Once in a while you come across something so delightful that you can’t help but share. Happened to me yesterday, when I stumbled upon this riot of a blog – Penny and Rich.
Rich and Penny are cousins, supposedly. According to their About Me page, they grew up in a small town in the Midwest, close to each other. Rich is, well, rich. With a family income of $250k, Rich lives with his wife and twin boys in an expensive city in the East Coast. Penny, with her husband and 4 kids, live in the Midwest. And by the way, Penny is poor. $40k income. That is their combined family income to provide for 6 people. Their names are conveniently appropriate for their current state of affairs 😀
The blog is an open-letter-discourse between them. I find it fascinating. Both of them are excellent writers. They approach issues with very different mindsets and set of values. Their plan of actions are often at loggerheads with each other. The humor in their writing is organic, fresh, and to me, hilarious.
I don’t know them. I don’t know if they are real. I don’t know if some really intelligent group or person is using this as a live thought experiment, presenting two arguments to the issues in personal finance space.
Net Worth, Anon 