3. LEARN SELF-DISCIPLINE AND SELF-RESTRAINT IN MONEY MATTERS Learning how to discipline oneself and exercise constraint where money is concerned can be more important than courses in account- ing. Young couples should recognize that they cannot immediately maintain the same spending patterns and life-style as that to which they were accustomed as part of their parents’ family. Married cou- ples show genuine maturity when they think of their partner’s and their family’s needs ahead of their own spending impulses. Money management skills should be learned together in a spirit of cooperation and love on a continuing basis. A disgusted husband once said, “I think that in life money talks, but when my wife gets hold of it, all it ever says is ‘good-bye.’ ” To the husband who says his wife is the poorest money manager in the world, I would say, “Look in the mirror and meet the world’s poorest teacher-trainer.” We live in a self-indulgent, me-oriented, materialistic society. Advertisements entice young buyers by demonstrating how easy it is to get credit and buy on time. Interestingly, no ads focus on the glamour of paying the money back, nor do they men- tion how long or hard it is to do just that—especially with the unavoidable interest added on.
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