At church on Sunday I began talking with a friend who asked, “Do you know who Dave Ramsey is?”  And thus the conversation developed as we both shared brief stories of how being financially focused for the last (insert time period here) we had both discovered that we could have financial peace, and then that we could also have financial goals that were sound and methodically possible.   The conversation was good because it allowed us to bond at yet another location in our lives.  We didn’t have to discuss numbers, but instead a lifestyle of financial responsibility.

The good thing about having financially focused friends is that they’re going to understand when you don’t go out to eat.  They’re going to understand when you don’t drop ten grand on a Disney cruise vacation and instead they embrace a frugal lifestyle and understand your long term goals to become independently wealthy independent of the lottery.  They’re also great friends to get together with because as both of you discover areas to be frugal you’re more than likely going to be sharing those ideas to help each other achieve your goals faster or more efficiently!  You can’t beat that opportunity.

The other area that folks need to consider is that when you have friends that are like minded it may help you to relax in other areas and grow a deeper friendship.  A deeper friendship that will stand the test of time, finances and the sucking sound of instant gratification, pop culture and gadgetitis.

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