Last updated June 5 2025
Chapter 50
Practicality Always
You need to be practical, a motto used by many if not most people, Marlene took it seriously but with time understood that there were flaws with that position not to mention a few regrets.
Oh, I like this one but this one over here is on sale, so I’ll get that one. This I heard many times while encouraging her to get the one she liked instead. I need to be practical she would say.
One of her regrets was during a car purchase where she opted for the lower price option while admiring the one she really wanted. I did my best to convince her otherwise even promising to help but the practical in her won out that day. Not risking living beyond her means was indeed in her DNA.
Hopefully a lesson for us all in that yes being practical and responsible are important traits, we also need to recognize that sometimes we are deserving.