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Haves and Have Nots
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Posted 9:00 AM on Mon-25-Jun-2012
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At what point does having nice things become being spoiled?
The Bloke and I are both from low-middle income kiwi families. Neither of us ever starved, and our respective parents always magically managed to save somehow for school trips and special occasions.
Now, in our mid 30's, The Bloke and I are well aware that we are far better off than either set of parents would have been at our age, and having seen, and been taught sensible money skills right from a young age, I'm finding it a little hard to get my head around the fact that we would be looked upon as 'haves' while other people out there are quite obviously 'have nots'.
Don't get me wrong, it has been a long hard road, we've not just been handed things on a plate, it's all been hard work, teamed with just happening to make some very lucky decisions along the way. Sensible decisions. We have always gone with the sensible route rather than the route of the heart. That was until yesterday.
With 15 years as a couple being spent always doing 'the right thing' and always setting goals, this weekend we changed the rules and bought a new vehicle. I mean brand new. Who would have thought that a couple of kids from a tiny beach town with a trade each under our belts rather than any university degree, would be the kind of people who could walk in to a car yard and be taken seriously when inquiring about the latest man wagons on offer.
Apart from a tv set around 14 years ago, and the odd piece of machinery or equipment for the workshop, we've never paid anything off. We've always saved until we've had the money. I was half expecting the finance ladies computer system to beep at her telling her that these people were unknown in the world of credit.
Growing up with 'not much' has certainly made The Bloke and I set and fulfill goals. I dearly hope that this will rub off on Pocket and The Legend, and that it doesn't have the opposite effect where they think that things come easily because they've lived in a home where there's always been nice things.
Go JO!
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