Math lesson: “Mom’s money is Mom’s money and Daddy’s money is Mom’s money.” ======= Boy: Counting, recounting the money he earned folding laundry this month. Saving for a tablet. “$7.50. I have a long way to go to get to $200.” Mom bites lip, looks up at ceiling. He doesn’t know she borrowed the $120…
Math lesson: “Mom’s money is Mom’s money and Daddy’s money is Mom’s money.”
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Boy: Counting, recounting the money he earned folding laundry this month. Saving for a tablet. “$7.50. I have a long way to go to get to $200.”
Mom bites lip, looks up at ceiling. He doesn’t know she borrowed the $120 he made as a child study in a psychology program (last year).
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Tonight
Daddy: “Daddy’s sad because he lost his wallet.”
Boy: “Oh, that means we will be poor now.”
Wow!! That’s crazy!! Its like Rich Dad Poor Dad. 🙂
Ha ha, is it? Great book. =)
OMG!! I love that book so good!! 🙂
If we loved it so much why are we still not rich?
:/
You know I ask myself that everyday. 🙂
“Mom’s money is Mom’s money and Daddy’s money is Mom’s money.” I believe that’s included in the marriage vows these days.lol
Ha ha I believe it. The young ‘uns are rewriting everything nowadays.
You know what they say. Happy wife, happy life.
=)
That is what I heard too during my marriage course. Ha Ha Ha
He he. Works out, right? =)
Seems yes =)
Mom is rich, and Dad is poor. Ha! Ha! Ha! Very good humor! 😀
Good summary of
MY HOUSE.
lol
I just loved this quote “Mom’s money is Mom’s money and Daddy’s money is Mom’s money.”
So true 🙂
He he. I love the saying, too!
Your boy is soooooo cute!
And I love the maths lesson *winks*
*chuckle*
*wink back*
I thought I was the only one to borrow money from my kids, and then forget to pay it back! Thank God I have company.
Please tell Tennyson he rocks!
Love,
e
Ha HA. Will do (that is, tell him. The paying back….eh…when Mom learns to manage her money better.)
And as a follow up the to the very astute observation by your wee one, my little ones often tell me that my wife “is the boss” of me.
True. 🙂
*chuckle*
A money lesson story from my boy’s childhood: My son thought he had it all figured out. He would ask Santa for the expensive gifts because he knew that we didn’t have the money for those gifts!
Roar!!
And praytell, whAt happened??
That year, I believe it was a go-cart that he wanted. His mom and dad are good shoppers, so he got a go-cart . It was a less expensive one that was not motorized as he was always full of energy to burn off! He did not get everything on his wish list which is also a life lesson on money. But it sure is fun to dream about what Santa could leave.
Ha ha sure. I suppose it doesn’t hurt to dream esp as a kid and if it doesn’t become an idol. =)
Children have something to teach us about money and what’s going on between mommy and daddy.
Ha ha. They have a LOT to teach us.
The $120 was just borrowed. Wasn’t it ?
*clearing throat*
*clearing again*
Ye-e-s.
haha. This was perfect. My son still doesn’t have a clear idea about money. But I to stop myself from saying that I don’t have enough money to buy that, or that this particular toy is too expensive in front of him. I don’t want him to obsess about money at so early an age. I usually resort to these tactics when he stresses about buying some weird toy he will never play with. But yes, it is important for him to understand that he can’t have everything he points to in life. Right?
So interesting, Nida. I love how we can introduce different perspectives to one another. What you work to avoid saying to him is exactly what I make it a point to say at times. We are not made of money – far from it – but at the same time we are more comfortable than many families and than we ourselves had dreamed we would be. I’ve worried the last few yrs about the impact of this COMFORT on T. I want him to see us mindful of our spending bc we do in fact have a limit. So when he asks to buy a toy – which he has only 2000 of in his giant playroom – I say no, we don’t have the money for it at the moment. We have started to offer the alternative of his saving for what he wants. I couldn’t believe he wanted to save for a tablet. Sigh. All his friends are sporting iGadgets and he doesn’t even watch TV. My husband thinks it’d be almost cruel not to let him get one when he’s bent on working for it (building from ground zero!) but I think he’s just too young for iAnything.
I couldn’t agree more! “he is too young for ianything.” (I am going to remember this expression :D)…I strongly believe in children playing outdoors. I HATE video games etc. But the fact that your son is saving just for a tablet is adorable. Maybe you can let him off the hook this one time;)…
You made me think. So just now, I was saying to myself that it’s one thing for kids to see their parents struggling to survive, to sense the desperation I sensed in my mother. But I think it’s another for them to watch their parents being mindful and to see a check on impulses. We come back to boundaries. Boundaries needed in all things. Thx for the great conversation. Who needs to go all the way to a coffee house and spEnd on gas and drink when we can do this? =)
Oh yes absolutely:). Nothing like a virtual heart-to-heart from the comfort of our homes. You know, this conversation could be another idea for a series of posts.
LOL You’re talking like me now. LOL. Actually, I thought the same.
I. Am. Wiped. OUT.
Feel free to run with it.
LoL
Haha. I’d love to but I am quite a newbie at this. But who knows, maybe I’ll give it a shot in the coming year or so. Thanks:)
I’m 20 months old out here. No rule that says you have to qualify to start a project. =)
True true. Thanks for the encouragement 😀
Hilarious! I enjoyed this very much, thank you. And many thanks for visiting my new blog, I’m honoured ☺. Looking forward to reading more of your posts. I too am a mom in process of finding myself again now that my daughter is in school ~ balancing act is a challenge! Peace, love & light, julia
Thanks for connecting here, Julia. Nice to know the background of your own story. I certainly appreciate the follow and welcome to A Holistic Journey. =)
Xx
Diana
Gratitude ☺
I once told my son we didn’t have the money to get something he replied, “All you have to do Dad, is go the that machine(ATM), it will give you more!”
LOL!!! Yeah, Dad. ‘S all you had to do.
This made me laugh. My husband would see the truth of this post! 😄💜
He he.
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A very interesting perspective…it is how we look at things and money is a big matter, and it does matter, the divide is an issue.
Such a weighty matter it helps to laugh about it. =)
Yes you are right…
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sigh, ain’t it so.
ha ha ha, great post, I think my Mum used to say ‘what’s mine is mine and what’s yours is mine’ to my Dad, an oldie but a goodie. And my Dad definitely said ‘happy wife, happy life!’.
Classics bc they have withstood the test of time. =)
I think my wife used to mitigate that phrase a bit. Something like, “What’s mine is mine, and what’s your’s is mine, unless I say you can borrow it”. Whatever, she was happy, so I was happy.
Ha ha. There you go. As long as she was happy.
We used to have envelopes: groceries, clothes and fun. I think we had more fun trying to make the fun stretch than with the fun proper. But it sounds like you are having lots of fun in your own way.
Ha ha. Envelopes sound careful and sweet.
Lol.. did you ever tell him about the loan?
Back then, but he’s 7.5 now. He forgot. (Not MY fault fergot.)
^^
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