Comments on: Love and Splurging

By: Andrew @ Financial Services

Andrew @ Financial Services — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:50:57 +0000

Hmm, that sounds like me. It’s not like I starve myself or deprive myself of fast cash or anything, but I am quite extravagant when me and the wife go out. Mostly we spend it on good food on the weekends. Making my wife happy makes me happy so I guess I’m buying a bit of happiness for the both of us? Good bargain eh?

By: MoneyNing

MoneyNing — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:43:48 +0000

I hear that the best marriages are the ones where the husband thinks the wife works harder on the relationship while the wife thinks the husband does.

It sounds like you have a relationship similar to that! Congratulations!

By: MoneyNing

MoneyNing — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:42:30 +0000

Good for you! Happy wife, happy life my friend

By: MoneyNing

MoneyNing — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:42:09 +0000

I’m not sure whether it’s an excuse or it’s done on purpose. I can see that it’s a convenient way to say no, but I think most parents in the world love their kids more than their money.

By: MoneyNing

MoneyNing — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:41:13 +0000

When I was young, I never really figured out why those rich people keep pushing themselves and their business when they seem to have all the money they need.

I see so many people stressed out even though they already made their fortunes. In a way, that’s unfortunate and I wished they would just start working on their happiness instead!

By: kenyantykoon

kenyantykoon — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 09:00:37 +0000

it is always really hard not to fight the temptation of not buying something that would put a smile on a loved ones face. i still haven’t found a way to fight this temptation. i think that is why i work so hard; to get a truckload of cash so that i never have to contend with whether or not to buy something for my family

By: Emily

Emily — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 05:11:28 +0000

How true! I always spend more money on my hubby than myself. Everyone says I’m crazy but I just think they are jealous that I have such a good husband!

By: Financial Samurai

Financial Samurai — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 20:16:47 +0000

I tell ya, I hardly spend any money on myself. My current Macbook G4 was purchased 5 years ago for my wife. It’s now a hand me down b/c I bought another Macbook for her last year.

I have the junky snowboard, and bought her the fancier high-end one from Ride.

She has the Canon EOS SLR that I got for her birthday, and I have the old kodak hand held.

You kow what? I just love making my wife happy and buying her things she wouldn’t have bought for herself. She appreciates things MUCH MORE than I do, which is ironically why I get her more, and don’t buy myself a lot.

If it wasn’t for my wife…. I would easily bore with the savings i have and waste it away.

By: Sam

Sam — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:05:59 +0000

I often find that tough love is more like an excuse that some parents use to be selfish. I know it sounds bad, but not every parent actually is selfless for their kids!

There are always exceptions!

By: BANKMODE.com

BANKMODE.com — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:02:55 +0000

Money management is key in situations like these. Splurges here and there can be pretty dangerous if you don’t limit yourself.

Allowing yourself to make a miscellaneous purchase once every 2 months is acceptable, but you have to make sure you save a certain amount of money.

My advice is to limit yourself to a splurge once every 2 months or so. Make sure to set a limit on your splurges as well. Use this as a treat for your good behavior.

As in this case, you could have probably given your kids a few money management tips. But nothing says ‘I love you’ like a surprise gift.