Comments on: Why oh Why MP Dunleavy?

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We wish happiness (and kinder critics) for MP Dunleavey - Smart Spending — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 18:19:43 +0000

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By: SavingDiva

SavingDiva — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 17:22:17 +0000

I love the comments even more than the post!

I can’t stand MPD. She’s such a whiner! Plus, she now has a kid that she’s dragging into this mess. I do appreciate the new hair color though. The blonde wasn’t working.

$300 for a night with MPD….I think I’ll pass. I’ll toss it into my EF….but I do wonder what she said. It would be fun to be there and ask her “what would MP do in this situation?” I’m mean and I love it.

By: LivingAlmostLarge

LivingAlmostLarge — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 17:16:08 +0000

I hate to mention this but she charged $300 to attend a financial seminar put on by MP and another person to advise people about FINANCES!

I thought it a joke but apparently it wasn’t.

By: Fabulously Broke

Fabulously Broke — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 14:36:22 +0000

She doesn’t really seem to have her head screwed on straight -but I agree with Mrs. Micah – I like read and watch people like that on TV or on the web, for what NOT TO DO.

She makes me angry too, Barb & Jim.. I know life is too short to get angry, but it frustrates me when I read people like her giving advice or talking about her financial life and others are reading it thinking: Hey, MP did that, I’m not alone and NOT an idiot because she isn’t an idiot!

Umm.. not the same…

Arg. I ranted about something similar I think, about some writer called Single in the Suburbs who was making stupid decisions because she was not rational and thinking emotionally

By: Mrs. Micah

Mrs. Micah — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 01:12:12 +0000

She seems to me rather like the Penelope Trunk of personal finance. Someone you don’t particularly want to be but it’s instructive to watch.

By: Barb1954

Barb1954 — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 17:29:07 +0000

I agree with Jim. Life is too short to get upset or angry about the foolish decisions that other people make with their money.

By: Jim ~ mydebtblog.com

Jim ~ mydebtblog.com — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 15:37:01 +0000

I don’t think there’s any problem to stop saving for retirement for a short period of time to get out of debt. It becomes a problem if it is long term, greater than a year or two. I’ve debated doing this myself actually, because I want to get rid of the credit card debt quickly.

If you think of this strictly on math, would you borrow money to invest it? I’m not sure how many people would say “yes” to that and justify it by saying the earnings would be greater than the risk, etc. I feel that I would be making a better investment for myself by paying off credit cards with higher rates than the rate of return I’m getting on my investments.

Personal finance is a hot button and we all have personal choice on how to handle cash flow. Blaming past decisions, lifestyle choices, amount of income from working, job types, there are many factors to look at. I don’t worry about what everyone else does. Why you can’t wait for them to fail because you don’t agree with what they’re doing I don’t understand.

By: devil

devil — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 15:21:29 +0000

This decision doesn’t surprise me in the least. The woman isn’t all that bright to begin with, so I wouldn’t expect her to act sensibly.

I thought that the real estate “investment” was her retirement plan? I can’t imagine anyone dumb enough to plan on social security for total support in one’s old age.