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05.21.08, 19:34 PM New York City
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finances are tight, but before we got to this point we locked in to a Hamptons house for 1 month. Will be hanging with people who have way more money than us and most don't know we are on our way out financially. Would any of you care? [ Reply | Watch | Flag ]
New York City 05.21.08, 07:34 PM Flag
 

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I wouldn't. My friends are in all different financial situations. Who cares? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.21.08, 07:35 PM Flag
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If all they care about is how much money you have they aren't friends. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.21.08, 07:35 PM Flag
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No [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.21.08, 07:36 PM Flag
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As long as you bought a case of wine when it was your turn, who cares? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.21.08, 07:37 PM Flag
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you I like! [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.21.08, 07:40 PM Flag
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ugh! nothing worse than a bunch of people pushing 40, sharing a house in the hamptons and drinking cases of wine. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.21.08, 07:40 PM Flag
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nothing? really? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.21.08, 07:43 PM Flag
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sounds fun to me [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.21.08, 07:43 PM Flag
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sounds like a bad TV show. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.21.08, 07:45 PM Flag
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just wait til you hit 40 whipper snapper! [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.21.08, 07:45 PM Flag
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lol! [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.21.08, 07:57 PM Flag
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Alas it is within the month for me... [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.21.08, 08:38 PM Flag
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Are you really sharing a house for a month? You're not rotating weekends/weeks? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.21.08, 08:43 PM Flag
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We have it for the whole month. Just DH, DCs and I. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.22.08, 03:57 AM Flag
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so you won't be there with the other people? then why worry? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.22.08, 04:22 AM Flag
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I think she means that she will be socializing with people who will also be in the Hamptons. I say enjoy the house as it sounds like you will be pulling the belt. Any chance you can change the plans? Maybe the house can be rented to someone else who procrastinated? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.22.08, 04:42 AM Flag
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I could but hate to do it. The kids are really looking forward to it and so am I. We can't afford it but we'd lose money if we subletted anyway. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.22.08, 05:05 AM Flag
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but you'd get something back at least. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.22.08, 05:07 AM Flag
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don't care if people have more $ than me (I'm poor relations in our family), but hate the hamptons. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.22.08, 05:06 AM Flag
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You will be living my life. We stay at my parents hamptons house every summer and have a large circle of friends there who all own their own homes and do not have to watch how they spend their money. We are on a pretty tight budget. We do what we can to socialize, but we also duck out alot. Go to a few dinners as a group but not any as they are expensve. We go to all their parties and never have our own but do have other families over. Of course I wish I could keep up with them finanically, but we are just happy to be out of the city for the summer and enjoy the beach and our family time. BTW our financial standing chnaged about a year ago also, although we never had the financial freedom all our friends seem to have [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.22.08, 07:09 AM Flag
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may I ask what happened? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.22.08, 07:10 AM Flag
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A few different things, but it cut our income by 75%. We still do have a lot of savings. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.22.08, 08:28 AM Flag
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How is it that you are able to just take a whole month off from work if finances are tight? Do either of you work? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.22.08, 07:22 AM Flag
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np: ita, hard to feel bad for anyone who can spend a month in the hamptons, things can not be that bad. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.22.08, 07:26 AM Flag
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I SAH and DH will be comming out on weekends (taking Fridays off) [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.22.08, 11:02 AM Flag
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maybe that's why their finances ARE tight...perhaps they agreed to this and then somebody got the boot. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.22.08, 08:16 AM Flag
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As i wrote, "Before it got to this point". We had no idea when we got into the rental that cerain things would happen in our lives to exhaust our finances. And it's not like "We can't pay our mortgage or buy food" tight. It' [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.22.08, 10:53 AM Flag
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^^^It's more like "We can't eat out with our friends 4 times this week" tight. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.22.08, 10:53 AM Flag
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So you mean, not tight at all? Just not totally and completely pampered and spoiled? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.22.08, 10:59 AM Flag
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OP: Yep, that's about right! So I was posting about if my friends would be cool with it or not...in case you can't tell these are not real "friends". These are "Hamptons folk". My real friends wouldn't give a frig. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.22.08, 11:01 AM Flag
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then don't worry about it...if those "friends" care that much then they aren't worth the effort. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.22.08, 11:04 AM Flag
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Can you get out of it. Seriously take some of the financial pressure off yourselves and start tightening the belt asap and deal with it instead of making it worse. btdt. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.22.08, 11:07 AM Flag
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You need to work on your self-esteem before your dc's catch on. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.22.08, 11:47 AM Flag
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