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Why on earth is a budget a bad thing?
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<blockquote data-quote="Hound dog" data-source="post: 574065" data-attributes="member: 84"><p>A budget is a good thing, if everyone involved is committed and can stick to it. Otherwise it can cause MUCH more trouble than it's worth. </p><p></p><p>I used to be an anal retentive budget person. We never had much money and I needed to know where it went and why so that I knew if I could budget out this or that for clothing or whatever. Fred couldn't follow a budget if his life depended on it. It's like it compelled him to spend more, not less. Not only that but I learned in like 20 mins with him NEVER to let him make up the budget. His round about way of reasoning which actually made no sense would have us spending twice as much per month and yet not be able to pay all the bills. I never did figure out if that was deliberate or just some glitch in his brain. lol </p><p></p><p>We used to have war because he could not/would not stick to the budget. Ever. Even when he wanted to for some particular reason. (like he got a reward with some of the saved money at the end of a certain period) </p><p></p><p>After a few years of nearly going insane with the effort? I said forget it. We had one rule. All bills and food were paid first.........before ANYTHING else came out of a check, gas, cigs, whatever. That worked better and we usually had quite a bit of money left over. But on payday bills were always paid immediately. Otherwise the money would vanish mysteriously somehow. (and no it wasn't me doing it either) </p><p></p><p>Billy should be paying more rent. He should also be paying for any "extras" he's adding to your bills like the cable/ internet bill. </p><p></p><p>Travis is actually paying the bills at the moment. But before my nest egg vanished he was paying half the monthly bills (not the house payment though) and then took on the satellite bill because I wanted to cancel it completely and he wanted to keep it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hound dog, post: 574065, member: 84"] A budget is a good thing, if everyone involved is committed and can stick to it. Otherwise it can cause MUCH more trouble than it's worth. I used to be an anal retentive budget person. We never had much money and I needed to know where it went and why so that I knew if I could budget out this or that for clothing or whatever. Fred couldn't follow a budget if his life depended on it. It's like it compelled him to spend more, not less. Not only that but I learned in like 20 mins with him NEVER to let him make up the budget. His round about way of reasoning which actually made no sense would have us spending twice as much per month and yet not be able to pay all the bills. I never did figure out if that was deliberate or just some glitch in his brain. lol We used to have war because he could not/would not stick to the budget. Ever. Even when he wanted to for some particular reason. (like he got a reward with some of the saved money at the end of a certain period) After a few years of nearly going insane with the effort? I said forget it. We had one rule. All bills and food were paid first.........before ANYTHING else came out of a check, gas, cigs, whatever. That worked better and we usually had quite a bit of money left over. But on payday bills were always paid immediately. Otherwise the money would vanish mysteriously somehow. (and no it wasn't me doing it either) Billy should be paying more rent. He should also be paying for any "extras" he's adding to your bills like the cable/ internet bill. Travis is actually paying the bills at the moment. But before my nest egg vanished he was paying half the monthly bills (not the house payment though) and then took on the satellite bill because I wanted to cancel it completely and he wanted to keep it. [/QUOTE]
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