burythehatchet
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Wed Dec-15-04 01:18 PM
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What's your relationship to money? |
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Edited on Wed Dec-15-04 01:34 PM by burythehatchet
I know that people hold a very wide variety of perspectives and opinions on this subject. I'm just curious as to what your thoughts are.
And if you feel comfortable doing so, indicate your age (roughly).
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Wed Dec-15-04 01:19 PM
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1. i'll take as much as you'll give me |
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Wed Dec-15-04 01:19 PM
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2. I love it, as described by Socrates in the Symposium. |
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One can only love what one does not possess.
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Wed Dec-15-04 01:20 PM
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3. It avoids me at all costs |
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especially after the whole buying a new home thing.
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Wed Dec-15-04 04:12 PM
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Wed Dec-15-04 01:21 PM
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Wed Dec-15-04 01:21 PM
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5. I am money's red-headed step child. |
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It beats me nearly to death.
I'm 24.
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Wed Dec-15-04 01:22 PM
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6. I am like a router in a data network |
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money comes in from my job to me, then goes from my to bills... I hold it almost long enough to recognize the color.
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Wed Dec-15-04 03:32 PM
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"lika a data router!" :yourock:
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Wed Dec-15-04 01:23 PM
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7. It's there. I need it, |
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but I'd rather not have to deal with it if I had a choice.
I'm 35.
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Wed Dec-15-04 01:23 PM
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8. it's my least favorite Pink Floyd song |
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Wed Dec-15-04 01:23 PM
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9. I always have as much as I need... |
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Edited on Wed Dec-15-04 01:23 PM by rbnyc
...but never as much as I want. ;-)
Whether I scrimp and save, or splurge and blow it, I can always just cover my basic expenses. If I worry about it, or if I don't. If I plan, or if I don't. The basic money I need comes to me, but I never have enough o go on vacation or buy myself something nice, or do the kind of annual giving I would like to do.
EDIT: I'm 36
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Wed Dec-15-04 01:23 PM
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10. It's an emotionally abusive relationship |
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We used to be okay and then one day, out of the blue, it starts cheating on me with inanimate objects like my computer. When I brought it up all Money could say was "HA! You thought you could save me, but you were wrong! You are so stupid and irresponsible - I'll show you." Next thing I know I'm getting all these calls from people asking for Money. Men, women - it didn't matter. Now I can't seem to break the cycle.
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Wed Dec-15-04 01:24 PM
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11. We're distant cousins. Only through marriage. |
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Wed Dec-15-04 01:24 PM
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12. Never get close enought for anything to happen! |
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Wed Dec-15-04 01:25 PM
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13. Money is like a distant relative |
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It's never around during the holidays, always calling me up when something is broken, and never gives anything back after you work so hard for it.
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Wed Dec-15-04 01:25 PM
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14. One night stands only |
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Not looking for a commitment here.
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Wed Dec-15-04 01:28 PM
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15. I've never been consumed by a need for money |
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I've never desired a big house, fancy car, lots of toys or any of that conspicuous consumption stuff. I'm 44, btw.
I've always wanted to have enough money to pay my bills and keep a roof over my head. I like to live simply, and not be tied down by my possessions. I've been known to put my few belongings in storage and simply leave, drive across the country and start fresh elsewhere.
However, there is a part of me that would love to win the lottery, not to build big houses and throw parties but to give to charities, set up scholarships or fund battered women's shelters, as well as pay for my childrens and grandchildrens educations.
I know that sounds ridiculously goody goody and idealistic but it's true. I was raised poor but happy and never felt like I needed a lot more.
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Wed Dec-15-04 01:31 PM
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our views are identical...that's remarkable. My b-day is April 14 and like you I was born in the year of the Rat. That's how rats think. :)
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Wed Dec-15-04 01:30 PM
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I used to be poor, single, work odd jobs like waiting and taxi driving, and struggle financially.
Now I'm 50, have had a corporate job for 18 years. I also have child support, college expenses in three years, and concerns about retirement. Money is much more important, and I need much more of it to feel secure.
