I am a weird person,………….
And why am I a weird person? Well, I am addicted to a show called,” ‘Til Debt so Us Part” and everytime DH and I look on the cable guide for something to watch out of boredom, we would find that show on the list and have to tune in to it, whether we are worrying about money or not. No, I do not call it “comfort watching” at all (it is the DVD sets of “Roseanne” that comforts me LOL).
When I first got hooked to the show, DH would give me a hard time, telling me that he does NOT want to talk about money at all, as he would worry whether he will have to decide between getting the food to feed the whole family or “let’s screw it and buy a drill bit set for the drill that your brother gave me!” But it did not take him long for him to get hooked to the show, because as we watch every episode, we would often wonder about how our adult siblings would think it is easy to buy expensive fancy stuff (like big homes, luxurious vehicles, rock concerts, a CABIN, etc) and tell us they ”worked hard for it” with a selfish, bad-mouthed attitude. To us, it is too easy to lie to everyone that they are “rich” when they are actually “loan-rich” and “I-don’t-want-to-pay-the-bank-back rich”.
When we watched the part where Gail handed over the so-called “The Budget Book” to the couple, Dh and I so want to see what is in the “book” and get the idea on how we want to budget and what area we could cut back on (but so far, WE haven’t taken out Mcdonalds and we can’t remember when was the LAST time we eat out at all!………..oh wait, was it my parents that brought A&W’s over two weeks ago?! Gad, I don’t remember at all, because I love COOKING and I am not taking a BREAK at all :D)) I know I can go to her website for info, no problem. We could even shake our heads on why would people want to sign up for hobbies that actually break the bank (and I am being told not to give up my sewing machine at all, because I still have to fix DH’s shirts, and patch up the holey knee part DS1’s favorite pair of jeans). I could even shake my head even more when people buy too much clothing to look good (when I still have a bunch of outdated clothes and will never know when it will come back in style). Even DH would shake his head after seeing that couples are fighting over how much they should pay back on debt (a husband likes “variable” spending while the wife insisted on “fixed” spending). But overall, it is good to know that there are alot of people who do not want to admit to having debt and hving trouble paying them off.
Know what? I would not be surprised if any of our adult siblings appeared on the show, admitting to trouble paying down debt and need help. I just hoped they give up EVERYTHING.
Bwahahahahaha
Man, we need to stay away from that show,…………..
August 9th, 2009 at 11:34 pm
You are NOT WEIRD! I actually decided to get rid of all satellite, cable etc and I will say it’s one of the shows I miss! We actually had a CPO couple on there a few years ago. I’ve learned a lot of good tips from Gail (she has a few articles on the site and used to be our Financial Expert as well many years ago!)
I will say though you’re bang on about being loan rich, we see it too and in the end when DH and I retire, they’ll have all of that stuff but it will have lost most of it’s luster and then we can start enjoying ours in our golden years!
August 11th, 2009 at 1:35 am
You know, Cara, the worst part of doing the budget is we can’t even cut out cable from the budget because the attenna cannot pick up the local station at all. Oh well, but at least we get to do the traditional fun things a little or no cost at all ( like, going to the parks, doing the gardening, and checking out recipes that is budget-friendly, etc)