The problem I see with our country is that we have lost the capability to delay gratification….

[Bonhomme Richard]

8. I, quite often, find myself shaking my head though maybe I am old school.

When I hear people putting elaborate expensive vacations on their credit card because well, they need to get away and deserve a break.
When they buy that BMW and I know they don't have that kind of money but hey, the lease seems affordable.
When the kids have gotten older and moved out yet they buy a bigger house....yes, even today.
When they complain how tight things are and the next Facebook post is about the groomer coming to the house to do the dogs.

When I was a kid my parents had us thinking we were one step away from the poor house. That wasn't the case at all but it was a mentality that today rings true for many of us.

I really believe that the fault lies with the onslaught of commercials touting the latest and the greatest and if you don't have it then you are some kind of loser. It certainly is a form of mind control and deemed necessary to maintain a consumer society.