ekelly

@ekelly (5)

United States • Age 59

Joined myLot 18 years ago

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Can you afford to take your kids to the ballparks,amusement parks etc..

GrammaFood @GrammaFood (716) • United States 10 Dec 06

It seems everytime one of our Sports team hires a great player for millions of dollars we end up paying for it! There is no way i could afford to take 6 of us to a sports arena and pay for tickets,food and a small souvineer...

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ekelly I made a point of always being honest with my kids about finances....from the time they were very young. I never made excuses for not being able to buy things or take them places. And I never felt guilty about it. I was honest with them and they accepted that...

10 Dec 06

Does your family make you do all the travelling?

4monsters4me @4monsters4me (2569) • United States 10 Dec 06

I get really annoyed by this behavior. We recently moved away from the midwest (where all of our family it). Now they all expect us to travel to see them. We live 500 miles from my dad and 800+ miles from my in-laws. My dad...

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ekelly You said: "They have no clue that each time we visited them (when we lived closer--300 miles away) we used out credit cards to finance the trip and put ourselves about $500 in debt each time (if not more)." Maybe you should tell them about that.

10 Dec 06

Is being poor all that bad?

toonatoons @toonatoons (3737) • Philippines 10 Dec 06

i shouldn't think so. being poor makes you clever, it enables you to explore all other possibilities to make do with whatever is available; it releases your creativity and ingenuity, and makes you appreciate simple things....

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ekelly There is nothing slef-piteous about not being able to afford health care when you are sick. I don't see anything good about dying because of being poor. There is nothing self-piteous about not being able to feed your own children. I don't see anything good...

10 Dec 06

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Conflict between Mother and Wife

john1984 @john1984 (309) • India 10 Dec 06

I have a question regarding family matters. There is a continuous tussle between my mother and wife regarding the distribution of work in the house. My mother has burdened my wife with every single house chore. My family consists...

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ekelly To to the wife of John1984: If you like taking care of 15 people, then continue doing it. If you don't like it, then leave. To John1984: Who did all the chores in your house full of 15 people before you got married? It really stinks that you would allow...

10 Dec 06