04-20-2011, 03:14 PM
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Originally Posted by EvilChuck
The 'if' is very important though, how is it not!?
Lets say I have a child who wants something for £250 at the end of the month.
I earn £1000 a month, £500 of which goes on the monthly bills. I spend a further £200 during the month on the grocery shopping, another £100 on petrol, plus another £100 just on general stuff that my family and I need.
That all totals an expenditure of £900, leaving £100 for my child's thing. Obviously, I cant afford it right now. But three months down the line, with the same income and expenditure, all of a sudden I'd have £300 for my child's thing, and CAN afford to buy it for them.
Are you saying in this instance that you wouldnt buy the thing that your child wanted? (Within reason of course, as I said in the post quoted by pooka. I'm not advocating buying your child everything they ever ask for).
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I personally wouldn't buy my child that even if the money was available. It's not enough to get them the thing they want. That 300 could go towards either savings or another bill. There is always another bill somewhere.
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