'Objects In Space'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
I was thinking out loud with him, and, while not throwing out exact figures, mentioned a percentage increase,
See, I'd think that mentioning a % increase would be benign compared to disclosing what you make. Or maybe that just me - percentages don't frighten me....
eta: x-post.
Ha. Now you can all put together my profile, and find infinite personal identification re: me, and you can "it takes a thief" me and come and relieve me of my copious amounts of possessions and cash.
However, you won't be able to do this, because I refuse to tell you my birthdate! Ahah! You just know my full name, where I live, what I do, how much I make, what kind of car I drive, what my house is like, who my company is, where I get my money, what I spend my money on, how old I am, my marital status, my gender, my previous jobskills, my race and ethnic heritage, my isp, my daily routine, how long my hair is, and what I eat. It's okay, though, because you all have very bad memories.
I think it's a Yankee thing, beth. I am not shocked by other people telling their financial details, but my brain won't read and keep it.
The thing is, stores and restaurants totally use the "don't talk about money" reflex to our disadvantage.
The spoken specials of the day which never, ever come with a price. The haircutter who asks "Would you like me to blow it out?", not telling you what that costs. The spa that doesn't even list its prices on the same page as the treatments.
All of them are playing on your reluctance to ask the embarrassing questions in public.
Yeah, that's what I thought, too. But he can be weird like that. Only thing I could think was that earlier I had inadvertantly given more information, and, being a mathy type, he computed the two to the point where his brain buzzer went off saying "Warning! You are close to vaguely knowing what she makes! Danger! Danger!"
When we only discussed rents it seemed to sort out along lines of New York/LA high, flyover states low. The salaries are much more variable.
Depends, though. I pay $800 for 400 square feet, which I often think is robbery. I just think that should be a one bedroom, and not a box.
The thing is, stores and restaurants totally use the "don't talk about money" reflex to our disadvantage.
"If you have to ask what it costs, then you can't afford it."
That's just low.
I think it's a Yankee thing, beth. I am not shocked by other people telling their financial details, but my brain won't read and keep it.
yankee here too. and I only really noticed the stuff I could relate too.
but I am trying to overcome some of my ideas about money becausse - face it, money matters. I think by talking - at least in a vague way about money, it loses power. and i have gotten some useful advice, just by talking in a vague way. and like Betsy said - not makeing it easy to find a price is one of the way money is made more powerful.
Are you a Yankee as in a Northerner or a Yankee as in a New Englander?
yankee new englander
born in maine - most of my life in CT. Now in CA, which while easier in many ways ( socially), I have to draw lines that I never had to drawn while living in CT.