Comments on: 13 Ways Women Can Avoid Emotional Spending

By: Tina Keegstra

Tina Keegstra — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 15:13:02 +0000

When my husband deployed to Iraq I started my “retail therapy” and went on a pity party . I think now this caused more problems in our marriage and was a total quick fix. It didn’t really help me -just made problems worse. I LOVE this website and this project!!! Thank you candidates for stepping up so we can learn with you!!!

By: Melissa

Melissa — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 19:27:25 +0000

I agree with this post. Instead of going home to relax, I want to go out and find something for the house or even more fun find an outfit. However, I think this post is some good advice. Thanks!

By: Chickie

Chickie — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 16:44:44 +0000

If you feel that you want to have a different look, instead of buying something new-”shop your closet”. By that I mean going through your clothes and accessories putting them together in a new way. A lift without spending money.

By: Maxine

Maxine — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 14:18:33 +0000

I like this post also. Always looking for ways to relax without spending money. You could add surfing the internet mindlessly also. That usually relaxes me as long as I don’t click on the “buy me” links.

By: Lauren

Lauren — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 23:35:27 +0000

I love this post! It’s so true, for me at least. I think that the emotional aspect behind spending is so interesting. Maybe I’ll have to try some of these next time I feel like doing a little “Retail Therapy”. Although, I think that organizing my closet wouldn’t make me feel any better and even more likely to notice how I could use another pair of shoes to match a certain dress Other than that, all those ideas sound terrific for me, at least.

By: Velvet Jones

Velvet Jones — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 01:08:16 +0000

I’m sorry, it’s not quite clear to me why women need to be singled out for emotional spending.

By: Dido

Dido — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 13:56:45 +0000

Good ideas, but why women only? I’d think virtually all of those would apply to men as well with only slight variation (men are reputed to prefer crunchy to sweet, and a man might find organizing his car or desktop more stress reducing than organizing a closet.