True Confessions - Don't Judge
Replies
-
I confess I think most people live well outside their means and don't think enough about their future.
Yes! I look at people I know who make about the same money as us and think "how do they afford all that?!" Bigger house, newer cars, stupid stuff like Yeti coolers. But we're putting a good hunk away for later so we live well below what we bring in. Helps me sleep at night.
3 -
This thread keeps me from going insane.2
-
Kasner1975 wrote: »I confess that I'm new to the Chit Chat threads, as I've spent move the year in Fun and Games.... but damn if this isn't more fun. So much crazy cliques over there. If you're not sporting a six pack, massive shoulders, and the need to fork anyone with two legs, you don't exist.
I'm sort of new to this side as well. I feel smarter over here too. My thoughts go beyond a yes or no and my knowledge of numbers surpassed the number 10.
6 -
This content has been removed.
-
This content has been removed.
-
This content has been removed.
-
This content has been removed.
-
This content has been removed.
-
I confess ..I think both chit chat and fun and games are similar ..I don't find one any more fun than the other ..some days chit chat more entertaining other times not ..
Both have cliques as do most forums....I don't take any *kitten* either place seriously ..I just make my own fun ....
Having said that in chit chat theres always seems to be an entertaining *kitten* fight happening ..less so on fun and games ..
I still think fun and games the poster above threads a great place to first interact and meet people ..especially for the less outspoken forward people ...
5 -
This content has been removed.
-
I confess I think most people live well outside their means and don't think enough about their future.
Yes! I look at people I know who make about the same money as us and think "how do they afford all that?!" Bigger house, newer cars, stupid stuff like Yeti coolers. But we're putting a good hunk away for later so we live well below what we bring in. Helps me sleep at night.
I talk with students and younger people a lot about this. What prompted me to post was talking to a 25 year old that said he would have LOVED. class in high school with information we were talking about. I mean, I am an educator and we din't make lots of money, but I don't spend much, have been scrimping and investing every bit I can, and made it all work. But I have friends who tell me how broke they are that they can't pay bills, but we are out at lunch and they are talking on the newest phones, ordering like crazy, and we go out in their nice cars. Crazy.
I haven't had a car payment or any payments but my mortgage in over 12 years. That alone is a huge savings. I do all my work on cars and my house myself, which saves $1000's and more each year. So many ways to save...I see so many younger people leveraging and spending their future now.
Anyway...off my soap box.2 -
This content has been removed.
-
I confess I think most people live well outside their means and don't think enough about their future.
Yes! I look at people I know who make about the same money as us and think "how do they afford all that?!" Bigger house, newer cars, stupid stuff like Yeti coolers. But we're putting a good hunk away for later so we live well below what we bring in. Helps me sleep at night.
I talk with students and younger people a lot about this. What prompted me to post was talking to a 25 year old that said he would have LOVED. class in high school with information we were talking about. I mean, I am an educator and we din't make lots of money, but I don't spend much, have been scrimping and investing every bit I can, and made it all work. But I have friends who tell me how broke they are that they can't pay bills, but we are out at lunch and they are talking on the newest phones, ordering like crazy, and we go out in their nice cars. Crazy.
I haven't had a car payment or any payments but my mortgage in over 12 years. That alone is a huge savings. I do all my work on cars and my house myself, which saves $1000's and more each year. So many ways to save...I see so many younger people leveraging and spending their future now.
Anyway...off my soap box.
There you go with my fantacy again. Frugal is hot.
1 -
Most people just scribble their names if they write a check anyways. I can write cursive, but I basically do my first initial of my first name and a squiggly line, and then the same with my last name.littlemissbgiff wrote: »I am such a nerd I have considered talking to the school board about letting me do a convocation for juniors and/or seniors about credit and how badly you can screw your life up bynot using it wisely.
Took my 17yr old to the bank to open her first checking account and she didn't know how to write a check. Not that checks are really used anymore but I took a class in middle school that taught us all about finances, budgets, credit cards. She was clueless.
They aren't even teaching cursive here anymore. How the *kitten* are they supposed to sign their own names?
The only schools that teach cursive here anymore are Catholic schools. I think it's crazy kids aren't taught it at all.
Most people just scribble their names if they write a check anyways. I can write cursive, but I basically do my first initial of my first name and a squiggly line, and then the same with my last name.0 -
PlaydohPants wrote: »RunHardBeStrong wrote: »Kasner1975 wrote: »I confess that I'm new to the Chit Chat threads, as I've spent move the year in Fun and Games.... but damn if this isn't more fun. So much crazy cliques over there. If you're not sporting a six pack, massive shoulders, and the need to fork anyone with two legs, you don't exist.
Lol agreed, so glad I migrated over.
Glad to have you too! I noticed a lot of people migrated over recently. What the hell happened there?
