Socioeconomic Diversity

My family is very fortunate to say that both my parents have stable/secure jobs. Of course, nothing is guaranteed but the company they work for has given them reason to believe they have nothing to worry about. I'm not trying to tell you how lucky we are so don't take this the wrong way, because the economy is still very much effecting how we manage our money these days. Dr. Hollist asked during lecture on Tuesday, "how many of you have noticed that instead of going to Russ's Market you're getting groceries and things from Wal-Mart because it's cheaper?" I found myself nodding in agreement because we really have been working at making a buck go a long way. We have to be conservative in areas like that if we want money for 'a rainy day' or for some form of 'entertainment.' Since I hadn't really given this a thought before it became clear to me that my family is all pretty much in agreement with how we utilize our money in today's economy. The knowledge I gained from our lecture was that if an arguement were to break out over this, the way to handle it would be to communicate and compromise to find a positive solution instead of merely bickering about what the problem is.