My big, fat $10 million bat mitzva
This is not to suggest that we can't dispense good money on our children or pets but at what point does it become excssive!
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My big, fat $10 million bat mitzva
This is not to suggest that we can't dispense good money on our children or pets but at what point does it become excssive!
Catholic Ping
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If Bill Gates wants to blow 10 Billion dollars on a party, it's HIS money!
When the person spends beyond his/her means and gets into debt.
>>But No. 2418 warns it is "unworthy to spend money on them that should as a priority go to the relief of human misery." Moreover, the text explains, while one can love animals, "one should not direct to them the affection due only to persons." Spoil the beast, maybe, but first spare the child.<<
I don't know what to make of that statement. There's nothing that says that the money that people spend on pets would automatically be directed to hungry children if those people didn't spend it on their pets. Reminds me of my dad telling me to eat all my dinner because there were children starving in africa.
And as far as I'm concerned, pets are the only ones worthy of being spoiled. They accept what you give them and, whether it's a little or a lot, they love you. Their attitudes don't change because you bought them a $1.00 toy instead of a $10 one. My dog doesn't care if I take her to Petsmart and don't buy her a toy. All she cares about is that she gets to go bye bye with me.
Our dogs freely give us an enormous amount of joy and we'll spend a bit on them for Christmas, but we're also sponsering two families who got laid off, food and presents. Not to mention that I can't pass by a salvation army person without donating at least $10 a pop.
The most generous people I've met have been animal owners.