I saw a similar article on another website so I thought I'd ponder it...
1. If you feel that you HAVE to spend money, buy something that will last longer than a meal.
2. You will not make enough money in the future to pay for the things you're charging now. You forget that while your salary goes up, so does the cost of living. You will want to buy a house, have children...they cost money that you can't put toward debt.
3. Stop trying to appear that you have more than you really do. It means nothing. No one is really paying that much attention to the car you drive or the clothes you wear. No one pays attention to you at a restaurant except the waiter. You have no one to impress.
4. FIND A HOBBY that can easily translate into family life. Travel to the places you dream about instead of eating out and buying useless expensive clothes. They won't fit you much longer anyway.
5. Go to financial marital counseling before the wedding. Don't just assume all as is good.
6. Even though you don't know how to invest, invest anyway. Something is better than nothing.
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