How much do you carry in your wallet?

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Registered: 08-24-2007
How much do you carry in your wallet?
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Tue, 03-02-2010 - 10:35am

My daughter and I were having a debate last night regarding the contents of our wallets.

Kate


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Registered: 10-01-2009
Tue, 03-02-2010 - 9:13pm

Kate you are sooooo funny


I have small luck...I do win a fair bit of small prizes ($65 here $300 there)


I always have....


The most I have won at the casino is 3K three years ago


I won 5k at bingo about 8 years ago


2k last christmas at that 50/50 raffle


I always play small too....the most ive ever lost is $50 (I work too hard to lose more)


I do enjoy games of chance...


The money in the wallet is a neurosis thing...I don't know if you know but for about four years (18-21) I lived in dire poverty...and really I had nobody to help me out during those years....I worked full time with a huge courseload in a professional degree program....I often had ten dollars for the week and all my classmates (90% of them anyway came from upper middle class backgrounds) and would make disparaging comments on my lunches, lack of outing money or even my clothes...they said it was good fun...but I was devastated by their lack of compassion or understanding....Many times during those years I went for a couple of days without eating...


Gosh I didnt want to start a sob story...but in some ways that experience has scarred me...and I swore I would never let a friend in need do without...so I do my best to help others out...


I hope you love your new desk


Hug


Duke

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Registered: 01-20-2010
Wed, 03-03-2010 - 8:15am

aw duke! i am glad that your experiences have made you want to do more to help others and not less. it's brilliant.

i carry very little cash on me most of the time. $30 twice a month and when it's gone, it's gone. dh and i will use cash for evenings out and when it's gone, it's gone... i keep a $20 pinned to the inside pocket of the baby's diaper bag just in case. i haven't used it, but i know that it will come in handy someday. i work from my check card which only has access to my monthly checking acct (i have 2 checking accts, one for bill pay and one for monthly expenses. all the money for groceries, gas, cats, baby, and slush gets transferred into the monthly acct 2 times a month and i pretend like the bill pay acct doesn't exist.)


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Registered: 03-27-2005
Wed, 03-03-2010 - 8:22am

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Registered: 02-09-2000
Wed, 03-03-2010 - 11:20pm
It all depends.
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Registered: 08-24-2007
Thu, 03-04-2010 - 1:19pm

Wow, Duke, I had no idea about your college situation.

Kate


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Registered: 07-26-1999
Thu, 03-04-2010 - 2:22pm
I tend to be like your DD where the less cash I have in my wallet, the less I spend.
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Registered: 08-04-2008
Fri, 03-05-2010 - 7:51pm

I carry all cash.




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