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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

Dec 11

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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