I've never been a spendthrift, but I like to spend enough to be comfortable, to enjoy things like vacations and restaurants, and to be able to buy nice presents and give my daughter things. Travel is especially important to me -- you can't do the same things when you retire.
When I separated nine years ago, I had $10,000 in consumer debt which eventually grew to $20,000. That was too much for my comfort level, but it was difficult to get control expenses.
In the last two years, I've bought three small rental properties and have wiped out the consumer debt by folding it into equity loans. I generally feel much better about life, although social security is still a concern.
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Wed Dec-15-04 01:35 PM
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18. I have a Deep Seeded addiction to money ... |
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Edited on Wed Dec-15-04 01:36 PM by Drifter
but not the value of money. Just the physical paper that carries it around. I'm bill tracker at http://www.wheresgeorge.comHere is my profile: http://www.wheresgeorge.com/user_profile_popup.php?ukey=7f0cf28c270ee2c05dc4af6de3d8a886I'm not going to try to explain it ... you either get it ... or you don't. Cheers Drifter
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Wed Dec-15-04 04:18 PM
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39. I could just imagine the average... |
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Republican response to this question. :)
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Wed Dec-15-04 01:36 PM
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but i've Learned to not need it.
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Wed Dec-15-04 01:41 PM
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20. To me money is like sex |
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it's all over the place, but I ain't getting none!
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Wed Dec-15-04 02:20 PM
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22. UNfortunately, the two are linked quite closely in our culture |
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Wed Dec-15-04 02:06 PM
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What I do get goes to my MASSIVE college debt.
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Wed Dec-15-04 03:27 PM
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23. Its never meant much to me.... |
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I drive a 10 year old Toyota, buy inexpensive clothes, have no kids and rarely travel. My partner and I splurge on only a few things, like eating out in nice restaurants. What extra money we have is poured into the 100 year old money pit we call our home.
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Wed Dec-15-04 03:30 PM
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24. I contemplate it from afar |
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And when I have it, I squeeze it until it begs for mercy. I'm pretty good with the little bit that comes my way.
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Wed Dec-15-04 03:31 PM
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I would rather be living in a small hut on a South Seas Island fishing for my dinner with my honey CO Liberal.
Money is the root of all evil. Well most of it anyway.
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burythehatchet
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Wed Dec-15-04 04:34 PM
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40. someone once told me that its "the love" of money |
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that is the root of all evil. Made sense to me.
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Wed Dec-15-04 03:33 PM
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27. Like my relationship to very attractive women |
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I see it and pursue it often, but rarely get any.
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Wed Dec-15-04 03:34 PM
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Wed Dec-15-04 03:41 PM
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29. The ony reason I know what it looks like is because... |
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... I get to count the cash box every day, before making the bank deposit.
:P
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Wed Dec-15-04 03:42 PM
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I only care about it because its necessary to live.
I'll certainly never be rich (unless I win the lottery or something) because, from personal observation, the ability to accumulate wealth requires a whole set of personality traits that make me extremely uncomfortable.
My $.02
-chef-
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Wed Dec-15-04 03:43 PM
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31. I hate the fact I need it soooo much and am trying to get my head above |
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Wed Dec-15-04 03:49 PM
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32. I didn't use money much until I got married and had kids. |
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When I was single I didn't want to pay taxes, but I didn't want to be illegal either, so I lived well below the "poverty line." It was some sort of idealism mixed with a bit of autism.
But that's not the way you keep wife and kids. Now I surf the money flow, and try not to fall in. There's a lot of raw sewage in that water, but the surfing is pretty good.
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Wed Dec-15-04 04:04 PM
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34. I have been very poor. Dirt poor. I still have no money, |
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but my husband does. I don't spend much, I think most stuff is junk. But it is inexplicably nice to not have $ worries for the FIRST time in my life. I want my mother to come and live with us just so that she can experience it.
My father is RICH, my mother is POOR. My mother is much more generous and kind than my father.
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Wed Dec-15-04 04:10 PM
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money dumped me. I'm a little sore about it.
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Wed Dec-15-04 04:12 PM
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37. like holding water in my palm.... |
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its there one minute gone the next....
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