Comments on: How to Help Friends Who are Bad with Money

By: moderatemuse

moderatemuse — Tue, 01 Mar 2016 13:27:07 +0000

Jason @ The Butler Journal That’s great advice. You can’t save everyone, but maybe you can make a difference for just one person. Hopefully more people will start taking some advice =]

By: moderatemuse

moderatemuse — Tue, 01 Mar 2016 13:26:03 +0000

Chonce I too have found that people are more willing to talk about frugality than finances in general. It’s a great starting point for a conversation, for sure.

By: moderatemuse

moderatemuse — Tue, 01 Mar 2016 13:24:47 +0000

lifeandabudget Just keep doing what you’re doing! Hopefully they’ll see that they can follow your example!

By: moderatemuse

moderatemuse — Tue, 01 Mar 2016 13:22:29 +0000

Pretend to Be Poor Sharing your mistakes is probably one of the better ways to bring up a touchy subject. You’re basically starting it out by saying, “I’m not perfect. Look at all the mistakes I made.”

By: moderatemuse

moderatemuse — Tue, 01 Mar 2016 13:20:15 +0000

Eyesonthedollar It’s hard to watch family struggle with money, but you can’t make them learn. Hopefully they’ll come around.

By: moderatemuse

moderatemuse — Tue, 01 Mar 2016 13:19:27 +0000

Fehmeen Absolutely! Talk about how awesome it is to save money by doing XYZ. Hopefully friends will be intrigued enough to ask questions or try it themselves.

By: moderatemuse

moderatemuse — Tue, 01 Mar 2016 13:18:11 +0000

Laura Beth @ How To Get Rich Slowly One of my biggest life goals is preventing my kids from making the same money mistakes.