Re: The problem with being budget minded is other people.
My problem is this:
I make a good deal more money than most of my friends, (like twice as much as most of them), and they always poke and prod me when i say I can't afford to do something like go out for dinner. What they don't realize is that almost half my money goes into savings and things, and that I have more expenses than they do (I pay a higher rent, for instance).
It's really frustrating, because it's not like I don't go out to dinner with them, but sometimes I'm saving for something, or there's another reason that I am near my budget limit so I have to cut back.
I think a lot of people really live by the "spend what you have" mentality, and can't comprehend that I am willingly living on a budget.
GRRR!
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