[quote=scaredyclassic]but i cannot have funw ith money. that’s the issue. it triggers enormous feelngs of guilt, thinking about spending it on jewelery or frivolities…
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For some people, stackin’ $$ high in the bank brings them the greatest joy. If that’s the case, who am I to judge? You ARE enjoying your money, just in a different way than I do.

But going for the $100 watch…I would warn against that.

When I was about 10, I wanted a blue velvet bedspread. Trying to analyze that from my adult eyes, I have no idea why. I just did.

I told my mom and next time we were at the store, I pointed out the one I wanted. It was expensive. She talked me into this blue shag-carpet looking bedspread at a fraction of the cost. We bought it. I hated it. We might as well have bought nothing because it brought me more pain than joy.

That is when I learned that if there is something I’m really set on, something of far lesser quality is probably not worth buying as a substitute.