Money For Nothing: Do we want too much?

[Posh]

Struggle Street doesn't always leed to the wrong side of the tracks nor does it perpetuate hardship for ongoing generations - I think it keeps us grounded.....

And Posh, please don't bump into anything or fall over as you travel down that dark, narrow corridor that is your mind......

I think you misconstrued what I was saying and how I was trying to say it. I do not think anything I've said has intimated that having a less-than-Cleaver childhood is the MapQuest to Struggle Street, where one will remain for the rest of their lives.

I have nothing but fond memories from my childhood. I did not struggle and have not struggled and I thank my parents for that privilege. And maybe you can't see that, being a man, but most women don't want to struggle and they damn sure don't want their children to want for anything. That may be at cross purposes with the reality of their situations but that's what we want.

When I see someone suffering, I want to stop it. When I see a kid at Wal-Mart wanting something and mom saying we can't afford that, I hurt. These are maternal instincts that is very hard for some men to really understand.

I would also like to say I'm being candid and speaking for myself, albeit most women feel this way even if they don't say it out loud.

[rickifatboy]

Well, that's where we are on the same page - even though from different perspectives

I feel for those kids too - because I was one and I feel for the parents who wish they could afford what the kids want.....

I bought my daughter a Wii the other day, she first asked for one months ago when the rest of all her friends got one, but we held off - for whatever reasons, she didn't harp or badger us about one, she knew she "might" get one, one day when Mum and Dad can fit it into their budget.

She didn't know she was getting it, she cried when she got it, tears of excitement and appreciation......................her reaction made the giving only more special......

My daughter, wife and I do not want for much in this world, but the work and effort to earn it is quite often more than the reward....

And I send Elli to a private school, I want her to be the best she can be, and all I need in return is her smile..........

Cheers, RICK