Pay Check to Pay Check

Originally Posted by Accountable

Debt free here.

We have two vehicles: one '98 and one '99, both bought 3 years old and both paid for with a check. I still kick myself for not negotiating better.

For over 20 years my beloved's full-time job has been making my average paycheck do above-average things. Lord knows I make it hard for her because I always want to get new toys, but hers is the final word.

It irritates me when I hear people whinge (winge? I can't find my Brit dictionary) about not having enough money, yet they get brand new cars every few years bought on credit, buy lunch at work rather than packing one from home, and think that "can I afford it?" means "can I get it without maxing out my credit cards?"

A little patience and dicipline now will help keep blood pressure down in the future.

I got me one of them wife's too! God love them and I still don't know how she did it. But w enanaged to save here and there for large ticket tiems without going into debt.

Ive always been 'lucky' in order to afford what we needed God always provided... a JOB, so I could work for it.

We struggled from time to time, but we always managed to live debt free. I coudlnt imagine being up to my nostril in debt liek some of the young soldiers I served with, just the stress from the worry alone isnt worth it.

Currently we are enjoying quite a windfall form some good business decisions and Im absolutely flabbergasted at the opportunities out there to make money. Theres no reason why anybody with half a brain and a pound of tenacity cant make a decetn living.