#200 — Budget Conscious

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My money and I have a troubled relationship. It’s always trying to run away from me. It’s not that I’m not nice to my money; I’m always taking it out to shows or shopping or for a nice dinner, but at the end of the evening it’s just gone. If I thought I could entice it back with a bouquet of roses and a box of chocolates, I would.

The sad truth is that it takes hard work to gain and maintain a solid relationship with money. Unless, of course, you happen to have relatives who are both wealthy and generous. Unfortunately none of my relatives had the good sense to be born rich so I can’t count on them to enlarge my fortunes. (Full Text)

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