21 NYC Women Confess the Dumbest Thing They Spend Their Money On

[Malthus]

I paid off my mortgage a year ago - does that mean I can stop being a cranky middle-aged grump now? 

[Jacob]

I paid off my mortgage a year ago - does that mean I can stop being a cranky middle-aged grump now? 

No, it just means you've got one more thing to be smug about when you complain about other peoples' failures.

[Jacob]

Neither actually, it's when I had the "I am tired of drinking & doing drugs everyday" epiphany.

Good for you. Well, except for the grumpy part

[Grey Fox]

Neither actually, it's when I had the "I am tired of drinking & doing drugs everyday" epiphany.

Good for you. Well, except for the grumpy part

I had to look up grumpy.

I am not grumpy, I am simply telling you that I am right. I'm a parent.

[Ideologue]

Yes. Stupid CC debt spending & drugs.

I know it's been a while, but do you remember exactly when your turned into a cranky middle-aged grump?

February 2007

First mortgage or first child?

Neither actually, it's when I had the "I am tired of drinking & doing drugs everyday" epiphany.

We're not so different, you and I.

[Grey Fox]

Yes. Stupid CC debt spending & drugs.

I know it's been a while, but do you remember exactly when your turned into a cranky middle-aged grump?

February 2007

First mortgage or first child?

Neither actually, it's when I had the "I am tired of drinking & doing drugs everyday" epiphany.

We're not so different, you and I.

We're the same.

Only our debts differ.

[Ideologue]

My debt's been covered by the U.S. taxpayer.  Thanks, folks!

[CountDeMoney]

  That's what it's there for!

[Caliga]

My debt's been covered by the U.S. taxpayer.  Thanks, folks!

You're welcome.

[Brazen]

None of these seem especially dumb or extreme. A newspaper article this weekend featured women who spend £5,000 getting ready for Christmas parties which seems far more of a waste.

$10 is about £6 and you certainly wouldn't get much change from that on any lunch in London (I try to bring a packed lunch most days, and the best offer is Tescos which does a sandwich or salad, snack and a drink for £3).

Spending half your salary on rent? Par for the course in most major cities these days I would have thought.

I heard that New Yorkers keep knitwear in their ovens because they never cook at home - even breakfast or coffee - and they're short of storage space.

Clothes and shoes will at least still be there to wear when you start budgeting. Cocktails, make-up and beauty services - manicures, facials etc. - not so.

I assumed Seamless made sportswear of comfortable underwear, go figure.

Total non-issue. What about the people (this is hardly a female- or New York-only problem who go bankrupt spending hundreds of thousands on fancy cars and holidays?

My "thing" is trainers/sneakers - proper running ones and just fancy ones. I have far more than I'll ever wear out.

[CountDeMoney]

I can see Brazen's studio apartment flat in Manhattan, musketry in all four corners.  If the powder horn hanging on the doorknob's a'rockin', don't come a'knockin'!

[DGuller]

I can see Brazen's studio apartment flat in Manhattan, musketry in all four corners.  If the powder horn hanging on the doorknob's a'rockin', don't come a'knockin'!

And powder stored in the oven.

[Brazen]

 

Oh yeah, that reminds me, re-enactment costs me a bloody fortune in costumes/camping equipment/membership/real ale quaffing etc.

[Brazen]

I can see Brazen's studio apartment flat in Manhattan, musketry in all four corners.  If the powder horn hanging on the doorknob's a'rockin', don't come a'knockin'!

And powder stored in the oven.

One should always keep one's powder dry.

[mongers]

Oh yeah, that reminds me, re-enactment costs me a bloody fortune in costumes/camping equipment/membership/real ale quaffing etc.

You could, re-enact poverty?  :broughttoyoubycameronsbritain: