17 Ridiculous Tweets About How to Spend Your Money

Money is wonderful. And terrible. And exciting and exhausting and confusing and pretty much any emotion you can possibly feel. When you think about it that way, it’s not surprising we make mistakes with our money, put off decisions we know we should make or wish we could just have someone else deal with our finances every once in a while.

Twitter is a fantastic reflection of people’s complicated relationship with money. Like when we know buying something doesn’t make a lot of sense but we get it anyway:

Free movie ticket and all I had to do was buy 5 bags of skittles pic.twitter.com/hnznB77oDm

— Olivia ⚓️ (@Dev_Monroe17) May 4, 2016

Or want other people to justify our spending habits:

Fave if I should spend my money on chicken wings today — Justine (@justinelesponge) May 3, 2016

(Editor’s note: After publication, this user set their tweets to protected.)

There are a lot of hilarious and ridiculous things people tweet about money, and even when it’s not serious, it’s relatable. For example, we’ve all had this feeling:

If I could take back all the times I spent money on dumb or irrelevant things I could have about 2k rn — Michaela (@michaelaa_allen) May 4, 2016

And definitely had this realization:

Trying to do a lot more things that don’t involve me spending dumb amounts of money… Guess that takes drinking out the picture — Johnny_Tsunami (@DaltonJarrard) April 30, 2016

But that doesn’t stop us from doing things like this:

The only thing I used my tax refund for was to pay for food and alcohol this weekend — ° jack ° (@JackMakesTweets) April 19, 2016

Or ignoring our instincts:

me: should I spend my tax refund on skincare or clothes? my brain: put it in your savings account me: I’m going to buy both — Kristin (@deerisms) April 19, 2016

Or flat-out making decisions we know make no sense:

I bought shoes but it’s fine I just won’t eat for 2 weeks — julz (@julcoooo) May 4, 2016

But it’s not just you:

“I need to buy jeans.” “What if we got wine instead?” “I could go for wine.”#ThirstyThursday #mommyvaca — TRISH (@CreativeLoveNC) May 5, 2016

Peer pressure, man:

What should I spend my $26 tax refund on? — Ben Fractenberg (@fractenberg) April 1, 2016

It’s not like you don’t try to make good decisions and be responsible:

I just bought avocados because they taste nice but I have no idea how to prepare them. This is an accurate depiction of adulthood. — zachary steele (@zach_steele) May 13, 2016

But there’s always something else you could do with your budget:

Spend all your grocery money on alcohol. — Life Advice Lamp (@Lamp) May 9, 2016

Plus, choosing between needs and wants can be really confusing:

I won $75 in the writing contest and I should really put it in savings but think about all the makeup I could buy — Kelly Colbert (@Kelly_likescats) May 10, 2016

I need to buy brake pads but I bought Drake tickets instead. I am not very wise. — Alaina (@AlainaDoYoThing) April 29, 2016

(Brake. Drake. So close.) It’s like money and logic are in a constant competition:

I got a job to get a car but all I buy is clothes — KINDA.SORTA.MAYBEE (@TreitonMaybee) May 4, 2016

And of course, food complicates everything:

I’ll have a four hour debate with myself on whether I should buy a 5$ shirt but will not hesitate to spend $10 on granola bars — kt (@hostiIefeminist) May 3, 2016

I miss living at home cause my mom would always buy cakes n stuff but I’m too poor to buy cakes n stuff so like maybe I should move home — Swagfia (@sLoOfViEa) May 13, 2016

Yes, I should be studying for finals but more importantly, should I buy this cool inflatable pizza raft? pic.twitter.com/xutkL0b8j2 — Katie (@kgonz018) May 3, 2016

(Yes. If pizza is the question, the answer is always yes.)

In all seriousness, figuring out your finances and knowing when to save while still having fun can be stressful, but it doesn’t have to be overwhelming. What’ll really be frustrating is if you end up dealing with debt or bad credit because you made a lot of bad financial decisions. The good news is, with most money problems, you can find a way to recover. You can learn about how to improve your credit here, and you can track your financial goals, like your credit scores, for free on Credit.com.

17 Ridiculous Tweets About How to Spend Your Money

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