/biz/ - Business & Finance

>>1734652
>parents are already mortgaged out to fuck buying two houses living from paycheck to paycheck running a shitty homestay for the local uni

>mom gets it into her head she needs a NEW car, not a used car or anything like that, a NEW car
>a year after she bought a truck while she still has a perfectly functional mazda albeit high mileage
>try to talk sense into her
>NO I WANT A NEW SUBARU I'M OLD I DON'T WANT TO CARE ABOUT THE FUTURE
>bitch this is my future too, who do you think has to manage that debt from your assets if you drop dead tomorrow?
>NO I DON'T CARE I WANT A NEW CAR
>get dragged to the car lot just to vindicate family's delusions of grandeur
>now even deeper in the hole because mom couldn't content herself with a used car

Why are people so fiscally retarded? What possesses them to lose any sense of reality or the long-term when faced with muh desires?