Kat,
I don't know.
I wouldn't buy anything that I know I couldn't
afford.
Kathy Jo
--- Salkin Kathleen <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
> Kathy Jo,
>
> Why do your parents forbid you to talk on the
> phone while they're not at
> home?
>
> Let me tell you, I would not recommend a credit
> card to anyone who didn't
> have the means to pay it off or make more than
> the minimum payments. All
> too often, people get in way over their heads
> and can't pay off the cards
> quickly, resulting in higher and higher levels
> of debt. I worked as an
> intern one summer for the local credit card
> counselling agency and saw far
> too many cases like that. That's not to say
> you would do that, but perhaps
> your parents don't want that happening to you.
>
> Kat
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kathy Pink" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Sunday, April 14, 2002 6:05 PM
> Subject: Re: Yesterday was a wonderful day
>
>
> > Anthony,
> >
> > Has it really been two years? I guess it
> would
> > have to be. You are lucky because my parents
> > would never let me have a credit card, much
> less
> > talk on the phone when they aren't here.
> >
> > Sighs,
> > Kathy
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --- Anthony Arnold <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > > Friends,
> > >
> > > I'm sure that everybody here has had this
> > > feeling of success at one time or
> > > another living with a disability and
> > > experiencing newer levels of
> > > independence whenever. As most of you
> know,
> > > I'm employed as a Remote
> > > Troubleshooter at the Prentke Romich
> Company, I
> > > have almost two years under
> > > my belt, so in March I got offered a credit
> > > card because I have some income
> > > coming in. At first, I didn't want to
> respond
> > > to the credit card company
> > > because my Mom scared me of the word
> "credit"
> > > as a child, which was OK and
> > > something I would probably also do to my
> own
> > > kids (if I have any). Needless
> > > to say my Mom actually encourage me to
> > > responding in March, and yesterday I
> > > received a surprise in the mail, by being
> > > accepted and a credit card popped
> > > out. So I offered to take my parents out
> for
> > > supper last night to
> > > celebrate. I know that it might sound
> silly,
> > > but I feel great knowing that
> > > I have some plastic in my wallet just
> because
> > > my parents can trust me with
> > > money. I know that I'm going to have
> limits
> > > but that isn't going to be
> > > because of my parents, I myself know that I
> > > don't have that money tree like
> > > some feel they have and unfortunately
> don't.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Anthony
> > >
> > > Visit me at http://www.ara1.net
> >
> >
> >
>
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