Are you are projecting about how you handle your budget shortfalls?
Nope. I do not currently have budget shortfalls. All my children are grown. Sometimes I give money to my children to help them out of a jam, and I often take a bag of groceries over to them when I know they are having some financial trouble.
When I was young and very poor, we made arrangements with the grocery store, the pharmacy etc. for anything our children needed, if there was some unexpected expense that meant we were short.
In those days they were happy to extend a little credit till payday. And I sure as heck didn’t waste any money on things like booze, smokes, soda pop, potato chips, or even a 10 cent cone at the Dairy Queen.
See post 14 for a little better explanation. I was thinking of some specific people I have known over the years when I typed point 1 of the post, and did not make it clear that I was not talking about everyone.