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"As I contemplate and prepare for a couple of purchases that are going to have to go on my credit cards, I&amp;#039;m starting to remember the agony that I felt when those plastic temptresses were filled to the brim with purchases that were so foolish, I didn&amp;#039;t even remember them. Maybe it&amp;#039;s because I will never forget the despair that I felt when I was in debt and my income was half of what it is now, but the panic button inside of me always seems to sound its alarm whenever an unexpected expense crops up. For me, it&amp;#039;s been having to purchase a car, having my prescription sunglasses get ruined and need replacing and the need for emergency (and costly) dental work. Don&amp;#039;t worry; I was smart enough to purchase a good used car instead of new, but in order to keep my payments low, I had to nearly obliterate my savings for the down payment. The glasses however are going to cost me a good $250 on a credit card and the dental work\u2026.gulp. I don&amp;#039;t even want to go there. The estimate that I was told to &amp;quot;think about&amp;quot; is around $1300. I need my teeth, right? It seems like these dentists know this and know there&amp;#039;s not much you can do except for to pay them what they are asking. So why am I so panicky? I&amp;#039;ve learned enough and weathered enough storms to know that anything can and will happen and having your savings wiped clean and your credit cards wiped out leaves you as vulnerable as jumping into a shark tank with a side of raw meat strapped to your back. I&amp;#039;m starting to feel myself getting jittery, sullen and a little more fearful than I was before these things crept up. So what to do? I haven&amp;#039;t made either of the two purchases that I need to put on a card (the glasses or the dental work) because I&amp;#039;m just too chicken. Should I just go ahead with my regular glasses and skip the sunglasses? Should I put off the dental work for a few months until I can save up at least half of the money? What would you do? "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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