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06-06-2009, 06:08 AM
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| Community Rank: Traveler   Join Date: May 2007 Location: Youngsville, NC
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| Ponder this with me, won't you . . . I received my new (well refurb) IPOD Shuffle on Thursday. Very excited!! It took me a week to decide what to buy as I had a specific price range in mind plus I need to buy the FM transmitter for the car. I was discussing this with my friend Tracey and she posed a question to me so ponder this with me, won't you: Why is it that we can spend like $50 on our kids without even thinking twice but yet we have to justify the cost when we want to buy something for ourselves??  Does anyone have this same problem?
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06-06-2009, 08:38 AM
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| RED SOX NATION!!  Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Connecticut
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| I have the same problem!! 
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06-06-2009, 10:09 AM
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| Community Rank: Trekker   Join Date: May 2009 Location: Birmingham, AL
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| I think it's especially hard for moms to do something nice for themselves.
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06-06-2009, 10:18 AM
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| Community Rank: Scout   Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: the lil city that Ike washed away...
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| ive always been this way.....no problem taking care of others...buying and spending when its for someone else....but i think and rethink before i buy for myself....and then feel guilty after i do spend the money.....its silly!!!!
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06-06-2009, 10:23 AM
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| Yup! Same thing here!! I found a solution as far as clothes go for me (that was my worst thing, I justfied it by saying "the kids outgrow they NEED them, i just want them" when in reality there were things I NEEDED too!) I used my Old Navy card to buy there clothes then the rewards are all mine. i save them up until I have $50 or $60 in rewards then go on a little shopping spree each season!! No one else gets to use the rewards but me so it "forces" me to treat my self at least twice a year!
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06-06-2009, 10:33 AM
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| Community Rank: Explorer   Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Ballston Lake, NY
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| My mom is the same way. She doesn't blink twice when being things for anyone else, but has a hard time buy things for herself.
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06-06-2009, 12:54 PM
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| Community Rank: Legend  Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Indiana , USA
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| It's because we're Martyrs. We think nothing of depriving ourselves, yet making sure our kids are cared for. I think it must be a natural response - possibly geared to protect children during famine? You know - the mom will sacrifice to make sure the child eats,thus ensuring the continuation of the species.
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06-07-2009, 06:13 PM
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| Community Rank: Traveler  Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Omaha, NE
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| I must admit I too struggle with this......... everyone in my household has an ipod of 1 type/size or another, except for me........ and I really want 1!! lol........ but alas, I will never own 1............ heehee |
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06-07-2009, 06:19 PM
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| Community Rank: Trekker  Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Maine
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| I will go to a store. Pick something up for myself and by the time Im done shopping I have talked myself out of it. Mind you everyone in my family has something in that cart when Im done......Everyone but me, that is  |
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06-07-2009, 07:50 PM
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| I even end up spending my birthday money on my kids or husband. Personally I think it is because I keep waiting for somone else to take care of me the way I take care of them. It's a fools errand really but I keep doing it. I do have my DVC though. When it comes down to it that's all that matters.  |
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06-07-2009, 07:55 PM
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| Believe in the magic....  Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Haverhill , Massachusetts
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| I am the same way with my kids and especially my grandkids. I will always get something for them before me.
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