Monkey brought up the book, "Rich Dad Poor Dad" in a talk about budgets. I remember getting all excited saying I had read it too and was thrilled he had read it.
The memory of our conversation gets blurry here, but we were talking about an article in Motley Fool's newsletter which was focused on Financial Vows. The example I remember is, "I promise to only have one credit card and to pay off the balance each month." The Motley Fool's were saying that in addition to the other vows a couple takes at their wedding, they should also come up with and agree to Financial Vows.
Monkey said we should create our own Financial Vows. He said, "We'd talk about our finances in the past, but we never came up with a plan. Instead, I just told you not to spend any money. That didn't help."
I responded with an apology of my past habits.
This was a great positive in that he recognized his contribution to the problem!
