From Get Rich Slowly – Talking About Money with Family and Friends

What does a blogger’s spouse do while the blogger is out of town? Hang out with other bloggers and their spouses, of course! While Chris Guillebeau was off playing with the tigers in Thailand, his wife Jolie spent some time with Kris and me. Last Friday morning, we picked peaches (and then Kris and Jolie canned them). In the evening, the three of us had dinner with Erica (from erica.biz) and her husband Richard. As you might expect, the conversation had a tendency to stray toward personal finance. Because I’d just published my article about life in the third stage of personal finance, we talked a bit about that. Third stage frugality “How does frugality work when you have more money?” Richard asked. I was confused. “What do you mean?” I said. “Well, when your income increases, how do you stay frugal when your expenses go up? How does frugality scale?” “Ah,” I said. “Well, frugality works pretty much the [...]

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