I posted this on the MM Nest board, and I'mma put it here too because it's bugging me.
Noodle is very tight-lipped about money. I mean not just the usual, not sharing your salary or budget with people. And it's not that "don't share because we have debts/bills/whatever and shouldn't be buying something like this" or "I dont' want to make people feel uncomfortable because it's an obscene amount of money". We just bought a new motorcycle and his dad (who's a bike freak too) wanted to know how much it was, and Noodle refused to tell him. It was a little awkward, and I asked him later on why and he said "because they don't need to know that." My brother is thinking about moving into his first apartment and he works by us, so he wanted to know what we were paying in rent to get an idea if he could possibly move into our complex and when I broached the subject to Noodle I got the same "no, don't tell him that, he doesn't need to know."
Even vacations - we just got back from a trip to Mexico and a couple we're friends with are thinking of going for the first time and wanted to know how much we spent on our trip and once again, he refused to share the amount. So I just told them and he fussed in the car all the way home about how I was "giving out too much information on our financial life".
I'm all about keeping money matters private if people want to, but it seems kind of extreme when people are asking for what I consider legitimate reasons, or even just out of curiosity sometimes, for him to refuse to share. Is this normal, am I just a chronic over-sharer?
If I wanted to hear the pitter-patter of little feet, I'd put shoes on the cat.
