FB Money Commentary

I talk a lot about money and how it affects us in our everyday life.

I've always wondered what my life would have been like if I had grown up with money for example, or if I didn't have such financially negligent parents.

I also use a lot of my friends as an example, and these are all topics I explore here.

General

• Money always comes into play
  
• The price of a SAHM (Stay at home mom)
  
• Any bad experience can be a good one
  
• Waste not, want not .... to the extreme
  
• We are creatures of habit when we make buying decisions
• In defense of the rich
  
• Blaming anyone but yourself is the easy way out
  
• Forgot about Earth Hour? (Likened Earth Hour participation to attitudes towards debt)
  
• Are we better off without money?
• Does a treat mean you pay?
• Everybody* has money
• Does money really affect the way you think about work?
• Guilty as charged!
• Having a Big Brain does NOT = Financial Smarts
• High Income doesn't necessarily mean Financial Smarts
• Just one question...

Keeping up with the Joneses

• "Jonesing" - A deeper look into what Keeping up with the Joneses entails
  
• You don't deserve a house.
  
• I don't want to be rich
  
• In defense of the rich
• Feeling of inadequacy
• Income = Status
• Yuppie Guilt and how to deal with it

Stories about People

• This guy takes the Lifetime of F*ckage Achievement
  
• Knowing the value of a dollar without working. Can it be done?
  
• The REAL American Dream
  
• Perceptions of Women and their money
  
• A small space doesn't mean you put your life on hold and whine
  
• But you told me I could splurge!
  
• "G", If I were a Rich Girl...
• DABA Girls (Dating a Banker Anonymously) are badly hit by the recession *SNORT*
• Single in the Suburbs makes me really irritated
• Am I supposed to feel bad for her?

The Idiot

• The Idiot is Dreaming Again
  
• The Idiot Strikes Thrice
• The Idiot Quit his Job
  
• The Idiot Returns (Part 3)
• Story of an Idiot and his Idiot Wife (Part 2)
• Story of an Idiot and his Idiot Wife (Part 1)

Family & Friends Finances

• Perceptions of Women and their money
  
• What have you received from your parents?
• Can parents be blamed for everything?
• Being Frugal, Cheap and a Cheap Opportunist (Another Sibling)
  
• I Met Mr. Jones (Sibling)
  
• Did you recognize this bag at first glance? No?
• Sometimes bad parents are good

TV Show Finances (Sex & the City, Gossip Girl, etc)

• Gossip Girl and Gratitude
• Fabulously Unrealistic Pt. 1
• Fabulously Unrealistic Pt. 2
• Sex and the City: Keeping up with the Joneses
• Sex and the City: Women and Finances

Financial Decisions

• Why Cold Turkey Doesn't work for me
  
• We are creatures of habit when we make buying decisions
• What have you eliminated that you do not miss?
  
• Why I rent instead of owning my own home
  
• Could you survive on a $1000 budget?
• True costs of owning and watching a TV
• Why driving my car that cost $4000 for only one week was worth it
• Geeez! $30-$80 isn't thrifty!!!

Being Too Frugal

• There is such a thing as being too frugal
• I hate the word "Frugal"
• Cutting back on the things you love
• Words and Meanings (Frugality)

Women & Their Money

• Perceptions about Women and their money
• Why I do NOT want to become a Trophy Wife
• The $2200 Bag

Money Confessions

• What is your lifetime income?
  
• 5 Familiar Lies we tell ourselves
• Money Confessions
• Shopping to fill an emotional void

Other

• Does eating out make it taste better?
  
• How much is your face worth?
• Kraft Dinner: Comfort Food or Crap
• Want to work less? Why France is NOT the solution