Does anyone else out there live week to week like I do?

[Selatius]

18. From my experience, there was no financial benefit to being in a relationship. I spent more in them.

You enter into a relationship for personal or emotional reasons, hopefully the right ones.

Money had nothing to do with it. A good dinner, a movie, a little recreation for the missus, these cost money.

Fine clothes, shoes, purses, decorations for the place, holiday gifts, Valentine's Day blowouts and more gifts, etc.--these things drain a budget. That, and going out with the missus for a few drinks on the town to celebrate some more can run up a hefty bar tab.

On that score, she benefited as well when there was a "ladies night" at certain bars and dives. Then, her drinks were free. I paid for all of mine and the tip.

It was good times. Yes, it costs money, but I wouldn't take it back. I learned a lot of the world this way. From a financial standpoint, I was screwed to hell and back, but whatever. Youth is a luxury of the naive. We all wanted that pretty woman on our arm.

Having said that, though, I would say you've placed perhaps a little too much emphasis on pure cash. Saving is good, but if it comes at the expense of foregoing any pleasurable or meaningful experiences that life could offer, well, I'll just say that I'd leave all of that to the Ebenezer Scrooges of the world who'd rather consume all their days pinching pennies and dollars than stopping to enjoy the roses just once, but they can't. Their roses are all dead and dried because they haven't the time to water them.