That's another thing that gets me. People ask for help but when you tell them how you got where you are the response is "I could never not spend money on this or that." I suppose thats where we get the saying "if it's important you'll find a way, if not you'll find an excuse."
But isnt' that true for ANY advice? People ALWAYS want a magic bullet (I mean, I totally understand, I'd love one too, but there is no substitute to discipline
and common sense, unfortunately!!)
I had lost 45 pounds over two years, slowly and steadily, by changing some bad habits, portion control, introducing more fruits and veggies and more excercise.
People were asking me for my "SECRET" all the time. They did not want to hear the truth. I kept telling them "there is no secret, it's a well known fact that fruits and veggies
have less calories than chocolate and chips and that working out burns more calories than watching TV" and that the best way to loose weight is to eat less calories than
you burn....NOBODY wanted to hear that. It was always, but this won't work for me because...(insert common excuse a) b) c) or d) )
I just got tired of having to discuss the subject all the time. Unfortunately I fell off the bandwagon for a while now, need to get back into the swing of things to loose what I gained back.
It's the same with living frugally. My friend bought a house a bit more than half the price of ours. It was a stretch for them, whereas ours was purposely less than we could have afforded.
She asked me what our mortgage was. Being discreet with these kinds of things, I did not want to tell and I told her it was not relevant, because our situation was different from hers.
But she just kept asking any time she got a chance. So I told her at some point what our monthly payment was. She scratched her head and asked me, how come we have a much more
expensive house and half her payment.
Hellooooo, Basic finances and a bit of math!! They call it a "substancial downpayment" instead of a 3% down financing that you can barely scratch together. duh!