tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8242926316765633205.post2865863614473500943..comments2024-03-17T04:14:44.845-05:00Comments on Frugal Scholar: Edmund Andrews: Still Leaving Out Pertinent InformationFrugal Scholarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12696815672500452503noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8242926316765633205.post-67591317605122412162009-06-30T10:21:11.766-05:002009-06-30T10:21:11.766-05:00@All--I see I'm not the only one who finds the...@All--I see I'm not the only one who finds these people fascinating. I think the self-deception piled upon self-deception really interesting--in life as in literature.Frugal Scholarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12696815672500452503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8242926316765633205.post-75454033755635657132009-06-27T21:55:09.974-05:002009-06-27T21:55:09.974-05:00Isn't this the guy you said had the big expens...Isn't this the guy you said had the big expensive house and all that stuff? If so, if I'd married after going through all that financial mess there is NO WAY I'd be wanting to live high on the hog..I'd be wanting to save like crazy and live much more simply. Sounds like she didn't learn very much from the exhubby's actions the first time around then to let him do it to her again. And some people would be doing very well making $10/hour I think.Suzyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09736403277973311615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8242926316765633205.post-78941989067010045892009-06-26T20:59:14.745-05:002009-06-26T20:59:14.745-05:00Every time I start to read the stuff on this pair,...Every time I start to read the stuff on this pair, I get frightened. <br /><br />The whole idea that Andrews Male blundered into his present fiasco uninfluenced by Andrews Female is sooo preposterous. It gets better when we're presented with the idea that the man is a financial writer and so should a) have had some understanding of A. Female's pathology and b) should have recognized the well-greased slope he was stepping onto. <br /><br />Hmmm... Ever wonder whether the whole story is a put-up job?Funny about Moneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13188173788063351801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8242926316765633205.post-20410724753818583452009-06-26T17:59:43.130-05:002009-06-26T17:59:43.130-05:00If a woman has horrendous financial problems, and ...If a woman has horrendous financial problems, and marries (you know the "for richer, for poorer" part of the vows?) her partner could help her pay her debts by adding his money to hers to pay them down instead of throwing every penny he made into the mortgage (as I recall from the NYT piece he wrote). Wonder what the sister has to say about all this. Maybe they can pay her back frm the book deal.Duchessehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09986153653120526776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8242926316765633205.post-39388415292177508782009-06-26T16:49:01.998-05:002009-06-26T16:49:01.998-05:00@Funny--You've got to read all the stuff out t...@Funny--You've got to read all the stuff out there on this guy. And his wife. Truly cringe-inducing.Frugal Scholarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12696815672500452503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8242926316765633205.post-78312754878411043622009-06-25T20:44:53.078-05:002009-06-25T20:44:53.078-05:00So...she declares bankruptcy to get out of a loan ...So...she declares bankruptcy to get out of a loan from her sister? Really? <br /><br />That notwithstanding, what Our Hero is saying is that his wife's previous financial fiascoes are irrelevant to the present misadventure, which is to be laid 100% to his own enthusiasm for a house he couldn't afford and to evil lenders who invite him to take a bite of the apple...uhm, sell him loans he couldn't afford. And the question is, "Why was that even possible." <br /><br />Why, indeed, when you have a spouse with a track record that might have informed a community-property decision.<br /><br />Could it be the ineffable inaudibility of the female voice? naaaahhh...say it ain't so, Ed!Funny about Moneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13188173788063351801noreply@blogger.com