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This is a very funny blog post. And sad. And I want to soothe poor trying-to-be financially-responsible Victor's soul. Okay he is married but we all would love him here. Be forewarned ... some adult language and I didn't even read all the comments because so many had really redunant chicken...

Hi all! I just have to tell someone, I have had it. I hate being in debt and I want it gone. I tallied everything up and am astonished. CC debt over 13,000 and we owe 114,000 still on our mortgage. How did this happen you ask... we were stupid and thought that we "needed things" that we really...

http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/CollegeAndFamily/LoveAndMoney/9waysToReinInASpendthriftSpouse.aspx Who has a spendthrift spouse out there?

http://www.themoneytimes.com/articles/20060910/spendthrift_here_s_help-id-101496.html

I am sure that most of us weren't hatched this way, squeezing our nickels and dimes. If you guys are like me, you have become this way as a reaction against how you were living before, a way of living that may have gotten you into financial problems or at least kept you from achieving your...

CONFESSIONS OF A FRUGAL SPENDTHRIFT I’ve spent most of my life as a frugal spendthrift. If it was on sale or marked down, I’d buy it and brag on my shopping savvy! The thrill was in the hunt. It didn’t matter if the item was an ugly turtleneck I never wore, I only paid .80 for it. No that...

Silly questions, lol, but was looking under the names. Looks like I'm a spendthrift guru. What does that mean?? I spend freely and talk others into doing the same? Isn't that what a guru is, a person who advocates? How many posts do I need to have to move on up to a better sounding...

So we have new neighbors. They paid a whack of money for the house next door and are doing about $50,000 worth of work on it, as far as we can determine. Of course they want to 'work' with us. We are hesitantly enthusiastic. We just don't have their resources, being a one income family...

Hello, My name is Graci and I am a Spend Thrift. I am no longer in denial! I hide behind a smokescreen called Frugality. Why do I say this? I have been tracking my spending. The first step to wellness is admitting you have a problem. The second is taking measures to solve the problem. I...

Mine is much better with his money than his family, but he still likes to spend money--it's driving me nuts! Has anyone been through this, and do you have any tips for me? He is impressed when I save money at the grocery store, but to him everything else is just pennies saved here and there. He...