tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7392112254130206266.post8735323058618935745..comments2023-06-02T04:07:14.674-07:00Comments on Navigating a midlife crisis: Can you credit it?Mid-liferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18259190343085788311noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7392112254130206266.post-51364696264883194472008-01-30T15:44:00.000-08:002008-01-30T15:44:00.000-08:00ML you are so right. These days so many people te...ML you are so right. These days so many people tend to know the price of everything and the value of nothing, to steal a quote.Swearing Motherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07277450057243928790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7392112254130206266.post-84999231664978227682008-01-29T04:46:00.000-08:002008-01-29T04:46:00.000-08:00I agree, I don't live by those rules, but I do agr...I agree, I don't live by those rules, but I do agree and once my credit cards are paid off there will be no more! xShe's like the windhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10075810201419237816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7392112254130206266.post-57392143402797533592008-01-27T08:35:00.000-08:002008-01-27T08:35:00.000-08:00Well hello tomfoolery, enjoyed your own post too o...Well hello tomfoolery, enjoyed your own post too on much the same lines,<BR/><BR/>Omega mum. I've heard similar stories and find it scary how easy it is to slip into such a state - but I still maintain the staying in credit is a good way to go.<BR/><BR/>Flowerpot and Casdok - we do have cards, but very very rarely use them (except when stuck in Tescos and the debit card is inexplicably lost but a pile of shopping is all packed up and ready to go.<BR/><BR/>Suzy - nice to see you back. I KEEP telling my daughter that money really and truly won't make her happy (and then my husband pipes up and adds 'but it helps!').<BR/><BR/>Annieeye, thanks for stopping by. Good for you with the extension, We keep toying with the idea but balking at cost, time, upheaval etc.<BR/><BR/>And Crystal - glad you agree. We get almost daily calls asking if we want to consodlidate our debt. I keep telling those pariahs that the only debt we have is the bleedin mortgage.Mid-liferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18259190343085788311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7392112254130206266.post-37225506042055709962008-01-26T12:53:00.000-08:002008-01-26T12:53:00.000-08:00People don't seem to think anything of going into ...People don't seem to think anything of going into debt these days. I hear all the time of folk around who are up their eye balls in mortgage debt. I don't have a mortgage personally and owe very little on my credit card but I have been there. I don't want to go back either. What I can't afford, I won't buy. Simple. Discipline and common sense are quite good to have when it comes to materialistics. <BR/><BR/>When I was buying our new kitchen, I was asked 4 times if I wanted to take out finance. No, no, no and no were my answers. Obviously, finance is a big thing.<BR/><BR/>Crystal xxAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7392112254130206266.post-11396379173487344082008-01-26T10:02:00.000-08:002008-01-26T10:02:00.000-08:00Flowerpot - i dont have a credit card!! And like y...Flowerpot - i dont have a credit card!! And like you i dont know anyone else who hasnt one!Casdokhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03497897393162856190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7392112254130206266.post-82370302009850815362008-01-26T05:25:00.000-08:002008-01-26T05:25:00.000-08:00Yeh, money is a funny thing. Of course it doesn't ...Yeh, money is a funny thing. Of course it doesn't help in the US when you see all these sports icons making millions and millions of dollars for 1 year!<BR/><BR/>It's almost a competition. I can't imagine it takes that much money to make people happy.<BR/><BR/>Great post!<BR/><BR/>Love,<BR/><BR/>SuzySuzyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18323394956423706365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7392112254130206266.post-13316868503061022452008-01-26T01:55:00.000-08:002008-01-26T01:55:00.000-08:00Hi I've only just found you blog. I so much agree...Hi I've only just found you blog. I so much agree with what you say. My daughter learnt the hard way about credit when she was at uni. At the same time her then 19 year old boyfriend (now her husband) was having money literally thrown at him. I could see the fall coming but well - you can't interfere can you?<BR/><BR/>Thank goodness they got into a horrible financial mess before they had children! I was so relieved when they realised that credit cards were evil things and gave them to us to keep for them until they had paid their debts off.<BR/><BR/>We still have them actually.<BR/><BR/>We started building a huge 2-storey extension on our house four years ago and decided to fund it ourselves. We knew it would take us years to finish, but didn't want to increase our mortgage or take out a loan. We will probably finish it by the end of this year, but we're fed up to the back teeth of people criticising us. "What, you STILL haven't finished it?" I bet they're whispering behind their hands things like "they bit off more than they could chew," and "they've run out of money."<BR/><BR/>Sod them - they can think what they like.Annieyehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13466245069641820781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7392112254130206266.post-3094019416734246282008-01-26T01:17:00.000-08:002008-01-26T01:17:00.000-08:00I quite agree, ML. But few people do - hence the p...I quite agree, ML. But few people do - hence the problem. We actually dont spend more than we have as neither of us have credit cards, but we're the only people I know who don't!Flowerpothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14102679179201725732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7392112254130206266.post-70352907916709383502008-01-24T10:42:00.000-08:002008-01-24T10:42:00.000-08:00The wisest thing I heard was on a programme about ...The wisest thing I heard was on a programme about the homeless. One woman was talking about her experiences. She said 'You think your life is fine, but all it takes is one thing to go wrong and everything can fall apart.' We rely on the status quo. We assume. We spend. We live for the moment. And then it all goes wrong.Omega Mumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06510548355469861782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7392112254130206266.post-86077240530102637392008-01-23T12:48:00.000-08:002008-01-23T12:48:00.000-08:00Just found your blog via link on Crystal. .Such wi...Just found your blog via link on Crystal. <BR/>.<BR/>Such wise words on your post TF.DABhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10596811034169293653noreply@blogger.com