” this is not the time to be worrying about vacations, tuition, dining out, extravagant entertainment, parties, expensive hobbies, gift-giving and the like.”
Amen!
Time for people to stop living like we aren’t in a recession and start living like adults. People don’t need yearly vacations to the tropics or Europe and they don’t need to have massive amounts of electronic equipment.
Our one and only vacation since our marriage (sort of a belated honeymoon) was a short trip of 3 days to Hot Springs, Arkansas many years ago. I’ve never been on a European, Caribbean or cruise ship type trip. All my time overseas was in fatigues and combat boots. LOL