Money, Money, Money

The monkey on our back

By Pegah Aarabi

      On a recent girl's night out my two best friends and I gathered for dinner and our usual discussion about men, namely our significant others and their failings/triumphs, and our recent shopping exploits, nothing out of the ordinary. But on this night, a new topic found its way into our conversation: money. One of my friends had started a new job and the topic of savings arose; suddenly we all tensed up. "How much have you saved up?" I asked, feeling as if I was crossing a boundary I never should. "Well, um, I don't want to say." "More than a $1000 or less; more than $5000 or less?" Clearly there was no stopping my prying. "I'm not telling you, it's embarrassing." I accepted and we quickly changed topics. For a few moments we were completely incapable of talking candidly, as we have for the past 16 years.

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