In this conversational excerpt, two speakers discuss the emotional and practical impact of budgeting for large family outings like Disney trips. Speaker A describes the stress of paying for meals and drinks on the spot, recounting a specific incident where four hot dogs and drinks cost $100, which lingered in their mind and distracted from the experience. Speaker B contrasts that with a later approach of pre‑saving and paying for everything in advance, noting that this habit eliminates the need to constantly calculate expenses, allowing the family to be fully present and enjoy the moment despite the pain of spending money. Both agree that pre‑saving transforms a potentially stressful, calculation‑heavy outing into a more relaxed family moment, highlighting the trade‑off between financial planning and experiential enjoyment.
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I like that we're saving for these kinds of experiences because then they. They're paid for however long it takes. You don't have that stress of, like, thinking, like, when we took the kids to Disney. Right. Like, it's such a big trip. It takes so much out of you. And you see people who don't have the money to be there. This is a dream trip. They want to do it for their kids, but they're fighting. The kids are melting down. And, you know, usually it's the father going, you get around that bootleg, you know, and it's like insane. But you get get it. But it's like, not worth it.
It's a total loss worth it. You do everything to have a family moment, and that's the moment. But prior to us doing the money habit, we will go to Disney. And I was worried about, should we really be going to that pasta restaurant as opposed to just getting a hot dog. But now we pay for everything in advance, and it just changes the whole experience. You can just be there. It's still painful to spend that money, but it doesn't distract from the moment because it's already addressed.
Yeah. When we took the kids to Disney one year, California, I remember we were paying for the trip as we go. So you were definitely calculating every single drink, Right? Do you remember?
No.
Four hot dogs, four drinks, $100. You talked about it all day long. And that was me sharing with the youngest.
Oh, my gosh.
So it was four instead of five all day. I still think about it every time I pass that hot dog place.
That's unbelievable. I share something with you that ridiculous happen this weekend. So Jake and I went to a sporting event. One thing we saved for is an annual trip. I do one with each of our kids every year. So this year, Jake and I went to see a basketball game, and we're in the stadium, and he's like, I'm hungry. I'm like, I'm hungry too. Let me guess something. It was a hundred dollars for two sandwiches. He wanted a beer, two waters, and two hot dogs. the end of the break, I could eat a little bit more, and I didn't care at all. I'm like, I don't care. But I also saw people coming up going, oh, my God. Like, this is ridiculous. I can't afford it. I get it. But because we pre saved for it, it's just like, it's right in the account.
