Excuse me, but why are you maintaining a motel room in your home?

It took me a long time to figure out that I own this house. It is mine. I am not in the motel business. My car is not painted yellow. I am not in the taxi business, either. Why am I trying to accomodate people who are employed and have plenty of resources to stay in a motel? If, they come!

I sold the double bed. I have told people that I do not have overnight accomodations. If they want to visit, fine, but I cannnot put them up, unless they want to sleep in the middle of the living room with the cat.

Finito. I have been in the motel business too long. Too long the room has been vacant and non-functional. Why am I doing that? Who am I trying to please? Certaintly not myself!

For me the answer was, it was a waste of valuable space. Ever looked at what a house costs? They figure the price per square foot. If you have a room that is say, 10x10, or 100 square feet, and your house cost say, $200,000 and is 1800 square feet in size, then you are wasting more than $1,100 a year.

You probably share a bedroom, share a bathroom, while the spouse runs amok in the garage (lattery known as the Man Cave), the kids have their own rooms, and woe betide anyone who trespasses. What are we thinking about? So, you need a new budget item: Money set aside to purchase motel room for mother-in-law's visit. Sound ridiculous? Well, what are you, if not allowing yourself to be taken ridiculous advantage of by family and friends?

And you are going to use this space to make your own clothes (savings) and furnishings (savings) and for hobbies (savings)?

America, wake up! Guest bedrooms are a luxury no one can afford in this day and age.