Dr Phil and $$$-did anyone watch?

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Dr Phil and $$$-did anyone watch?
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Fri, 01-27-2006 - 8:06pm
Hi, all. Did anyone watch today's Dr. Phil on money woes? The first segment was about an upper-crust young English girl who married "beneath" her(so she felt). Her DH was working 12-hrs, 6-days/wk, didnt see a way out, living in trailer, etc. Options: job training in another state, green card for wife, moving to a different locale. Second segment: teacher in 137K in debt with enabling sister bailing her out. Options: job training, cutting up credit cards, paying only with cash, getting rid of stuff she didnt need, stop paying for lavish trips and meals she couldnt afford, etc.. (I didnt get to see how it ended.). They did the math on owing for 30 yrs on cc debt---she would have paid $150K in interest alone. The $85 dollar sweater would become a $500 sweater that she would have put on credit, and how long it would take to pay it off. I thought it was interesting. Whiz.
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Registered: 06-18-2004
Fri, 01-27-2006 - 8:18pm

I saw the second segment. The teacher agreed to work wiht a budget counselor to get her spending under control. She spent to feel the instant gratification.

FWIW--Dr. Phil is giving away a free budget kit by the financial advisor he had on his show today. He is giving 1 million of them away. Once I finally got on drphil.com to check it out (it took literally 40 minutes to get his site to load) I discovered that everything that was on there I had with quicken. But, if you want something like that for free, all you have to do is pay $4.95 for shipping.

I can't really say if the show was helpful because I only caught the last 25 minutes. I am planning on checking out the first part later tonight when it is rebroadcast in my area.

Kellie

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Registered: 05-09-2005
Fri, 01-27-2006 - 8:20pm
Hi,
Sounds like an interesting program. I hope it's the same one we watch at 8:00 p.m. Calif time. I'd like to watch it. I'm a teacher too, but thankfully don't owe quite that much lol.
Megan
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Sat, 01-28-2006 - 8:37am

I started watching it and couldn't get past the first couple.

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Registered: 06-18-2004
Sat, 01-28-2006 - 8:54am

I don't think this one was a repeat. I never did get to see the first couple, but it sounds like I didn't miss much, execpt a raise in my blood pressure. I guess I will have to wait and watch it in reruns.

Kellie