Archie Moses
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I hear it all the time. Maybe it's a Utah county thing.
Stupid Pet Peeves
- Thread starter Hartsock
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Have I moaned yet about co-workers who have combined salaries between $120,000 and $200,000 complaining about how broke they are? Constantly crying that the middle class is dying, they will never be able to retire, and are living paycheck to paycheck? I'm surrounded by this and it seems people have become completely clueless to what being poor really means.
Everyone thinks if they just made that extra 10k a year their life would be completely different.
Sure, but don't you think there's a point where it get's very tacky, disingenuous, disconnected, insulting to actual poor people, and something along the lines of out of touch with reality spoiled adult syndrome? Qu'ils mangent de la brioche.
If I heard someone in that position moaning like that, it would take every ounce of willpower in me to not completely berate them.
It’s pretty much a universal truth that the more people make, the more they spend.
The next 10k would go just as fast as the last 10k.
Holiday's and customs as an obligation, as something to constrain and bind us.
Let things like Thanksgiving enable you to enjoy this time of year. Don't let it obligate you to do things you don't want to do. If there's something about the current tradition that you don't like, don't do it! Start a new tradition.
Let things like Thanksgiving enable you to enjoy this time of year. Don't let it obligate you to do things you don't want to do. If there's something about the current tradition that you don't like, don't do it! Start a new tradition.
This.
I've tried for a decade to get my family to do "second Thanksgiving" on the following Saturday or Sunday every other year so we can all be together every year. Thanksgiving is by far my favorite tradition, but my family can't get over the fact that we wouldn't be doing it on Thursday, and have always refused. For reasons unknown, they finally relented this year and realized my point, but still tied it to Sunday dinner after church.
It's an improvement.
Supposed to be multi-quote with Bulletproof, oh well.
I completely agree, don't keep tradition if it lacks meaning or is not what you want it to be, just because you've always done it. There is nothing wrong with making something better, or creating something new to fit your needs. Whatever it takes to be with people you want to be with, should be a good portion of a tradition. It shouldn't be something we feel we have to do so it becomes a chore we don't look forward to. Sometimes I feel that way about some holidays, I endure them and wish I had a real vacation to recover. I'm in the process of making changes to fit mine and my families needs. Maybe a compromise that meets in the middle that is better for all, but maybe not perfect for each.