'Financial I Never': The personal-finance drinking game
Posted
Apr 09 2008, 06:45 PM
by
Karen Datko
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Do not -- we repeat, do not -- try the drinking game created by "Finance Girl" if you've made a mess of your finances. (Actually, in the name of responsible consumption, you probably shouldn't try it at all.)
But Finance Girl's post at Finance Gets Personal about her game -- which she calls "Financial I Never" -- makes solid points about money management in a roundabout way. Plus, her running commentary as she pretends to play (we're actually guessing that she's pretending) is pretty funny.
To play this game, all you have to do is down a shot every time you've done one of the things on her "I never" list. The first question is: "I've never bounced a check."
Another one is "I've never borrowed money from relatives." ("Give me a break; I was 17," Finance Girl says.) There's also "I've never had an Old Navy credit card," and "I've never taken a payday loan." ("What do you think I am, stupid? Don't answer that.")
To "I've never had a home-equity loan or home-equity line of credit," she says, "How else are you supposed to buy a house with no down payment?" And to "I've never bought a pair of $100 jeans," she says, "Well, I did once, but I returned them. Does that count? Fine."
