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Feb. 5th, 2008 09:15 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mereilinI don't know what other people do that we're not doing, but I feel like we flunked the whole "being grownup" thing when we have to resort to fancy accounting to maintain a lifestyle that doesn't include nice cars, contemporary appliances and electronics, or even furniture that isn't secondhand. There is no private school tuition, the kids don't go away to summer camp, and traveling means driving 500 miles twice a year to stay with family. We don't have a pony or a huge yard or live in a fancy suburb.
I know what's important. I count my blessings every time I hug my healthy kids and the bills get paid for another month. I don't even feel like we need a fancier lifestyle. I'm just saying I could accept financial stress if I felt like it could be alleviated by cutting out a few of those luxuries instead of "luxuries" like dental work.
I know what's important. I count my blessings every time I hug my healthy kids and the bills get paid for another month. I don't even feel like we need a fancier lifestyle. I'm just saying I could accept financial stress if I felt like it could be alleviated by cutting out a few of those luxuries instead of "luxuries" like dental work.
