Caribbean Nesties
Dear Community,

Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.

If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.

Thank you.

Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.

Would you call a friend out

When they were doing something ridiculous?

 And I know I'm starting too many new threads tonight, but I'd like some input.  I have a good friend that I've known forever.  The kind of friend you could actually be completely honest with when you think they're being ridiculous.

 This friend just got a job after being unemployed for over a year.  He lived with his parents that whole time and racked up an insane amount of credit card debt (barely working at a horrible paying job, going out frequently, shopping, etc).  Now he's got a job that I know can't pay all that much.  He recently posted on FB about his new MacBook or whatever they call their laptops.  I  bit my tongue.  NOW he's posting about whether he should get the Kindle or iPad.  My head is going to explode.  His entire paycheck has to be going to rent, insane student loans, and insane credit card debt.  I have no doubt this too will go on his out of control credit cards.

 Can I call him out?  Can I?!  I want to so bad.  I am so disapproving of his spending habits.  I've gently called him out in the past w/o drama.  Would yo say something?

image

Re: Would you call a friend out

  • And I think I'm going to bed now, but I anxiously await your advice in the morning.
    image
  • I would be riled, but you can't do it. Bite your tongue, Bugle! As long as you can!
    image

    Husbands should be like Kleenex: Soft, strong, and disposable.
  • omg, this sounds like my little sister snd her husband.

    i want to call therm out so badly, but at the end of the day it is none of my business.

    so i'm going with no.  i wouldnt.

    image
  • My aunt & uncle have this same disease.  It's painful how hard I bite my tongue, but I do continue to bite it. 
  • Call him out on FB? No. Talk to him in private and some point to express my concern? Probably, yeah. It depends on how close you are really. I have some friends who I could and would do that with. I think spending crazy like this can be stupidity and carelessness but it also can be a sign of emotional issues. But if you are this unsure it is probably not the nature of this friendship to be able to do that.
  • I would make comments expressing surprise, but not sit down and have a serious intervention.  Something like, "Sounds like you got a big raise at work or something!  I know rich people who don't buy as much stuff as you.  Dang."  That way you've made your point, but he doesn't have to be put in the uncomfortable position of defending himself in a serious conversation.
    image
    "As of page 2 this might be the most boring argument ever. It's making me long for Rape Day." - Mouse
  • Don't do it.  Not your business.

    I said something to a close friend about money and I really regret it.  I wasn't even really calling him out either.  I just told him not to get his hopes up about getting a really high paying job immediately in his field right now.  And now he won't even talk to me about his new job.  It's just not a good idea.


    image
    The nerve!
    House | Blog
  • I don't think I would be comfortable raising that subject with any of my friends without being asked. Now, if he asks your opinion, by all means tell him what's up. I just don't think I have a relationship with anyone that allows me to be in the financial decision making business.
    image
  • None of your business, and you don't really know his financial status unless you see his bank statements and bills.
    image
  • imageFallinAgain:
    None of your business, and you don't really know his financial status unless you see his bank statements and bills.

    He He. For some reason, Fallin just reminded me of Ramey. 

    image
  • He's actually the one friend I COULD talk to about this. While he was unemployed and working at a shoe store for average 10 hours a week we had some pretty blunt conversations about money, not something I would do with anyone else, but he's almost more like family than a friend. And I know his finances surprisingly well, mainly because he confessed the out of control credit card debt and the fact that his parents sometimes helped him make the payments. Yet he was still going out regularly. I know he just got a job, but I also know it's not big money. You all are right, I realize. Not my business. I just feel like he needs an intervention and I'm the only likely candidate other than his mother.
    image
  • He has talked to you about it before? And confessed his problems?

    That definitely falls into the "you can talk to him" category for me.

  • Nope. Never. Not my business at all.
    image Josephine is 4.
  • If he wants to whine to you about his credit card bills or lack of money, then you have the right to give him your thoughts. I think I would still wait for him to bring it up though. It's hard for me to decide because I just don't have any friends that discuss money.
    image
  • I'd probably make a remark along the lines of what Fenton said.  "Wow, you must be pulling in the big bucks if you've got your debt already paid off!" and then see what he says.
    image
    "That chick wins at Penises, for sure." -- Fenton
  • That hurts, Buddha.
    image
  • I'm going to drop it. It just drives me crazy.
    image
Sign In or Register to comment.
Choose Another Board
Search Boards