Debt Forgiveness
Throughout my life, guys have made me cry in so many different ways: the pull-on-my-pigtails and push me on the playground method… the teasing me in front of all of the sixth grade about my training bra method… the asking my best friend out instead of me method… the “it’s not you, it’s me” method…
And then there was the one who made me spout tears just by talking about simple interest.
I made the mistake of confessing that I carried a balance on my credit cards, and that I took years to pay off my college loans. What could I do, I told him — I have a weakness for shoes. But being the tough-love guy that he was, he lectured me that had I doubled up on my loan payments from the get go, and foregone all those shoes I couldn’t afford at 22 and so ended up on my credit card balance for months on end, until after I paid down the debt, I could have saved so much on the interest that I would’ve been able to buy all those shoes anyway — and lifted the debt monkey off my back.
Well, who the hell wants to hear that?
My response, of course, was tears. Lots of tears. And in between sobs, I managed to tell him that I had my own brand of new math: Fiscal Responsibility - Instant Gratification = Me - Shoes = No Fun. And even Bono couldn’t save me from this debt crisis!
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August 22nd, 2005 09:54
I am not exactly sure what all of that means but I am pretty sure it means not putting things on my credit card at the only thing that passes for a sample sale in Chicago this weekend is a good thing. Note to self-don’t use the credit card. I hope I have that right.
August 22nd, 2005 16:50
Your shoes are absolutely fabulous, no matter what the tough-love guys says, and I firmly believe they are worth the money you spend for them!
August 22nd, 2005 20:18
Some guys just can’t get their priorities straight, huh! Fiscal responsibility is sooo overrated.