It's A Guy Thing...Revising A Classic Meme

Two years ago I used this exact same meme for a blog post. I didn't realize this until when I entered the label "Bad Financial Decisions" under the Labels section, the website told me I'd used that exact phrase once before.

But, do I look at life differently now?

I'm going to leave what I wrote below. Much is the same as on the previous blog post (if you want to read it click: HERE if you're interested...). On the old post I said I'd include a photographer guy, a drone guy, and a musical instrument guy. I did not include musical instruments on this post. So, hope you like reading my new thoughts on the same topic.

 I suppose it's not just a guy thing, but at least, I understand it. Of the following knights and/or king, I'm maybe half those people. And there's probably things I would put on this list, that is missing. I'm not a boat guy, I'm not a knife guy, or a PC guy, or a golf guy, or a gun guy (not because I'm against them...), or a gamer guy. 

Had I the money, I could be a car guy or a Lego guy or a gun guy or a watch guy. I'd also be a book guy and a camera guy (including drones...), and some other things I'd have to think about.

The reason I'm not a car or Lego or gun or watch or camera or book or other things is based on the big thing all the pointing things are pointing at...bad financial decisions. I'm not saying I always make good financial decisions, but there are a lot of things I don't buy because of that. The main reason is I like to eat, I like my family to eat. I like to sleep under a roof with an address where mail can be delivered and I like my family to have that same level of comfort.

When you think about it, it doesn't matter how much money you have. Even if you're a billionaire, spending money foolishly is a bad financial decision.

Still, I'd like to be a billionaire and test my theory myself.

This Is True...And I Can Think Of A Few More

I ran across this picture the other day. I snapped a picture and forgot to include who posted so I cannot give credit where credit is due. I feel bad about that because credit should be given for such an amazing meme.

It's so true...

But, I can think of a few more things to add to this list.

We all make bad financial decisions from time to time. It's part of not only being human, but growing and learning as we get older. Remember your first car? Was the purchase made strictly for educated and wise reasons? My first car was a 1965 VW Bug. I paid $500 for it in 1982. Was that a bad financial decision? 

Depends on who you ask. Me--definitely, my mom (and many others...)--probably not.

Of course, had I that same car today in that same condition (it did run, sort of, when I bought it...), I could sell it for probably $10k. 

I'm not a gun guy, or a knife guy, or a golf guy, or a boat guy, or a gamer guy, or a car guy. I like some of those things more than others so maybe with sufficient funds, I might turn into one of those guys. But, if I had sufficient funds, I'd probably add:

Photographer Guy

Drone Guy

Musical Instrument Guy

Just to name a few. So, going back to my first car, sure it had problems and it was (probably...) a bad financial decision, but wait a few decades and that bad decision would have looked pretty good.

Maybe time is the difference between bad and good. Time will tell.