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I thought my mom's "you'll forget by Tuesday" rule was just a threat until I tested it on myself at 34
My mom used to make me wait 3 days before buying anything I wanted bad, and I always rolled my eyes and called it her way of being cheap. Last November I wanted a $340 espresso machine so bad I could taste it, and I made myself wait the 3 days like she said, and by day 2 I couldn't remember why I cared. Now I wonder how many other "rules" from my childhood would actually hold up if I just tried them instead of assuming I was smarter. Did anyone else's parents have a dumb sounding rule that turned out to be right?
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alexbennett24d ago
Turns out mom was playing chess while you were playing checkers with your wallet. Waiting three days on a $340 espresso machine is basically the universe doing you a solid, because that thing would've been a very expensive dust collector by February. My dad had a rule about never buying the first thing you see at a store, and I laughed at him for years until I realized I'd walked out of Target with the same $60 candle holder three separate times. The real kicker is that the stuff you actually need never feels like an emergency, it just sits there quietly on your list until you finally get around to it. Your mom wasn't being cheap, she was running a free trial version of self control on you and you just didn't read the terms.
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