My son got a lot of money from my parents for his 16th birthday. I honestly thought he was going to put the money into a savings account for a car, but he decided to use $1,000 to buy a huge flat screen television for his bedroom. When my son came home with the television, […]
Author: Phil
We truthfully thought they were going to put the money in a savings account
Our children got lots of money from our parents for their 17th birthday. We truthfully thought they were going to put the money into a savings account for a car, but they decided to use $1,000 to buy huge flat screen televisions for their bedrooms. When our children came to the lake house with the […]
She opted to use $800 to purchase a huge flat screen TV
Alvin’s daughter got money from his parents for her 15th birthday. Alvin thought she was going to put it into a savings account for a vehicle. But, she opted to use $800 to buy a new flat screen TV for her room. When she arrived at the beach beach house with the new TV, Alvin […]
She told them she didn’t want the television hang on the wall
Miriam’s kids got money from her dad for their 14th birthday. She wished they would put the cash into a savings account for a car. But, Miriam’s kids decided to use $900 to buy this big flat screen cable for their room. When her kids came home with the cable, Miriam told them that she […]
That would give me more space to walk around the room
My son received plenty of money from my dad for his 18th birthday. My wish was for him to put the money into a savings account for a better vehicle. But he decided to use $1200 to buy a 60’ flat screen cable for his room. When my son came to the loft with this […]
Need some investments
I listen to a lot of investor shows plus I am a part of those styles of groups on facebook. I even went on a trip to an investor vacation where we all talked about how we are improving our wealth. I read books, talk to other people, real estate agents, stock brokers, you name […]
A paint protector
When I was a kid, I bought a car and it was dented, rusty, and filled with junk. I did my best to make sure the car continued to operate. I changed the oil and made sure the tires had plenty of air. I got proper performance check ups done at the auto body shop. […]
A much needed fix after the beach
My wife took my brand new truck to the beach plus she got it stuck there. She tried to get the truck out of the sand and it got wedged deeper. She ended up having to contact AAA to have someone tow us out of the mess. All of us had to pay $200 extra […]
I wanted a bigger water heater.
We discussed installing a new hot water heater, and I thought we should go bigger. My husband was adamant about keeping the same size we had now, and maybe even going a little smaller. I hated that when I was taking a shower, I would often run out of hot water. I told him that […]
Discussing installing a new water heater
We discussed installing a new hot water heater, and I thought we should go bigger, but my spouse was adamant about keeping the same size we had now, and maybe even going a little smaller, but I hated that when I was taking a shower, I would often run out of hot water. I told […]