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Cry now or cry later

furniture, home improvment, household expenses, debt, budget, attitudes

One afternoon in the early years of our marriage, Annette sat on one of our old, dilapidated, orange-and-brown plaid couches, which we purchased from missionaries for $25, and cried.

She cried because we were committed to living within our means and those means were pretty meager at that time — just $838 per month take-home pay.

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