She said her fiancé was Spender,
and I could tell by the tone of her voice and
the disapproval in her eyes, a Spender was
borderline pariah.
Since she worked in a bank, pennies, dimes,
quarters and dollars were important to her.
I imagined her boyfriend leading a lavish lifestyle,
spending like a drunken sailor, living the high life
with the best of everything he could or couldn’t
afford.
I wondered if he thought of her as a Miser.
And to me a Spender and a Miser just didn’t seem
monetarily compatible. It just didn’t make cents, My
error, I meant sense.
Though I didn’t think money would be the root
of all evil in their relationship, I did see it as the
root of all trouble if they married.
While she was balancing the books, he’d be
blowing the cash and wouldn’t like her trying to
restrain him from the pleasures and the highs
he got from spending.
Now maybe she could get him to compromise
and spend less, but I don’t think that would
work for a Spender whose bottom line would
be about his spending while hers would
be about cost measures and savings.
And I wouldn’t bank on their marriage working out.
Bob Boyd