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Well I have gotten new earrings and am thrilled with them, but I find myself reticient to mention them to friends and coworkers. My husband and I are not rich by any stretch, but I am trying over the long term to set things up so we will own our house, have money for retirement, etc. Part of the situation is that a number of people I know are in slightly different financial situations; large school debts, working at jobs that they find satisfying but don''t pay alot, or have large homes with equally large mortgages (and so no spare spending money). We decided t get a smaller home and my husband fixed it up so we have a low mortgage for the amount of house we have, no school debts, etc.
We had some people over on Saturday, and people started talking about how (because of being house poor) they didn''t buy anything for their respective spouses for christmas. My husband and I looked at each other and didn''t say anything. After the evening ended I mentioned it to my husband and he agreed with me that they wouldn''t understand, and to wear and enjoy my earrings but not bring it up. I guess I have the feeling that if I do bring them up they will either a) think I''m bragging or b) being irresponsible with our money.
Does this ever happen to anyone? I don''t know if I''m making any sense. Since I''ve got my earrings I''ve only shared them with one friend/coworker who knows my interests and is practically independently wealthy whom I knew would be excited for me.
We had some people over on Saturday, and people started talking about how (because of being house poor) they didn''t buy anything for their respective spouses for christmas. My husband and I looked at each other and didn''t say anything. After the evening ended I mentioned it to my husband and he agreed with me that they wouldn''t understand, and to wear and enjoy my earrings but not bring it up. I guess I have the feeling that if I do bring them up they will either a) think I''m bragging or b) being irresponsible with our money.
Does this ever happen to anyone? I don''t know if I''m making any sense. Since I''ve got my earrings I''ve only shared them with one friend/coworker who knows my interests and is practically independently wealthy whom I knew would be excited for me.