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Originally Posted by JohnnyGrey
Most women are emotional spenders and advertisers know this. She won't care that driving a used four cylinder is more sensible than a BMW SUV, her friends have one, and she should have one too.....Nobody is more concerned with keeping up with the Joneses than American women. Sorry, but it's true. Mr. Jones is leveraged up to his eyeballs. You really want to keep up with him?
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Man, I agree with this stuff for sure!
My gf decided to get a new car (we had been sharing my Jeep since moving out to AZ). We talked about going the next weekend, she had an idea what she wanted and a budget. The next day I came home to a new car in the driveway. It was about double what she intended to spend, and a color she didn't want, but she went at lunch break to look at what they had and just had to get it.
In her defense she'll probably drive it till they don't sell gas anymore. She had her first car 9 years, and every vehicle her family has they bought brand new, including the mint 74 Chevy 3/4 ton truck, mid 70's Vega, 1981 TransVan, and on and on. She was taught to take care of stuff and hold on to it.
And for keeping up with the Jones's, totally right there. Sometimes feel like it's a race between her and her friend's who's going to get married first, and I catch all the grief when someone gets engaged (and probably half of them split before getting married so far). And a house. I agree we need to get out from renting, but do 2 people need to look at $200,000+ 4 bedroom home?
Here's the man-cave I dwelled in before she came along
I don't know if that's something to be proud of or not, but I sure liked it. 380 sqft painted concrete floor, slept on the couch for almost a year, and could wrench on my bikes without having to go outside. It was like a garage with a bathroom, which is all I need!