lazygood4nothinbum
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i've got money budgeted for summer travel and long "weekends" away the rest of the year. but since the inherited house has yet to sell, i don't want to spend even that much. i took off this summer for two weeks but did it very much on the cheap, staying with family & friends mostly and roadside motels otherwise. i had a great time.
the longer the house does not sell the tighter my wallet gets. and it now seems that the tighter my wallet gets the more i find family and friends trying to pry it open.
i've got two friends bugging me to fly out to california (during the good winter weather in florida when i'd rather be here anyway) and just today my brother tried getting me to come to alaska this summer. i told him to go without me, have a great time, that i'll vacation with them again later after the house sells. this started an argument.
his argument is that i should get a job to pay for the vacation with him. i told him that even if i got a job i wouldn't spend that money on a vacation, but use it to live on until the house sold. so then he tries to tell me that i need to change my thinking. but i'm pretty sure my thinking is what will keep me from going broke. what's with these people? i should have to work just so i can take a vacation when my life is already a vacation? i'm nervous about money now so if i were to work for more i would just spend it frivolously? who are these people and what are they doing in my wallet?
the longer the house does not sell the tighter my wallet gets. and it now seems that the tighter my wallet gets the more i find family and friends trying to pry it open.
i've got two friends bugging me to fly out to california (during the good winter weather in florida when i'd rather be here anyway) and just today my brother tried getting me to come to alaska this summer. i told him to go without me, have a great time, that i'll vacation with them again later after the house sells. this started an argument.
his argument is that i should get a job to pay for the vacation with him. i told him that even if i got a job i wouldn't spend that money on a vacation, but use it to live on until the house sold. so then he tries to tell me that i need to change my thinking. but i'm pretty sure my thinking is what will keep me from going broke. what's with these people? i should have to work just so i can take a vacation when my life is already a vacation? i'm nervous about money now so if i were to work for more i would just spend it frivolously? who are these people and what are they doing in my wallet?