Hunker Down
I was just talking with a good friend the other night and asked if he and his wife had plans for the weekend. Without provocation, he stated, we’ll, we’re just going to hunker down. Yeah, he’s from Texas, so I fully understood the term.
Hunker down is what most people are doing these days. I know we’ve been hunkered for a year now and trying to limit our spending to “necessities”. When talking with my buddy, Dave, I told him, our new definition of a night out is stopping by Panda Express or going to Chili’s. Back in the “good-ole-days”, Chili’s was our last resort, now it’s our first stop.
When will we stop the hunkering? We’re not sure, but I think our mind-set has changed dramatically. I’m sure many will criticize and say, yeah, well, you guys should have been more conservative back when money was good. Well, hind-sight is 20-20. If everyone whose in financial peril had taken that view, then this country would probably be in better shape.
Just to be clear, we’re not about to loose our house, far from it. We do not miss our bills, still have great credit and are not in financial ruin. We’re just hunkering down.
2 Responses so far
Melanie
February 13th, 2010
8:11 am
We love hunkering down! Always have done. Enjoy our home and deck and yard and having friends over and don’t see the need to go elsewhere for a good time(crossing the state line to the mountains being an exception!) Why go out for a drink when you can go to the bottle shop and buy the entire bottle for the price of a drink or two at a bar?!
It is a mind set and I like it! A dollar saved is a dollar to spend elsewhere imo. No matter what the cash flow…why waste any of it?
So if you are ever in our neck of the woods, come and hunker down with us!
Dave
February 13th, 2010
9:32 am
it’s HUNKER TIME!
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