I think the "person above youshit" gets old and tired after a while. And the whole yes, no, yes, NTM, yes, yes, no, maybe....lmao...it's ridiculous!!!2 -
I once made deviled eggs just so I had an excuse to eat mayonnaise. I like weird sandwiches like peanut butter pickle, peanut butter cheese, peanut butter mayo, banana mayo, mayo onion. I once made an entire batch of buckeye balls for christmas and ate them all in a matter of days instead of gifting them to anyone. I haven't showered yet today. I never read any of the books I did book reports on in high school. The best part about eating clean is the pooping. Before I started dieting I would never drink water. I thought I made my booty clap once but it was just my thighs slapping together. I would let Beyonce take me to Red Lobster any day. I don't always count the calories from the milk I splash in my coffee.4
-
littlemissbgiff wrote: »I am such a nerd I have considered talking to the school board about letting me do a convocation for juniors and/or seniors about credit and how badly you can screw your life up bynot using it wisely.
Took my 17yr old to the bank to open her first checking account and she didn't know how to write a check. Not that checks are really used anymore but I took a class in middle school that taught us all about finances, budgets, credit cards. She was clueless.
They aren't even teaching cursive here anymore. How the *kitten* are they supposed to sign their own names?
In blood.0 -
This content has been removed.
-
littlemissbgiff wrote: »I am such a nerd I have considered talking to the school board about letting me do a convocation for juniors and/or seniors about credit and how badly you can screw your life up bynot using it wisely.
Took my 17yr old to the bank to open her first checking account and she didn't know how to write a check. Not that checks are really used anymore but I took a class in middle school that taught us all about finances, budgets, credit cards. She was clueless.
They aren't even teaching cursive here anymore. How the *kitten* are they supposed to sign their own names?
This happened to my 15 year old. I took him to open a checking/debit account last year. The teller asked him to sign his name. He couldn't. He was never taught cursive. The teller said, that happens a lot these days and to just write his name out.
My son and a few of his friends were hanging out at the house shortly after so I started asking them questions and they all actually said they have love/hate relationships with their school appointed lap tops. Yes, they love them. It's a computer, everything is right there. But hate them because they often go days without having to physically write anything. Their penmanship is suffering. They struggle reading cursive and can't write it.1 -
I hate couches.1
-
This content has been removed.
-
-
This content has been removed.
-
I confess I have a helluva headache.0
-
This content has been removed.
-
You can't catch a break sweetsMalkinMagic71 wrote: »I confess I have a helluva headache.
0 -
I confess I think most people live well outside their means and don't think enough about their future.
Yes! I look at people I know who make about the same money as us and think "how do they afford all that?!" Bigger house, newer cars, stupid stuff like Yeti coolers. But we're putting a good hunk away for later so we live well below what we bring in. Helps me sleep at night.
I talk with students and younger people a lot about this. What prompted me to post was talking to a 25 year old that said he would have LOVED. class in high school with information we were talking about. I mean, I am an educator and we din't make lots of money, but I don't spend much, have been scrimping and investing every bit I can, and made it all work. But I have friends who tell me how broke they are that they can't pay bills, but we are out at lunch and they are talking on the newest phones, ordering like crazy, and we go out in their nice cars. Crazy.
I haven't had a car payment or any payments but my mortgage in over 12 years. That alone is a huge savings. I do all my work on cars and my house myself, which saves $1000's and more each year. So many ways to save...I see so many younger people leveraging and spending their future now.
Anyway...off my soap box.
I'm 28. I own my place and put extra toward my mortgage payment each month, I have no car payment, student loans, or credit card debt, I have a year's salary in the bank, and I can afford a couple of vacations every year. Before we got married, I made my husband get his finances in shape.
My parents taught me to budget by giving me a wad of cash each month and telling me I had to make it last until next month. All my lunches, any time I went out with friends, new clothes, subway passes, birthday presents, etc... I very quickly learned that I had to budget, and I learned not to "loan" money to certain friends. It's the best thing they did for me growing up. School never taught me anything about money, and that's pathetic. It's one of the most important real-world skills to have.4
Categories
- All Categories
- 1.4M Health, Wellness and Goals
- 394.1K Introduce Yourself
- 43.9K Getting Started
- 260.4K Health and Weight Loss
- 176.1K Food and Nutrition
- 47.5K Recipes
- 232.6K Fitness and Exercise
- 435 Sleep, Mindfulness and Overall Wellness
- 6.5K Goal: Maintaining Weight
- 8.6K Goal: Gaining Weight and Body Building
- 153.1K Motivation and Support
- 8.1K Challenges
- 1.3K Debate Club
- 96.4K Chit-Chat
- 2.5K Fun and Games
- 3.9K MyFitnessPal Information
- 15 News and Announcements
- 1.2K Feature Suggestions and Ideas
- 2.7K MyFitnessPal Tech Support Questions