peeweemom

peeweemom t1_jadgoe0 wrote

Reply to I teach a Math Personal Finance class, help me think of additional lessons/activities. by homeboi808

How about ‘keeping up with the Jones’s?’

In today’s social media society- kids are exposed ALL the time to lavish vacations, fancy cars, and ‘little work’ careers. What they often don’t realize is that it’s usually a facade- and that many of those people are living paycheck to paycheck. Maybe show some real life examples of middle class families that got out of control with financing toys and wants… and then ended up in dire situations.

I honestly don’t think that even many adults I know realize that not everyone needs or has the latest iPhone, fancy car or other… and that these are indeed wants and not needs.

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peeweemom t1_jacp88m wrote

Reply to Father getting divorced by waynekop

Has he been working? If she is able to prove that he hasn’t been saving like she has even though he should have been able to she might have a case.

Not the same state but had a friend recently divorce and he saved a ton in his 401K and his wife had a good paying job but just chose to spend a lot more than he did. Not sure how it worked out with the lawyers… but I know she didn’t get it… at least not even close to half of it.

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