Comments on: That Karma, she’s a bitch alright.

By: Dy-Anne

Dy-Anne — Sat, 22 Oct 2005 06:29:09 +0000

I too would love to do both- pay off our overlimit credit cards and get some new damn furniture –BUT neither will happen anytime in the near future. I have never had new furniture! The last time i sat on a new couch was when I was 9 and my mother got new rental furniture!!!
Plus with kids- will it really be new for long? My house is only 1 1/2 years old and the kids have already made it look like its 10 years old- i would hate to make a beautiful stylish couch suffer the torture that is children!

By: kim

kim — Wed, 19 Oct 2005 03:29:22 +0000

If you had enough credit card debt that it ate through that much cash, then the right, best and smartest thing to do was to get it paid off. My whole life spent with my parents they were always in a constant struggle to get credit cards paid off, and once you hit a certain point it just becomes an uphill struggle with the intrest. From your very own post it sounds like your husband initialy tried to get the best of both for your family, get the card paid off AND get new furniture, but just made a misjudgment in the math. It doesn’t sound like he was being a pig about it as akantha infers, but I guess only you would know that. Contgrats on getting your card paid though!!! That’s nothing but GOOD.

By: Cade

Cade — Tue, 18 Oct 2005 21:30:49 +0000

I would wait until your husband has his eye on a new bike, stereo, game console, or car - and yank the carpet out from under him. I only say this because I am a man and husband and I know how important my toys are to me. Ignore karma. Become friends with Bitter and Spite. For a while anyway

By: akantha

akantha — Tue, 18 Oct 2005 06:49:59 +0000

Yeah, alot of stores offer one year no interest, just get it paid off during the year.

GET THE FURNITURE. Paying off the cards is good, but they way hubby went about it is wrong, mean spirited, unfair, and uncommunicative. What the hell is up with that? And WHY do you need permission to do something that you agreed with him to do, anyway. GET THE FURNITURE. If hubby is a pig about it, GET A NEW HUBBY. Just try to keep the credit cards under control…..

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By: Julie

Julie — Tue, 18 Oct 2005 04:36:26 +0000

You know, I’d be inclined to pay off the debt too. But what bothers me about what transpired here is that I think you got the raw end of the “bait and switch”, whether it was intentional or not.

By: Piglet

Piglet — Tue, 18 Oct 2005 02:51:05 +0000

I just had another idea. Perhaps you could find one of the credit card offers for 0% interest for a year? We bought our big old flat screen TV like that, but made sure we paid it off before the year ended so it was “same as cash”…

By: Piglet

Piglet — Tue, 18 Oct 2005 02:48:47 +0000

Holee cow! You said it all when you wrote “I always knew my mother didn’t have my back”. And then this, “But no biggie. I’ll get over it. I’ll move on. I’ll forget. I always do”. Were you my twin that was thrown into the trash can too?

My Mother did not buy new furniture until all of us were out of the house. Now, that I have children I understand. Especially as I was trying (note trying) to get old and molded orange juice from our bedroom carpet.

There are some places that have interest free purchasing, just you wait. Keep your eyes open and know that the universe will provide you with what you heart desires.

~Piglet

By: Suebob

Suebob — Tue, 18 Oct 2005 02:47:00 +0000

Well crap. It ain’t much fun but I am with hubby. The credit card debt is just sitting there like a malignant tumor, growing stronger each day. Assuming that you and the man used the credit cards equally, it is as much your debt as his and he isn’t “taking” anything from you.

It’s like broccoli. It isn’t as tasty as nachos, but it is better for you in the long run.

By: V-Grrrl

V-Grrrl — Mon, 17 Oct 2005 19:41:56 +0000

As one who has gotten new furniture in the last year, I can tell you it is so worth it–I don’t regret a penny we spent on it because it makes me so happy and so comfortable.

I’m with MamaPajama (who is one smart cookie)–don’t abandon the furniture dream and don’t settle for the cheap stuff that doesn’t last and will be a compromise you resent. And meanwhile–buy the paint you like and have untitled husband paint the room to your specifications. He owes you, girlfriend. Big time.

V-Grrrl

By: Kelli

Kelli — Mon, 17 Oct 2005 19:01:06 +0000

I know it’s irrational. I know it’s the grownup thing to do, paying off credit card debt. But when one is just thisclose to upholstery that is free of ballpoint pen and other crumbly goodness, it’s a bit much for untitledhusband to expect you to simply suck it up, surrender the swatches and move blithely on. I’m with you, sister. Sulk a little.