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Originally Posted by disneysteve
Just this past weekend, my sister-in-law, who just got back from a 10-day vacation at an all-inclusive resort in Mexico, said that as soon as they pay off this trip, they'll go into debt again to take another because "if we waited until we could afford it, we'd never get there."
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I vacillate back and forth on this type of reasoning. I guess it depends on the overall financial health of the person in question. Generally speaking though, I can actually stomach this. Assuming that you aren't putting your family in a huge financial hole, there is some credence to living for today, and enjoying youself a bit while you are younger and have a family.
Remember, anything to the extreme is typically bad. I think we all too often see the extreme of overspending here, but I sometimes (not pointing fingers at the OP here) see it on the opposite end as well, and that is oversaving, worrying too much about the future, and not enjoying the present as much as you could while still being very prudent financially, because none of us know if we will still be here tomorrow.