# Debt question... **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [April 4, 2007, 6:36am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/debt-question/27054 "2007-04-04T06:36:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 17
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2007, 7:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/debt-question/27054/17 "2007-04-04T07:50:33Z")
[quote=“87FOXGT,post:14,topic:27054"”] How do people let themselves slip so far? [/quote] Denial. For some people it’s very easy to justify bad fiancial decisions. I’m not criticizing him, I’m one of them so I think I understand his thoughts and situation. I dug myself a nice big hole first year or so out of school telling myself that “oh I’ll get a raise soon” and “my fiance will be working in another year or two.” It just never dawned on me that maybe I should wait until those things happened before I started living as if they had already. Not that I also had $11k in credit card debt. :snky: But I realized the error of my ways and stopped the buy-now-because-I-can-afford-it-later attitude, I got the raise, fiance got a good job, and thank you Future Mother In Law Debt Consolidation Service, so I oughta be in good shape within 2 years. Been there. Done that. Stop while you can. Just sayin. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/debt-question/27054)._