Thumbtacks posted:

man there's nothing quite like being $80,000 in debt and choosing to roam the country in an RV

it's a real rush

Paul ReiserFS posted:

Knyteguy posted:

I am very uninterested in this. I don’t think I’ll participate further in that case. I’m not very comfortable sharing personal stuff; one of the reasons I fight so hard in here sometimes.

I’m willing to try a shrink one more time, but I want to wait for health insurance.

Edit: or at least, can you explain what is e/n? I don’t even know what goes on in there. I might agree as long as it ends up back here I don’t know what to think right now.

Bobbie Wickham posted:

You know the saying, "the personal is political?" Well, your feelings are your finances. You spend impulsively when you feel bad. You neglect your finances because they make you feel stressed, ashamed, and stupid. You let your family's dysfunctions sway your financial decisions. You're staying in this job (and in your mother's yard) because job-searching makes you stressed and uncomfortable. And so on.

Your financial situation is a direct result of your inability to cope with trauma and stress in a productive manner. Same with a lot of your other choices, like living with your alcoholic mother; you let yourself AND your wife AND YOUR CHILD be pulled into an unstable living arrangement with toxic people. You've put your child in the position of continuing the dysfunctional cycle of your family's emotional and financial problems. And if you think I'm exaggerating, try thinking about it in plain words: your son is living in a trailer that's illegally parked on his alcoholic grandmother's property, and his parents don't have the money for an emergency, let alone to improve his living situation.

My Rhythmic Crotch posted:

Otherwise it's just the last thread all over again: "guys we're totally going to pay $x towards debt every month!" when in reality much more went into random fun things

Knyteguy posted:

Got it, and agreed.


So I asked it in my nevermind post, but we found a new $3,300 couch for $80 at Salvation Army. Nearly perfect, brand new, still has a store tag plastic piece on the arm. Tiniest scuff at the top or a floor model is my guess for the donation reason. Doesn't look or feel like it's ever been sat on. Should we consider selling/"flipping" this? I feel like I'm going to be a freak about keeping it nice so it's tempting for that reason also: https://www.crateandbarrel.com/barrett-queen-sleeper/s657256?oc=1,263 . Used market seems to be around $600, but those are actually used not 'used'. Not sure what we'll do but thought I'd get some input.

Also, speed bump. My vape poo poo was stolen from my truck in the middle of the day, from my guess a teenager. We won't have the discretionary to cover another setup, so I either have to break the budget or quick nicotine products completely. So I'm going to quit nicotine completely because I'm very serious about meeting our budget. This is going to suck balls. Wish me luck BFC.

Knyteguy posted:

$300 isn't worth it. I have like $5,500 in these drums I'll just keep them at that point; I've been playing for 15 years now. They aren't costing me money to own, or the amount is negligible because we don't pay for storage.

Knyteguy posted:

Here let me put it this way - I'll donate them to a charity or a needy school before I take $300 for them. I'd rather do that.

Dirt bike I'm going to see what I can do.

Knyteguy posted:

I added this: But I was thinking about taking them to Guitar Center for a quote, at least.

Look it's 6:00am and I'm still waking up. I'll sell the loving drums to Guitar Center, but it's frustrating when I worked so hard for those drat things in particular. Sunk cost or whatever I guess.

LeafHouse posted:

This is such a stupid analogy. Yeah sure, if the choice is between $0 or the $300 GC would pay it makes sense to sell to GC. Fortunately, his drum kit is not rigged to explode at midnight on Sunday so he has the luxury of shopping for the best price. His high interest debt means an extra $200 on the sale is really $250 so it’s even more important for him to squeeze out max value.

Simpsons Reference posted:

What do we do with him, lads?