Hello Fellow Travelers!
I suffer greatly from the "Rip Van Winkel" syndrome,after having brain surgery in 2011. What I mean by that is my knowledge of the world and it's trends stopped short when I checked into the hospital! (Or was rushed to an OR, with sirens!) Everything from the pricepoint of food and clothing or a gallon of milk along with home prices and the cost of shoes is based (for me) on what I saw in 2011. Those prices have not adjusted upward at all. Certainly, my memories of '11 pricing have not kept pace with inflation. So "Holy Sticker Shock, Batman!" My PS finds my dated recollections of objects and how much they cost humorous and slightly quaint. Like he's thinking I'm thinking, "Back in the old days, before new-fangled things like smart-phones came along, a gallon of gas was $ .75!" Like, "Awww! Isn't that cute?" and "Gee, her brain is really damaged!" And, "See, I told you! That's why I handle everything financial!"
The world and all it's associated costs will forever be priced in 2011 for me! And you know what? I'm inclined to leave the prices in 2011! I'm getting really cheap! I've never been cheap before and I'll always reward superior service, but I am regularly gobsmacked by how much regular, boring, junk costs now! What effect this annoying-yet-inevitable upswing in the price of everything from plane tickets to graham crackers has on me is that I never cared much about it and this petty unilateral increase just reinforces my conviction that money is simply a tool. And one I'm not very adept at using. When I was a kid, I'd buy things in foreign countries and haggling over the price (which is expected) was so unbearable for me I couldn't do it! I've more always been uncomfortable talking about money, now more than ever! In fact, it's always been one thing I've been only too happy to relinquish all control of all financial decisions to the PS.
I look at things (gadgets and cookies mostly) online and the prices seem a little less egregious, on the computer. It's a lot easier to just not think about it, ignore the items altogether as unnecessary and useless. So, the increase in the cost of everything should really come as no surprise to me. After three years the price of everything will undoubtedly rise. Instead of reacting with my usual "Whatever.", I refuse to accept the inevitable, dogmatic increases in sundry goods. I'm turning into Larry David. "What, $4.00 for a cup of coffee? I don't think so!" I refuse to pay! I'd rather think about paintings or look at a star. Or think about a tulip. Something stunningly beautiful. Anything other than ponder the rising of the "filthy lucre".
I suffer greatly from the "Rip Van Winkel" syndrome,after having brain surgery in 2011. What I mean by that is my knowledge of the world and it's trends stopped short when I checked into the hospital! (Or was rushed to an OR, with sirens!) Everything from the pricepoint of food and clothing or a gallon of milk along with home prices and the cost of shoes is based (for me) on what I saw in 2011. Those prices have not adjusted upward at all. Certainly, my memories of '11 pricing have not kept pace with inflation. So "Holy Sticker Shock, Batman!" My PS finds my dated recollections of objects and how much they cost humorous and slightly quaint. Like he's thinking I'm thinking, "Back in the old days, before new-fangled things like smart-phones came along, a gallon of gas was $ .75!" Like, "Awww! Isn't that cute?" and "Gee, her brain is really damaged!" And, "See, I told you! That's why I handle everything financial!"
The world and all it's associated costs will forever be priced in 2011 for me! And you know what? I'm inclined to leave the prices in 2011! I'm getting really cheap! I've never been cheap before and I'll always reward superior service, but I am regularly gobsmacked by how much regular, boring, junk costs now! What effect this annoying-yet-inevitable upswing in the price of everything from plane tickets to graham crackers has on me is that I never cared much about it and this petty unilateral increase just reinforces my conviction that money is simply a tool. And one I'm not very adept at using. When I was a kid, I'd buy things in foreign countries and haggling over the price (which is expected) was so unbearable for me I couldn't do it! I've more always been uncomfortable talking about money, now more than ever! In fact, it's always been one thing I've been only too happy to relinquish all control of all financial decisions to the PS.
I look at things (gadgets and cookies mostly) online and the prices seem a little less egregious, on the computer. It's a lot easier to just not think about it, ignore the items altogether as unnecessary and useless. So, the increase in the cost of everything should really come as no surprise to me. After three years the price of everything will undoubtedly rise. Instead of reacting with my usual "Whatever.", I refuse to accept the inevitable, dogmatic increases in sundry goods. I'm turning into Larry David. "What, $4.00 for a cup of coffee? I don't think so!" I refuse to pay! I'd rather think about paintings or look at a star. Or think about a tulip. Something stunningly beautiful. Anything other than ponder the rising of the "filthy lucre".
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