For the last decade or so I’ve been paying a fair chunk of change to my credit cards. I really wish that “decade” part was an exaggeration, but, alas, no. Just recently, in the last six months or so, I’ve finally paid them all off. The only debt I have right now is for my student loans, and I’ll be paying on those until I die, I think. I finally took the advice that we posted about finances a few months ago. And boy does it work.
Seriously, though, it seems a little strange not having those bills come in the mail. Actually, the bills still come, but they have zero balances, which seems like a waste of postage to me. Some part of me is still waiting for the other shoe to drop. After I write my rent check I don’t really have any more bills to pay. The rest of my expenses are automated and I buy most things with my debit card, so it stilll feels like I should have some credit card to pay, but I don’t.
Apparently, I’m not the only one to feel this seperation from credit card debt as a little disconcerting. One of my credit card companies actually sent me a letter asking if they had done something wrong since I hadn’t used their card in the last year or so. I didn’t have the heart to tell them that I actually cut that card up about eighteen months ago.
The truly ironic thing is that I have a Money Market Account through one of my old credit cards. So, now, when you folks go into debt a little more, I make money. And that’s something that takes the edge off of the confusion.
I never thought I’d say it, but I kind of miss being in debt. It made me truly an American. It was something I could share with everyone. At a conversational impass? Bitch about interest rates on credit cards. I like high interest on credit cards, now (see last paragraph). So, now I’m no longer one of the crowd.
However, it looks like I may soon be one of the many shouldering a mortgage, so I’ll be back in the fold soon. *sigh*
Tune in next time when Jeff has a fit because he’s still beholden to CapOne for a kidney.
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