Opening the Lines of Communication

If you have debt, does your family know? Do your friends know?

Before starting this blog, I don’t think any family members or friends knew how much debt we have. Because I talk to my mom often I told her about my blog and she’s been stopping by every now and then (Hi Mommy ). It’s funny because she doesn’t stop by too often because she feels like she’s spying on me LOL. I also told a friend about my blog and she stops by too (Hi!).

In both cases, as soon as they started looking and reading about our situation then something interesting happened – they started discussing things with me. That’s never happened before that I can remember.

I won’t go into detail about what was discussed, but it was related to finances.

And I believe that is a very good thing.

I think a big problem today is the fact that talking about money is still a pretty big taboo. We learn so much from our peers such as tricks and tips regarding parenting. Why not discuss finances? Why is that such a bad subject?

I have found the newly opened lines of communication exciting. We now have the opportunity to learn from each other and help each other when it comes to finances. Who better to bounce ideas off than people you know, trust and love?

Could I have broken the ice without this blog? To be honest, I’m so shy I probably couldn’t start up a conversation about finances. But if someone started the conversation I probably would have joined in. All it takes is one person to start.

Great, I feel like chatting with my mommy but it’s too late to call now. I’ll call you tomorrow

Posted by Tricia on August 17, 2006 at 10:37 PM in General Debt | 4 Comments »
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D responded:
Posted: August 18th, 2006 at 9:24 am
How wonderful. I wish I could talk to my mom like that. I so envy you. Give your mom a big hug for me, and let her know she’s the best!
Jen responded:
Posted: August 18th, 2006 at 11:16 am
Have you read Green With Envy by Shira Boss? She wrote about how keeping up with the Joneses affects us, and one thing she commented on was the taboo against talking about money. She thinks that if we could be more open, we’d be better off. For starters, we wouldn’t think our neighbors make more money than we do just because they have more stuff… We may find out they’re up their eyeballs in debt! And, it could alleviate our own private stress and anxiety to be able to share our money problems with others. It’s an interesting book. And, no, I am not related to the author
Tricia responded:
Posted: August 18th, 2006 at 7:24 pm
D – I would give her a hug, but she’s 600 miles away Hopefully soon I can.

Jen – no, I haven’t read that book but it sounds like a great read! Thanks for mentioning it because I am always looking for books to put on my “to read” list
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