Perfectionism

Kernel_Sanders

I could understand it if your savings were dropping below a nice round £50,000, or if you didn't have the exact maximum balance for interest in a high interest current account. Do you have this problem when you pay at the supermarket till, because the total value of money in all your accounts will have decreased?

Pincher wrote: »

I find a lot of this accumulate all their life, and then just want to pass it onto the next generation sickness.

I see you have no such problematic perfection issues over writing English, unlike myself

Pincher

Kernel_Sanders wrote: »

I see you have no such problematic perfection issues over writing English, unlike myself

I thought I am far more understandable than some of the hyper abbreviated stuff on Twitter.

At least I don't communicate in Emojis.

That gives me an idea. Build a pyramid, but decorate it using Emojis.
That'll confuse the aliens when they dig us up.
Assuming we all starved to death from global warming, and lack of bees.

Mrs_Z

In situations like this I say my silent 'thank yous' to universe/God for being in a fortunate position to being able to pay.

Thrugelmir

Being totally debt free we accumulate to spend. Something satisfying about paying for something without any worries. Years back I recall walking round a supermarket with a calculator. That's how tight money was. After years of working hard to earn a living. This is payback time.

Jo_Blogs

coyrls wrote: »

I can't speak for others but no, I do not suffer from this problem. Does that help?

Me neither :rotfl:. The OP has a large enough emergency fund to deal with this situation .
If you are really obsessed with not touching a single penny then:

lippy1923 wrote: »

Can you not pay the bill with a 0% credit card, so you don't have to take out of savings? You can then pay it back little chunks at a time as and when you like.

bigadaj

Thrugelmir wrote: »

Years back I recall walking round a supermarket with a calculator. That's how tight money was.

I do that every week now.

Pincher

I need to spend £10 to qualify for the free Sunday Times. I asked for the £2.15 cappuccino, which would make the bill about £10.10, but the cashier then said the Sunday Times wasn't refunded, so I had to grab something to bump it up to £10.

What happened? I have done this so many times.

The Waitrose cashier put through a £1.80 Tea, instead of the £2.15 cappuccino! :mad:

What was he thinking? Did he think he saved me 35p?
The hot drink is FREE!

You can be too calculating.

quantic

I think you're all right - what is the point in having the money if you still worry. Important not to become so focused on a goal that you miss the point of it all.

To answer the question some of you had about interest, its currently split between 4 ISAs, earning around £74 a month in interest. Not a lot really.

Funnily enough, after much negotiation the insurance have actually agreed to cover the cost! So I won't be pocket after all. It took 2 months of bartering but they agreed to cover the whole cost. So I really was worrying for nothing.

armchaireconomist

I'm with you on this one. I save one of my pots monthly for home renovations and absolutely despise taking it out and starting again!

darkidoe

Take this as a alternative thought experiment, what happens if you don't pay the £790 bill to cover the accident?? Will there be consequences, are the consequences worth not paying the £790.

The way the world is imperfect makes it perfect.

Glad to see the insurance industry serving its purpose.