your statement...it is so wearing on a person

So far I have been involved with some doozies-
I seem to be a nut magnet

I don't know what exactly would be the diagnosis of the last one but
I fear him popping up to this day-

Scuttlebutt is that he is planning to show up here- it makes me extremely uncomfortable to imagine this happening.

RE: Formatting in threads hard to read - new system

I don't know how formatting can control membership or participation
but I think the layout is user friendly -but what do I know?

Everything is relative I think the saying goes

RE: Living Beyond One's Means

I haven't had a cable bill in years

In my opinion that is the biggest trap and i know so many people that complain about it but keep it.

I hear all my friends and family complain about their 130, 40, 50, 60 dollar tv bills, it's insanity in my opinion

Why would i spend THOUSANDS of dollars every year on television?

I watch Dexter and Entourage and anything I want online and I watch the 61 channels I get with my digital converter box- and that is enough

I get my news online-

Seriously - I just started choosing one item and then another and another as I needed to trim the fat and afterwhile- I would never dream of restarting those charges- for what?? I'm over it!! LOL

I have a no contract phone- the latest type- android-bought for 150 new and I pay appx 44 a month- period- unlimited everything-
meanwhile the cheapest contract phone is appx 80 a month for unlimited everything which isn't really unlimited and you are forced to stay with that company- SCREW that!!

Meanwhile I do put that money/what I would be paying from these and a few other 'necessities' that I don't have anymore, in a jar and I take trips- buy things for my kids and go to alot of Broadway shows

Hey- I shifted my priorities and I even have a decent life insurance policy now- which I used to think I couldn't afford- so I was giving my family 'stuff' and things but if I died they would be in debt just to bury me- that's ridiculous


The problem is the honed ability to practice denial about what is important and that we must choose- we cannot and are not entitled to have everything we want.

That's my lil ol opinion anyway

RE: What do you think if woman is dating a man who is 11 yrs younger than her?

I don't think anything much

I have had relationships with a number of people-
the age has never been a focus so I don't notice it in other couples either I guess...

Teenagers, are they worth it?

I guess it was a silly question
"Is it worth it?"

It's not like I have a choice, is it?

but I do appreciate the thoughtful feedback.

I think it's difficult for me because I was a super nerd-
and never got into trouble. Later of course I had some problems
but that was in my mid twenties for a few years - so, yes,
destructive, but not direct rebellion or effect on anyone like parents...

Teenagers, are they worth it?

Have you raised kids and gotten that far w/o killing them?
To teen age??

What is a memory you can share that can show us that it was all worth it

What about a memory of a day that made you think one of you would not survive it?

It is HARD