Life was good. Ignorance was bliss...
Until Nate welcomed another man into our relationship. At first I was a little resistant, you know, two's company; three's a crowd and I'm not quite sure there's room enough for one more.
Reluctantly I gave in- thought I'd test out the waters a bit just to see if it would work for for me... as it turns out, it doesn't.
Who's this man? Well, his name is Dave, Dave Ramsey, and he's kind of raining on my money spending parade. He's really no fun at all.
Nate and I have been taking the Dave Ramsey course for a few weeks and it has put things into financial perspective for me. Every Thursday night Nate and I read out of the bible of Dave, which has now added a new phrase into my vocabulary- "Dave says".
Unfortunately Dave usually says, no. Here, let me show you how it works;
"Can we go out to eat tonight?"... Dave says, no.
"Can I buy myself those killer pair of green heels?"... Dave says, no.
"How about we buy ourselves a new car?"... Dave says, no.
"What about a quick run to the local gas station to grab a 32 oz Diet Coke in a styrofoam cup?"
Dave says, maybe. As long as it's in the budget and you don't make a habit out of it.
See what I mean? No fun.
Sure, Dave's good and all for people who want to actually have money and get out of debt. But what about those of us who want to believe that money just magically appears in the bank account each month? Perhaps I'll write a book on that. Take note, my friends. Pretty soon you'll be reading out of the bible of Ginnie. It might put you in financial ruin, but at least you'll have fun in the process.
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My TV thought of the week:
Glee, you're killing me. Totally disappointed. Anyone else with me on this?
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7 comments:
I hate the Dave. And the Suze Orman. They both rain on my parade all the time. Stupid saving money. What good is saving when I'm not having any fun???
P.S. Bums me out about Glee. Heading down to the treadmill to watch it now. Had high hopes. :-(
Ok, about Glee. I gave it up when Santana and Ashley were making out the first five seconds of the episode (the "sweet lady kisses" episode). It was a sad day to delete it from the DVR. I just knew it was going to keep pushing it until I was watching Kirk making out with some dude....
Dave, Dave, Dave. He's such a little pest. We are still ignoring his existence, hoping he'll go away and leave us to our own financially ignorant bliss.
And sadly, we gave up on Glee barely into the 2nd season...too much of the in-your-face-with-social-issues-I-don't-agree-with-why-can't-you-just-shut-up-and-sing-and-dance-and-let-Puck-take-off-his-shirt-and-play-his-guitar-man-I-guess-I-had-more-issues-than-I-thought stuff going on.
Renn is outright obsessed with Dave. He comes up at least 4 times a day in our conversations. And since we only get to talk to each other for maybe 5 minutes a day before he drifts off to sleep, that's a bit much!
I share your Glee frustrations! I stopped watching after like the third episode this season, but I turned it on last night and said to myself, I'm only going to watch until something gross or bad happens. Needless to say I didn't make it more than five seconds until I heard Santanta talking about likeing boys and girls! I'm so sad. I LOVED the first season.
Dave is a pain. No fun. No fun at all. I unfortuantly, I am the spender in the realationship... SO Dave soon has become a four letter word to me. But in all honesty, he makes sence. I like the idea of debt free and spending where you mean to spend...But I like to have a LITTLE fun along the way. I'd like a little Dave AND a little fun... Is that too much to ask?
I thought you'd totally love Dave, you hate spending money! Aren't you the nerd in your relationship? You should be taking it with me! I'm facilitating it in Orem on Tuesday nights, it's super fun!
I am totally Dave Ramsified! Love his teachings. Sadly, they all go out the window when I'm at Target, or online shopping, or at Hobby Lobby.....yeah, i have issues.
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