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July 11th, 2008 at 07:23 pm

The reality show "Maxed out" is on the style network right now. People who are drowning in debt are given a financial coach to really "see" their money problems then to learn to overcome them.

The show takes somewhat extreme people, but kind of average people who have just made normal typical mistakes. Car leases, confusing home business expenses with personal expenses, weird investments, ect.

I just think its fascinating where, how other people choose to spend their money. I have no idea why, LOL. Are you guys interested in the spending habits of other people? Even strangers? Or is it just me? Or is that a stupid question because I am asking people who read financial blogs, the epitimy of peeking into other peoples lives? LOL.

The show is on a marathon all day until 4pm.

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6 Responses to “Maxed out”

  1. thriftorama Says:
    July 11th, 2008 at 07:35 pm 1215804928
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    I think it's interesting, maybe because money is something we all have to manage but never seem to discuss with each other.

  2. momcents Says:
    July 11th, 2008 at 08:13 pm 1215807213
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    What channel is this on? Sounds like something very interesting to watch. Are you enjoying your time without the boy?

  3. gamecock43 Says:
    July 11th, 2008 at 08:25 pm 1215807926
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    oh yes i am! I went to the gym at 12am last night! I never would have gotten away with that if Baseball boy was around.
    The show is on STYLE network. Channel 118 in MN.

    The show certaintly makes me feel good about my 20k wedding, one couple had a 50k wedding and put 42k of it on the credit card!! so far I have paid in cash for my wedding.

  4. PauletteGoddard Says:
    July 11th, 2008 at 09:02 pm 1215810124
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    Yes. An acquaintance had on her flickr site an image of her billpaying routine: desk calculator, checkbook and bills, and I was trying to enlarge the photo and decipher her abbreviations. I am bad.

  5. gamecock43 Says:
    July 11th, 2008 at 09:07 pm 1215810452
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    HAHAHA....Thats awsome, i love it!
    I see some "bad" spending choices in these couples highlighted, and I like that I can more clearly see how spending today affects how you live tomorrow.
    And I am trying to get familiar, comfortble with the idea of joint accounts (I am way too obsessive with money for Baseball boy to tolerate joint accounts) and seeing the show today showed me how seperate accounts can damage finances. In one case the couples kept each other in the dark about how much was coming in/going out/ and one had 30k in debt he was trying to manage on his own.

  6. ceejay74 Says:
    July 11th, 2008 at 10:08 pm 1215814097
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    OMG, I just watched "Maxed Out" for the first time last night! I liked that it focused on real-life people; the episode I saw had some clueless but hard-working people who'd had a string of really bad luck. The only thing I didn't like about it was that the host said "You're spending $1200 more than you bring in, but we can reduce your bills by $1000." Then they didn't go into which categories got cut. Maybe they ran out of time on that one; I'd like there to be more detail.

    Part of it's voyeurism and knowing I'm not alone, but I also like to scour shows like these in case they have any tips that would work for me that I hadn't thought of.

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