The root of all evil

Cash. Dinero. My life here in Ohio has been a constant struggle a big winded battle with the term "Cost of living". Because my New York salary is needed here just as much as it was in NY. While somethings are in fact cheaper here, the majority of things (like my credit card payments, student loan payments, my debt) have remained the same. In all fairness though, part of this debt materialized after our wedding.

I was in a forum the other day discussing whether or not it was tacky for a member's engaged co-worker to sell off raffle tickets for an Ipod... and the money would go towards the wedding. I thought it was creative and felt a pang of cash cramps from my residual wedding debt. So, I wrote a response to this post saying something along the lines of: I know how expensive a wedding can be. When we got married it was more expensive than we thought. We ended up racking up credit card debt. I don't condone the idea, but I do understand why she would do a thing like that. Someone (an unmarried someone may I add) said: See, that's the problem right there. People going all out and having a wedding beyond their means. Do what you can afford and everything will be fine.

I'm off on a tangent, I know that. But how come there are so many inexperienced scholars when it comes to weddings? I said the exact same thing she did when this whole thing began. I said we'd never borrow a cent and would certainly never use a credit card. But guess what? Life happened. We had to move 500 miles away and discovered this only after putting down a non-refundable deposit. We had to pay for our own hotel room, plus the flight plus the cost of cabbing it around town. *sighs*

Anyway, Sonny and I have been discussing taking up second jobs. We need that money more than either of us would care to admit. I don't have a dime worth of savings and I'm feeling entirely uncomfortable with that. In the past my savings helped me through an unemployment stint... so as my pops says, "We'll see"