Debt pronWatching TV the other day we caught one of these "Bank of Mummy or the Wife" type shows and we thought, "This is Debt Pron." I.e. peoples financial problems exploited for the voyeuristic pleasure of others. Then we thought, "We bet lots of people on B3ta have massive financial problems. Let's exploit them." So, confess them all. Dodgy credit cards, lending money to some bloke in the pub, visits from the bailiffs, using one card to pay off another. We want to wallow in your fiscal pain. So, what is your biggest money fuck up?
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rob, Thu 23 Nov 2006, 19:50)
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moneyi am terrible with money.
i grew up in a large poor family - we never had much but there was always food on the table. as a consequence i am very materialistic and tend to get myself little presents to cheer myself up.
b3ta is bloody good cheap therapy!
i've always made good money - i just manage to spunk it away on things. last year was a total shocker for me - money and debt played a large part in why my marriage was failing. but, i saw the light and have now repaired my marriage and am taking steps to repair my finances.
currently i'm about 30k up the shitter - it's going to take a while to sort that little mess out - but it can be done. i've got a 100k house and a 45k mortgage, so that aint too bad.
credit cards are to blame. they were a good idea in concept but that concept failed to take into account that people are idiots. kinda like guns in that respect - helped us humans with the hunting initially, then turn out to be very good at endiing lives. kinda like a great tool in the right hands.
sobering thought of the day. the uk government owes £529 billion (£529,000,000,000) and that works out at about £8k per man woman and child. add that to your totals, b3tans!
lh
(, Fri 24 Nov 2006, 11:17, Reply)
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