To say that I am thrifty would be an understatement.
- I really don’t like to spend money on anything.
When my wife gets me to open up my wallet, I am usually very crappy about the purchase. A few weeks ago, we took the kids to the amusement park for two days. We stayed in a hotel and ate in a restaurant for practically every single meal. We spent money on souvenirs, ice cream, and lots of things that we definitely don’t need. When the weekend was over and we were heading back home, my wife and the kids said they had a really great time. I had fun too, but I was thinking about all of the money that we spent. When we got home from the trip, we had to call a repairman to fix the air conditioner in the house. I was even more upset when we got home and found out that the air conditioner was broken. All of the money that we spent that weekend could have been used to fix the air conditioner. Instead, I had to use my credit card to pay for the air conditioner repair. It’s the middle of summer and there’s absolutely no way that we can go without cool air in the house. Everyone would complain and I would probably go insane. It’s going to take months for me to repay all of the money that I had to spend in one single 48 hour period. Between the AC repairs and the two day amusement park vacation, I’m in the poor house.