Something Burn linked to on the thread about gender equality got me to thinking.
The statement was made that it is mostly the woman who is in charge of the family budget, and she knows instinctively that you can't spend your way out of debt.
I know that, but this basic fact seems lost on some.
For example, I see my oldest daughter making financial blunder after financial blunder.
She has, in effect, told me to stay out of her business, yet it is I to whom she comes begging for help when her money goes South.
My maternal g'mother, who lived to the age of 104, had a favorite saying: "Root, hog, or stay poor. Swim or sink."
I've decided to let her stay poor or sink - whichever comes first.
Syl