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[Jimy Bilmo]

Like even back then...did the banks need auditing? So you keep a running total then physically go to the bank and make sure they match....and the banks were wrong often enough that it was worth keeping track manually?

what?

Not everyone makes Mr and Mrs Connie money where you just swipe and don't give a fuck how much it is.

 

[blue-sun]

LOL Really? I know she is in finance by trade right? But thats some 80s 90s shit right dur.

She's an accountant (technically a Controller) for an investment company. She (and her boss, the CFO) print out things on paper all the time. So much so that when covid happened and she started to WFH, she had them buy her a printer for home to print out stuff.

After she prints the stuff out, she does whatever she needs to and throws the paper out. I mean, it's only 2022, why do stuff digitally?

 

[bikrboy128]

My debit card never gets used. My CC has cash back incentives, why would I spend my money without getting something back

 

[blue-sun]

 

[blue-sun]

Y tho. I never understood this phrase, even moreso now that every bank on the planet has an app

Spend money
Check app every couple of days
No surprise expenses means your shit isn't stolen, life is good

you still write checks for stuff?

no checks but debit card.

 

[Jimy Bilmo]

 

[blue-sun]

My debit card never gets used. My CC has cash back incentives, why would I spend my money without getting something back

Much like getting rid of cable TV, which I rarely use, I have suggested using a CC for points. She's paranoid of overspending on a CC and not having the $ to pay it off at the end of the month.

 

[blue-sun]

 

[Jimy Bilmo]

Sounds like it's time for you to take the pants back and start leading the household.

 

[blue-sun]

Sounds like it's time for you to take the pants back and start leading the household.

 

[FirstWorldProblems]

no checks but debit card.

But then why does the "checkbook" need to be balanced when the balance & all transactions can be viewed on an app in like 2 seconds?

I'm trying to wrap my head around this

 

[FESTER665]

Not everyone makes Mr and Mrs Connie money where you just swipe and don't give a fuck how much it is.

I make nowhere near what Connie makes and I havent balanced a checkbook ever.....

Check once a week or so to make sure no stupid charges are coming across, but other than that I know whats in there and what I can spend.

 

[Jimy Bilmo]

I make nowhere near what Connie makes and I havent balanced a checkbook ever.....

Check once a week or so to make sure no stupid charges are coming across, but other than that I know whats in there and what I can spend.

Same. Somehow, with whatever we spend, it falls in line and it's all good.

 

[The Beast]

Same. Somehow, with whatever we spend, it falls in line and it's all good.

$2

 

[Fish]

My debit card never gets used. My CC has cash back incentives, why would I spend my money without getting something back

Plus you run WAY less of a risk of your bank being compromised. I was doing the same and using debit for everything and our account was compromised twice. Screw that. CCs are easier to replace and fight charges with.

Much like getting rid of cable TV, which I rarely use, I have suggested using a CC for points. She's paranoid of overspending on a CC and not having the $ to pay it off at the end of the month.

Use CC
Get in car
Open CC app
Make payment before you leave
.......
Profit

 

[blue-sun]

Plus you run WAY less of a risk of your bank being compromised. I was doing the same and using debit for everything and our account was compromised twice. Screw that. CCs are easier to replace and fight charges with.



Use CC
Get in car
Open CC app
Make payment before you leave
.......
Profit

same for viewing reports in Excel on screen versus printing them out. Boomer in a Gen-X body.

 

[Jimy Bilmo]

same for viewing reports in Excel on screen versus printing them out. Boomer in a Gen-X body.

Trade-in more than just the car

 

[blue-sun]

Trade-in more than just the car

 

[Dan00Hawk]

She's old school and stubborn, and isn't going to change unless it's her idea. So you need to start coming up with ways to make her think it's her idea when you want something done differently. Get creative!

 

[The Beast]

TCG is concerned

 

[GTvert90]

This thread sure delivered in ways I couldn't even imagine ?

 

[blue-sun]

She's old school and stubborn, and isn't going to change unless it's her idea. So you need to start coming up with ways to make her think it's her idea when you want something done differently. Get creative!

Which is why when she said Accord today I nearly fell over! ?

 

[blue-sun]

This thread sure delivered in ways I couldn't even imagine ?

I’m here for TCG entertainment. Except Jimbo. Everyone else can laugh at my expense! ?

 

[SpeedSpeak2me]

She's old school and stubborn, and isn't going to change unless it's her idea. So you need to start coming up with ways to make her think it's her idea when you want something done differently. Get creative!

blue-sun go watch Inception if you haven't already seen it. Just don't watch/re-watch it with the wife

 

[boostedguy05]

I'm also going to suggest a Sonata or Kia K5. She had a 2015 Sonata Sport 2.0T from 15-19 and we put 60-70k on it with no real issues. It was fast, got great gas mileage and looked decent too.

A Sonata N Line would nice, but we'll see if she wants fuel economy over performance this go around.

headed to back to back to back meetings...fun fun!

We just got a 22 sorento. Wife loves it. Tech in it is great. It was hard finding what we wanted in stock, and places that did have stock had ADM. We beat them up on ADM a little, and got more on trade in so it kinda washed itself out.