(07-24-2019, 04:11 PM)StroudCrowd1 Wrote:

(07-24-2019, 03:48 PM)Caldrac Wrote: Freddy's case was a bit different. He got robbed by his agent at that time. That same agent robbed a few of his other players as well I believe. 

As far as people living lavishly or spending beyond their means? A lot of us are guilty of it. Credit Card debt and companies are a testament to this. George Carlin ranted about it once and it stuck with me. Though I haven't learned from it quite yet myself. 

"People are spending money they don't have on things they don't need". It's true. The best advice my dad ever told me before I moved out was the following as well.

"Never buy food with a credit card. There's no sense in paying interest on a turd".

Even better advice is don't put anything on a credit card you can't pay off in a month!

True. When I was 18 I slowly built my credit score up by just using it to get maybe $20 - $25 worth of gas here and there for my car or a pack of smokes for my mom and I would just pay it off every two weeks with a paycheck. Within 6 months of doing that they jacked my $500 credit line up to $1500. Then more offers started coming in the mail. 

It's a weird little game you have to play in this Country with the credit system. But I get it now. You just have to have discipline. It's still hard for me at the age of 31. Thankfully my wife keeps me in check. She'll withdraw $200 out every paycheck I get and just store it away in an envelope around the house somewhere safe.

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