Comments on: Saver or Spender: Nature or Nurture? http://beingfrugal.net/2007/10/09/saver-or-spender-nature-or-nurture/ Live more. Spend less. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:04:26 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: debtdieter http://beingfrugal.net/2007/10/09/saver-or-spender-nature-or-nurture/comment-page-1/#comment-2083 debtdieter Mon, 19 Nov 2007 08:07:54 +0000 http://beingfrugal.net/2007/10/09/saver-or-spender-nature-or-nurture/#comment-2083 I think I was born a spender, and my sister is definitely a saver. Dad is a spender and Mum is a saver, so we've got it from them somehow. I think I was born a spender, and my sister is definitely a saver. Dad is a spender and Mum is a saver, so we’ve got it from them somehow.

]]> By: Adeem Zafar http://beingfrugal.net/2007/10/09/saver-or-spender-nature-or-nurture/comment-page-1/#comment-2082 Adeem Zafar Mon, 19 Nov 2007 03:19:54 +0000 http://beingfrugal.net/2007/10/09/saver-or-spender-nature-or-nurture/#comment-2082 Excellent article. It was thought-provoking for me. I had a question that is minutely related to saving vs spending. If one were to stick to paying cash for everything, would one have a higher tendency to spend more often with cash or with a debit card? Excellent article. It was thought-provoking for me. I had a question that is minutely related to saving vs spending. If one were to stick to paying cash for everything, would one have a higher tendency to spend more often with cash or with a debit card?

]]> By: FIRE Finance http://beingfrugal.net/2007/10/09/saver-or-spender-nature-or-nurture/comment-page-1/#comment-1266 FIRE Finance Sun, 28 Oct 2007 10:20:06 +0000 http://beingfrugal.net/2007/10/09/saver-or-spender-nature-or-nurture/#comment-1266 We tried to track back but it was giving errors. This is a great post and we listed it in our weekly favorites. Keep up the good blogging. Cheers, FIRE Finance We tried to track back but it was giving errors. This is a great post and we listed it in our weekly favorites.
Keep up the good blogging.
Cheers,
FIRE Finance

]]> By: olivz http://beingfrugal.net/2007/10/09/saver-or-spender-nature-or-nurture/comment-page-1/#comment-1038 olivz Wed, 17 Oct 2007 16:58:39 +0000 http://beingfrugal.net/2007/10/09/saver-or-spender-nature-or-nurture/#comment-1038 I think it's probably both. Both my brother and I don't like spending money. We learned from a very young age that our parents worked really hard to provide for us, and that we just didn't have a lot of money to spend. My sister, though, is becoming quite the opposite. We all started off the same, but now I think she just spends too much, and I credit it to the people she hangs out with and her husband (pretty much all affluent) and the fact that she now earns her own money. I think it’s probably both. Both my brother and I don’t like spending money. We learned from a very young age that our parents worked really hard to provide for us, and that we just didn’t have a lot of money to spend. My sister, though, is becoming quite the opposite. We all started off the same, but now I think she just spends too much, and I credit it to the people she hangs out with and her husband (pretty much all affluent) and the fact that she now earns her own money.

]]> By: Best Finance Articles from Carnival of Personal Finance #122 at Clever Dude Personal Finance & Money http://beingfrugal.net/2007/10/09/saver-or-spender-nature-or-nurture/comment-page-1/#comment-1031 Best Finance Articles from Carnival of Personal Finance #122 at Clever Dude Personal Finance & Money Wed, 17 Oct 2007 10:21:41 +0000 http://beingfrugal.net/2007/10/09/saver-or-spender-nature-or-nurture/#comment-1031 [...] Frugal asks if it’s nature or nurture affecting our financial decisions. I was definitely a spender, but thanks to Stacie, I’m becoming a cheap, old man! Thanks [...] [...] Frugal asks if it’s nature or nurture affecting our financial decisions. I was definitely a spender, but thanks to Stacie, I’m becoming a cheap, old man! Thanks [...]

]]> By: Hey, Dr. Zeuss is in town - Blunt Money http://beingfrugal.net/2007/10/09/saver-or-spender-nature-or-nurture/comment-page-1/#comment-1015 Hey, Dr. Zeuss is in town - Blunt Money Tue, 16 Oct 2007 15:56:43 +0000 http://beingfrugal.net/2007/10/09/saver-or-spender-nature-or-nurture/#comment-1015 [...] The P in Personal Finance Also Stands For Patience - My Road to Wealth - Saver or Spender: Nature or Nurture? - Spending Found Money Go to: Home page   Add to: del.icio.us Netscape reddit StumbleUpon [...] [...] The P in Personal Finance Also Stands For Patience – My Road to Wealth – Saver or Spender: Nature or Nurture? – Spending Found Money Go to: Home page   Add to: del.icio.us Netscape reddit StumbleUpon [...]

