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post 24/12/2012, 03:47 PM
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Just something I have observed quite frequently and often wonder about.

She has a rock on her ring finger the size of a pea, he has a $70k car, the baby is in a Bugaboo pram, but they rent a shoebox on the outskirts of town and live from pay packet to pay packet.

Why do some people do this?

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post 24/12/2012, 03:49 PM
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The Preeclampsia police. Check your BP today!
Because different people have different priorities, different values?
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post 24/12/2012, 03:50 PM
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My snarking is a medical condition.
Because that is what makes them happy? Not everyone is a closet actuary.
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post 24/12/2012, 03:51 PM
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I pick and arrange all my own flowers, Jerry!
Because it makes them happy ??

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post 24/12/2012, 03:52 PM
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QUOTE (.Jerry. @ 24/12/2012, 04:49 PM) *
Because different people have different priorities, different values?


agree with this. Its their choice what they decide to spend money on and maybe having a nice car/pram/ring is what's important to them at the moment
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post 24/12/2012, 03:53 PM
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They are probably bogans, OP.










(Couldn't resist wink.gif)






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post 24/12/2012, 03:54 PM
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Maybelle, how rude.

They're cashed-up bogans.
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post 24/12/2012, 03:58 PM
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is it only a dream that there'll be no more turning away?
Some people aren't very good at delayed gratification. I have a relative who drives a Hummer, lives in a McMansion, always wears designer clothes but is too broke to afford food some weeks.
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post 24/12/2012, 03:59 PM
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Spoiling for a Christmas Eve, bun-fight, eh....?
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post 24/12/2012, 04:00 PM
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Some people like to show off and act like they have everything when the truth is they are up to their eyeballs in debt. Everyone is different and i guess if that is what makes then happy then so be it.

Personally for me if you don't have the money in the first place then you don't get to buy it.

E.G my hubbies dream is to own a BMW now he could get one on lease through his business but my opinion was when you make enough money in your business so u can pay for that car in cash upfront then you should buy it fortunately he agreed original.gif
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