Maybe I’m missing something here, and since I don’t have kids, I probably am, but doesn’t it seem like our society spends way too much on things that we see as “necessities?”
Most kids I know have their own tv’s, dvd’s, cell phones, Ipods, and the list goes on and on.
If we cut out all of these “necessities” and got back to the basics we would all be better off?
I kinda hope that if we do have a recession/depression this will help to re-set our priorities. I can’t imagine having to place generic cereal in a glass container, because my kid would know it wasn’t a brand name. I sure would not have known the difference or cared when I was a kid. Geez my mom put toothpicks in vienna sausage and I thought that was a treat. Don’t forget the pineapple rings on the spam!
I know if I lost my job tomorrow, I could cut out at least $600 worth of expenses a month right off the top, without even having to think about it. Let alone having an RV I can’t afford to drive, and am probably making monthly payments on it.
PS, no offense, so please don’t take any, if I read it correctly, you said you spend about $500 a month on cloths. My question to folks out there with kids, what happen to the days of shopping at the beginning of the school year, and wearing the same cloths until the school year was over?
I know that is not how it works today, but why not? Would it be so bad to have to live like that? Would the kids of today not appreciate things more if they had to wait for them, or save for them. Just asking, from someone who spends WAY too much on her dog!
