“I Splurged My Entire Paycheck on a Designer Coat: It Was Our Only Money”
At the start of fall, I impulsively bought an expensive designer coat. I knew it was a rash decision, but at that moment, nothing else mattered.
At the start of fall, I impulsively bought an expensive designer coat. I knew it was a rash decision, but at that moment, nothing else mattered.
Recently, my husband and I realized that our family was outgrowing our two-bedroom apartment. Our children are of different genders, and each needs their own space. We decided to buy a house for my husband’s mother, but now his sister is trying to take it over.
Martha had been a widow for over a decade, living in a small town. She resided in a one-bedroom apartment that she and her late husband had purchased together. Her granddaughter, Emily, persistently urged her parents to buy Martha a new one-bedroom apartment, but her pleas went unanswered.
Two years ago, my husband and I made a rather impulsive decision that we now deeply regret. It all started when my husband got a promotion, and I, following my gut feeling, suggested we take out a mortgage. For years, even before the birth of our two children, the eldest of whom just turned 15, we had been renting an apartment. Then