Is anyone here in the situation where they have very well off relatives they are 'expected' to keep up with? How do you handle it? My relatives are not in debt. They are truly well off. And I'm some kind of pariah for saying I can't afford a cruise or a trip to Montreal or New York for a...

Great article! http://finance.yahoo.com/columnist/article/moneyhappy/7254

After picking up my kid at school, another couple mothers asked if I wanted to tag along on their outing. Sure I said. Then we went to Wendy's with the kids and then to a ceramics place. You pick out clay pieces, paint them, they glaze and fire them and you come and pick them up next week...