tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6600547462620775535.post2384355356528701023..comments2008-05-05T10:30:28.561-05:00f.f.http://www.blogger.com/profile/15189780903818004615noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6600547462620775535.post-13921041733702122372008-05-05T10:30:00.000-05:002008-05-05T10:30:00.000-05:002008-05-05T10:30:00.000-05:00Well, what if you thought about it this way:<BR/><BR/>Instead of emergency supplies being something you buy in preparation for an emergency, think of them as things you buy in order to have on hand in general, regardless of society's outlook. Then you're not <B>responding</B> to anything you might be afraid of, but buying assumed necessities, in the same way that you buy a smoke detector. Framing it as planning ahead instead of a panicked response could certainly make one feel a whole lot more rational about filling one's basement with food, water, and 7.62x41mm cartridges.<BR/><BR/>The smoke detector analogy is particularly apt, because you can't wait for a fire to happen to buy one. Well, the same would be true of a social collapse. I'd bet that by the time any of us would realize that such a thing is happening, a lot of other people will have done so as well and there will be drastic shortages of all the things you'd want in such a situation. The absolute destruction of Western civilization isn't even needed for that to be the case. Much more temporary and comparatively minor disasters cause the same sort of thing.ARhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09695255436104873832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6600547462620775535.post-61898271175586501392008-03-19T21:44:00.000-05:002008-03-19T21:44:00.000-05:002008-03-19T21:44:00.000-05:00ldub, too funny! Yes, drinking all the liquor is one possible solution.feministfinancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10267120839614636271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6600547462620775535.post-32475117324291399712008-03-17T23:12:00.000-05:002008-03-17T23:12:00.000-05:002008-03-17T23:12:00.000-05:00If I've saved money for something than I don't feel bad for buying it even when the economy sucks. I also have a long list of things that I want to buy someday, but I haven't started saving for it yet. So if I have the specific money saved, than I don't feel bad. But if I just have a general list of things I eventually want with no money saved then I feel bad about spending the money.calgirlfinancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13822017737768982505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6600547462620775535.post-68620940829024501552008-03-17T15:48:00.000-05:002008-03-17T15:48:00.000-05:002008-03-17T15:48:00.000-05:00I don't think I feel guilt for buying things if I know I can afford them. I think as long as you have budgeted and know you can cover all your expenses while meeting your savings goals then you are fine to buy the furniture. We can always be saving every penny and never buying anything for ourselves. Another way you can look at it is that you are helping the economy out by purchasing the furniture!Dreamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02511419730045721752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6600547462620775535.post-26547039955600753182008-03-17T15:15:00.000-05:002008-03-17T15:15:00.000-05:002008-03-17T15:15:00.000-05:00would you feel better if you got just the china cabinet, and used one shelf for the homeless booze? or! buy the china cabinet and drink the booze - then you'll be really happy about the china cabinet! :) i think i'm in the same boat; i've been guilt-ridden over framing a print. the print was a gift (worth well over the $225 price, since we got an artist's proof given to us personally by the artist), and the framing was what we would have paid for the print. we had the money saved up. it's gorgeous. i will love it forever. and yet? GUILT. so much guilt. damn you, stupid economy!ldubnoreply@blogger.com