No, it's work. If they don't try, they will never know. Not sure wealth is the right word, savings, yes. Not sure how on earth encouraging people to set goals and work to achieve can be irritating.
It can be very irritating when a stranger acts like they know better than the person living it. Telling a person who is barley making ends meet that they can find a way to save because they can/do is irritating.
I respectfully, and completely disagree. I literally just got off Facebook where there is a video of Shaq playing basketball with some low income kids. He encourages them to set goals, respect their family and friends, and never give up. Of course he encourages basketball as a route to success. These are kids from the same background as he came from. He says you never know how much you can achieve and points out he has made $700 million working hard towards his goals.
Never made much more than this and managed to save.
Yes, but you were also a dual-income household. So assuming you & your wife both made this, you were in a MUCH better situation than someone like me who is single and supporting a family making less than that. There were many years where I spent every penny of my paycheck on basics and had to make the decision on whether to buy my kids a new pair of shoes they needed and short pay the electric bill or pay the electric bill and hope the old shoes could last another month.
Like I said, I know that situation since my dad died when I was 9 and my mom had to support us on her paycheck. Maybe that is why I feel the way I do, it was how I grew up. I never wanted for anything I needed. But sometimes eating dinner out meant McDonalds not a steakhouse. My wife is of the same mindset. Her parents divorced when she was 9, and while the court awarded custody to her dad, she elected to live with her mother who refused alimony. Her most vivid memory of Christmas as a kid wasn't how few gifts there were under the tree, but having to carefully unwrap them so the wrapping paper could be reused.
This is true in many aspects of our lives. Our background very much affects our outlook on things. Because I spent many years of my early adult years not only lower income but at or below the poverty line I am still very thrifty in my spending. But being thrifty in your spending and choosing to save money vs spend is much different than being thrifty & still not having money to save.
I’ve met Shaqs parents several times, In fact I’ve been to there home near Orlando, yes he purchased the home.. Shaq may have come from early humble beginnings but he certainly didn’t grow up poor. I will say this, his mother was one of the kindest people I ever met.
I guess we'll just have to agree to disagree.
It is not the opinions based on their own personal experiences & situation, that can be irritating. It is when one basically ignores what a poster is saying and says "I did it so you can to."Christa, I know it can be irritating but when you the OP of this thread throws out this type of question....... it IS mostly all strangers answering with their views. There are many many different people with many many different $$ situations here on the DIS that will throw their 2 cents replies on a thread like this. It is what it is......and here's a hug to you.
Guess we will have to. Though I do have to say it is pretty difficult to save money that you honestly don't have.
