There seems to be a bunch of reasons for not divulging income information ranging from contractual agreements to being boastful to self-pride to being non-anonymous…can I say that? non-anonymous?…to being a little scared.
Terri from Educating the Wheelers goes the non-anonymous route, thus too much info can be inappropriate. And Jose feels it’s cultural taboo. I feel that’s true too.
Apollo says,
Everyone has an income some a little more then others depending on occupation or business savvy. I suppose we shouldn’t value our self worth based on one’s income. But given we live in a highly consumerism and materialistic society, it’s difficult to ignore sometimes.
And John who said,
For me it’s an issue w/ pride. I make decent money for someone in my situation, but feel it’s not good enough compared to some of my friends and family. I think if more bloggers out there set a trend of revealing their income, I’d feel a little more bold to do so. Maybe you’ve started something by bringing it up….
I think for me it’s an issue with pride too…Not only in the sense of how I stack up to everyone else and them to me…I guess it really is a sensitive area…We can always look at our net worth and figure out ways to increase it, our incomes are a little more personal and sometimes outside our control…Maybe it’s the fact that we never make enough…so we feel somewhat inadequate?
Maybe we should all take the perspective of SingleMom,
I never understood what’s the big deal. It’s shielded like it’s life or death info. If someone knew your salary, what could they do with the information? Tell someone else? Ok, so what?
Or we could be in a situation like Kassy, and this topic really becomes moot…since income is not a secret.
Maybe one day we can share financial info without the worry of being judged. That’ll be the day…It seems like financial blogging is a step towards that direction. Thanks for everyone’s input!
Here’s what 300K would buy you in Honolulu, HI…a 2 bedroom, 1 bath condo, 686sqft.
Or if you wanted a house, a 4 bedroom, 1.1 bath, 1181sqft.
Why Is Income Such a Big Secret? Part 2
There seems to be a bunch of reasons for not divulging income information ranging from contractual agreements to being boastful to self-pride to being non-anonymous…can I say that? non-anonymous?…to being a little scared.
Terri from Educating the Wheelers goes the non-anonymous route, thus too much info can be inappropriate. And Jose feels it’s cultural taboo. I feel that’s true too.
Apollo says,
And John who said,
I think for me it’s an issue with pride too…Not only in the sense of how I stack up to everyone else and them to me…I guess it really is a sensitive area…We can always look at our net worth and figure out ways to increase it, our incomes are a little more personal and sometimes outside our control…Maybe it’s the fact that we never make enough…so we feel somewhat inadequate?
Maybe we should all take the perspective of SingleMom,
Or we could be in a situation like Kassy, and this topic really becomes moot…since income is not a secret.
Maybe one day we can share financial info without the worry of being judged. That’ll be the day…It seems like financial blogging is a step towards that direction. Thanks for everyone’s input!
Posted in General on March 16, 2006