It's not just you. SARK is indeed very cheesy. Not that I don't like her. I get her newsletter, and I have a couple of her books that actually really did a lot for me. But it's easy for her to go a little over the top sometimes.
Maybe just accept the cheesiness for what it is and try not to let it goo up the message underneath?
I hear you on that last point too - I've been to things before where I feel like I'm the only one not really getting into it in the whole room, and I've wondered what the heck is wrong with me that I always seem to hold myself a bit apart. Or something like that, you know?
I'm glad you guys talk openly about this stuff, because it helps me stay strong in my conviction to stay small and cheap (in the face of Mason's obsession with new construction).
He could easily talk me into more house than we should take on (when we get to that point that we start looking), but the fact that I know actual people who regret it will keep me grounded.
You're hitting on one of the reasons why I'm feeling like I don't know that I care about *ever* owning a home. Which is that I don't want to be responsible for that stuff. I could not care less about grass and I never want to have to care about it. I don't want to be responsible for things going wrong. I don't want to have to pull a new water heater out of my ass when it dies and I also don't want to stay home all day waiting for the repair guy. Yanno? As long as we're renters we are insulated from those risks and hassles (of course, we get a *different* set of risks and hassles).
It's cheesey I'm sure, but what I personally find "off" about SARK and her ilk (and remember, I love her!) is the earnestness, the sheer sincerity. I am distrustful of Swami-ness. (A new catch phrase from visiting with my step bro the Swearin Swami, whose earnestness is both refreshing and tiring.)
House poor is such a good term. And yes. It sucks - and sucks and sucks and sucks. And it is *very* difficult to stand your ground if your spouse earns most of the money, but you do most of the spending. It's very hard to explain to a man that dropping your monthly grocery bill by almost a third so you really can afford the house is probably not going to happen. (So far I've failed miserably - both at the standing my ground, and at the monthly grocery bill reduction - roll on overdraft :(. )
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He could easily talk me into more house than we should take on (when we get to that point that we start looking), but the fact that I know actual people who regret it will keep me grounded.
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