30 Behaviors That People Think Scream “I Make Poor Financial Choices”

Why buy designer clothes for children? They don’t understand what it is in order to appreciate it and they grow so fast, they’ll have outgrown them in a few months/weeks. Get them something they’ll actually need!

It’s a child, not a fashion accessory.

A former in-law once worked in a day care that had a pair of clients like that. They'd drop their little girl off dolled up to the eyeballs in expensive frou-frou dresses and demand that she not be allowed to play with the other children because "It will get her clothes dirty". ___ The daycare staff would wait until they left, change her into some ordinary clothes that were left behind, let her play to her heart's content, then change her back into the frou-frou stuff 30 minutes before mom and dad arrived to pick her up.

So true! My daughter won't wear shoes unless they are light up! They can be whatever, but they need to have lights 😂

Expensive designer clothes? No. But Oshkosh, Gerber and others? Well made, wears well and is washable? PERFECT!

Fancy, over the top weddings are nice, but the point of weddings is to display your love to you partner, and it shouldn’t cost thousands to do that!

Yeah, I don't get expensive weddings. Finances are often the biggest point of tension for couples, why start a new chapter of your lives together with a giant bill? My husband and I spent $800, got married on a cliffside in Muir Woods, overlooking the Pacific, while whales screamed their whale-songs and then we (and our whopping 10 guests) celebrated and camped together afterwards! We both grew up dirt poor so doing things on the cheap come naturally.

Mine, 32 years ago was my parent's back yard. I wore a $39 dress from Penneys.

Putting more into the wedding than into the marriage is not good.

As we sat in the waiting room, the couple before us came out of the judge's chambers looking radiant. The couple after us was a remarkable couple. The groom was a Native American man in dress military uniform. The bride was a gorgeous Native American woman, dressed in stunning Native American garments. They were such a striking pair that we could barely avoid staring at them. The other couples were a big part of what made that day unforgettable for us, and it didn't cost a dime. We're still going strong after 25 years... The wedding does not make the marriage.

You forgot the newest iPhone every year.

When I was at my absolute poorest I would find ways to get my nails done if I could. Bills always came first, but if I could make $20 tutoring my neighbors kid for a test or whatever, that money went to a manicure. Even if it wasn't anything fancy and I just got my nails shaped and polished, it was the one little that made me feel a little less terrible about my situation. Even if you're broke, you are still allowed to be kind to yourself when you can. I do my best not to judge people when I know they're broke and I see they have something nice. I've been there and that nice thing may be the only thing helping them hold on to their sanity.

then rely on food banks pleading poverty

There was an episode on TV with the show called Luksusfælden (Luxury Trap?) Where people get help with their finances. On this specific episode there was a guy who was as close to being bald as you possibly can without being 100% bald. The few hairs on his head were super short. And he was in huge debt. But he still insisted on going to the hairdresser every 2 weeks. Because he felt it made him look better. Lol. In the end he taught his gf to cut it and she would do it for free. But... he was bald! And he spent money each month at the hairdresser's while he was so deep in debt he had to get help figuring out how to get a healthy financial situation again. (This is just one of the gems from that show. Lol)

I worked with someone who always had money to get hair extensions and her nails done, but never had money for diapers and milk for her kids. She would talk other people at work into getting her milk and diapers

True! I remember all of the random, small things me and my siblings did in summer vacation like going to the park or pool more than any big thing years later

We usually go camping with a tent. Not even abroad (living in the Netherlands). Even with a 30 minute drive, the kids love it. When the campsite has a pool and a playground, they'll have the time of their lives. And a tent is superspecial because it is such a different way of sleeping and living than we normally do. And it is really affordable!

SIL took her 5yr old to Disney (who won't rember it anyway) and is now $20k in debt... did I mention that she moved into her Mom's house a year prior to "save money" to buy a bigger house? She's the poster child for dumbass decisions.

My father took out a home equity loan on their paid off house so they could do fun stuff. He didn't tell my mother he did this until she found the statement. She banned him from all financial stuff after that, rightly so.

I liked Disneyland as a kid up to a point where my memories also involve being hot, tired of standing in lines and my parents being stressed about the airport/hotel situation. Camping at National Parks had a greater impression on me. I still seek out national parks and don’t have any interest in carnival rides

What tf is a stbxh?