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PoindexterOglethorpe

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1. Many people, perhaps most, spend far too much

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Thu Dec 11, 2025, 01:12 AM

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this time of year than they have any business spending. DON'T. Just, don't.

For me, growing up relatively poor, and having been similarly poor several times in my life, I have no trouble not spending. And so, I have NEVER spent money I didn't actually have in hand for the holidays.

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