]]> By: Welcome to Carnival of Personal Finance #122 at Mighty Bargain Hunter http://beingfrugal.net/2007/10/09/saver-or-spender-nature-or-nurture/comment-page-1/#comment-1001 Welcome to Carnival of Personal Finance #122 at Mighty Bargain Hunter Mon, 15 Oct 2007 14:17:08 +0000 http://beingfrugal.net/2007/10/09/saver-or-spender-nature-or-nurture/#comment-1001 [...] Being Frugal, with thrift neverending, Asks if we’re born to be saving or spending. Brip Blap, the blog with the catchy-ish name, Describes how to enter the billionaire [...] [...] Being Frugal, with thrift neverending, Asks if we’re born to be saving or spending. Brip Blap, the blog with the catchy-ish name, Describes how to enter the billionaire [...]

]]> By: Welcome to Carnival of Personal Finance #122 at Mighty Bargain Hunter http://beingfrugal.net/2007/10/09/saver-or-spender-nature-or-nurture/comment-page-1/#comment-1002 Welcome to Carnival of Personal Finance #122 at Mighty Bargain Hunter Mon, 15 Oct 2007 14:17:08 +0000 http://beingfrugal.net/2007/10/09/saver-or-spender-nature-or-nurture/#comment-1002 [...] Being Frugal, with thrift neverending, Asks if we’re born to be saving or spending. Brip Blap, the blog with the catchy-ish name, Describes how to enter the billionaire [...] [...] Being Frugal, with thrift neverending, Asks if we’re born to be saving or spending. Brip Blap, the blog with the catchy-ish name, Describes how to enter the billionaire [...]

]]> By: Kandy http://beingfrugal.net/2007/10/09/saver-or-spender-nature-or-nurture/comment-page-1/#comment-924 Kandy Thu, 11 Oct 2007 13:29:47 +0000 http://beingfrugal.net/2007/10/09/saver-or-spender-nature-or-nurture/#comment-924 I was the super saver in my childhood. I thought carefully about my purchases and whether I really wanted that new toy or comic book, because I was always saving for our annual vacation to Disney. At 6 or 7 years old, I'd easily have $70-100 for "spending money" when we would take family vacations, and invariably "loan" some to my brother and even parents by the end of the trip LOL. Then I hit puberty, and my bipolar began to manifest itself. I still *can* save, but not if I have access to the money. I'll do really well, and then my OCD kicks in, along with the natural impulse issues with bipolar, and I'm busted in a 5 minute span of time. Literally. Doesn't help you much does it? LOL. Through therapy, I've come to realize that this CAN be controlled...I just haven't had the opportunities to remain in therapy long enough to do something about it (insurance doesn't like therapists). Katie saves every penny. Jared has impulse issues already. He saves up, and then goes wild suddenly. Bekah doesn't really have a concept yet...she just wants every pink toy she sees. I was the super saver in my childhood. I thought carefully about my purchases and whether I really wanted that new toy or comic book, because I was always saving for our annual vacation to Disney. At 6 or 7 years old, I’d easily have $70-100 for “spending money” when we would take family vacations, and invariably “loan” some to my brother and even parents by the end of the trip LOL.

Then I hit puberty, and my bipolar began to manifest itself. I still *can* save, but not if I have access to the money. I’ll do really well, and then my OCD kicks in, along with the natural impulse issues with bipolar, and I’m busted in a 5 minute span of time. Literally.

Doesn’t help you much does it? LOL. Through therapy, I’ve come to realize that this CAN be controlled…I just haven’t had the opportunities to remain in therapy long enough to do something about it (insurance doesn’t like therapists).

Katie saves every penny. Jared has impulse issues already. He saves up, and then goes wild suddenly. Bekah doesn’t really have a concept yet…she just wants every pink toy she sees.

]]> By: Lynnae http://beingfrugal.net/2007/10/09/saver-or-spender-nature-or-nurture/comment-page-1/#comment-913 Lynnae Thu, 11 Oct 2007 04:27:33 +0000 http://beingfrugal.net/2007/10/09/saver-or-spender-nature-or-nurture/#comment-913 "selective spender" -- I love that term! I think it describes me pretty well too! “selective spender” — I love that term! I think it describes me pretty well too!

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