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Originally Posted by Joan.of.the.Arch
Would the visit with parents be just as fulfilling if you paid to fly the parents to your home, rather than you all try to drive or fly to see them? This assumes parents would be able to travel, of course.
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I can see this happening with more my family than his... his mom is extremely morbidly obese... but she isn't opposed to taking the bus and we've actually in the past paid for her bus ticket to come visit. She stayed with me for a month in 2006. His Dad however won't travel.
My Dad... and I've actually started to have this discussion with him since I look to him for a lot of advice. He's told me not to worry about seeing them, that getting my degree is what he recommends cause it will open us up for opportunities so we can actually afford the things we want later. Of course though, while knowing he is recovering from cancer and is approaching his 70s.... its hard for me to hear... and not really what I want to hear. In his words "Its hard to be patient when you want certain things but you need to do the right thing and get your education taken care of."
We're working at it though, I notice when I get depressed about it I transfer what I have in savings to the credit card and it makes me feel better. I transferred another $347 to pay it down today (even though I paid $2585 on it Friday) just cause if I get used to that money around I might use it on something I really shouldn't. I'm sure if I have enough "down" moments and keep doing this the CC will be gone before I realize it.