September 12, 2006
Money matters
Here’s another true confession: I don’t do well with money. I don’t mean that I misuse it or miscalculate it, I mean I don’t do well with money. It freaks me out, makes me uncomfortable, and before I met Damon, it made me cry.
I think there is a name for this phobia, but I don’t know what it is. (You google it for me, I’m too scared.) But Damon showed me the world will not end if I don’t have $20 in my wallet at all times.
I am very thankful that Damon has a mind for the money matters and I totally trust him to make sure our family is being taken care of. I know that our mortgage is being paid, our electricity will work, and someday we will be able to afford our own jet packs to take us to the moon and back.
For now, I am happy that we can order pizza and not break the bank.
Fear of money: An abnormal and persistent fear of money. Sufferers experience undue anxiety even though they realize their fear is irrational. They worry that they might mismanage money or that money might live up to its reputation as "the root of all evil." Perhaps they remember well the ill fortune that befell the mythical King Midas. His wish that everything he touched be turned to gold was fulfilled, and even his food was transformed into gold.
The fear of money is termed chrometophobia or chrematophobia, from the Greek "chrimata" (money) and "phobos" (fear). The "chrome" in "chrometophobia" may also be related to the Greek word "chroma" (color) because of the brilliant colors of ancient coins -- for example, gold, silver, bronze and copper.
Posted by: austina at September 12, 2006 07:55 PM
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