Emergency Fund

[Inor]

We used to keep between $1000 and $2000 in cash in a fire safe at home. The problem was, when one of our kids showed up having money trouble, it was too easy to reach into the box and "solve the problem". That just seemed to make the problems occur more frequently and more severely. Now, we keep a couple hundred on hand at all times, plus quite a bit of pre-1965 silver. But, to force Mrs Inor and me to say "no" to our kids more often, we have not kept much cash on hand for a while.

(I know it is the pussy's way out as I should just re-learn to be more of a hard ass to my kids. But...)