Money causes so many fights. When there is a possibility of getting money people change. They aren’t as nice and they say things that are out of line and mean. We are all guilty of it.

When there is the possibility of getting money we start making plans for it. It’s not even in our hands yet but we’ve already spent it. I’ve done it a million times. I say, “oh I’m getting this much in taxes so I will buy a new Ipod or Coach purse.” Then we get our hopes up. They go up real high. Then there’s the let down when you find out you’re not getting as much as you thought.

With inheritance money, we get pissed because we think we deserve more. We wish our siblings or other relatives weren’t included on that because that’s less money that will fill our pockets. We wonder why one sibling got money when we didn’t. Who cares if your favorite aunt or dad died? Why didn’t I get a piece of the pie?

One or both of your parents passes and leaves you property and you sell it because you don’t want it, you want the money. Who cares if the property will be beneficial in the long run? I want my $450,000 now! We scheme and lie to figure out how to sell it from under our other relatives.

You will steal from your mother’s purse while looking into her dying eyes. You’ll lie to your child so you can “borrow” her allowance. You’ll cry broke just so you can get your parents to give you a little extra so you can buy shoes. You’ll do things you know are morally wrong to get money. You will put your children, your spouse, and your life on the back burner because money comes first. You’ll work and work and work, while some rapper or porn star raises your son or daughter. You will ignore your son who is showing you how much he needs you, all because you want more money.  You will hurt your spouse over money.

So when you get home after going to the post office to mail your taxes, I want you look at your life and your family and tell them, “I love you, but not more than I love money.”