Comments on: Top reasons people don't budget

By: Wants to remain secret

Wants to remain secret — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 19:22:03 +0000

My wife thinks that us sitting down and doing a budget will make the siutation even more stressful than it already is (which is pretty stressful) by puting pressure on her to not buy anything or even just by fucussing on our problems.

If we don’t do a budget, we will soon be bankrupt from overspending.

I explained to her that it would make the situation worse by ignoring the fact that we need to figure out the numbers instead of borrowing more, but she thinks that by doing this it makes the situation more stressful or that I don’t care about what she needs.

I have tried to do a budget by myself because of her unwillingness to participate, but she complains and puts so much pressure on the topic of what she needs that the budget never is adhered to.

Mind you, my family of three is on a VERY low income.

Hope you have a suggestion or two.

By: Debt Aim Debt Help

Debt Aim Debt Help — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 03:03:43 +0000

I hate sitting down and doing a budget… I know it helps tremendously, but sometimes i just don’t want to sit down and do it. Which of the 3 budget making programs you recommended, so you recommend the most?

By: living in a frugal way

living in a frugal way — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 20:39:17 +0000

I think it is very important to keep some kind of budget but all of us have fallen for one of these excuses in the past.

I am doing pretty good right now but at times like everyone I have a complete blow out and screw the budget for a period!!!

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reasons to budget - Dogpile Web Search — Wed, 07 May 2008 16:51:23 +0000

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By: Penelope @ Our Fourpence Worth

Penelope @ Our Fourpence Worth — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 06:01:57 +0000

We don't have a budget because we don't really need one; not because we're rich. On the contrary, we live on a very small income, but we have gotten ourselves into a mindset to simply not spend money if/when we don't need to, and when we do, to spend as little as possible. So in a way, we have a budget of $0 and try not to go over it too much. I wrote an article on this called the No-Budget System on my blog Our Fourpence Worth, in case anyone is interested.

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By: Marcie

Marcie — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 19:41:08 +0000

Thanks for your response. I’ll take a look at the article you wrote. Crossing my fingers that it’ll work.
:)