Monopoly

If money looks like fake money it gets treated as such. You know that you keep count of how much money is in your wallet. You might be a few bucks off but generally if you spent a 20 you know where that 20 went. Maybe you lose a 5 or something and find it months later in a coat pocket, but other than that you know where your money is. Not so the case with fake looking money, or, as it is more commonly known, foreign currency. I just opened a notebook from my time in Amsterdam and found 100 euro. My first thought was woohoo, lucky day for Jo. My second was when did I lose this and why on earth didn't I freak out?? I'm good with money, I don't spend a lot, don't shop or go out much, with the exception of dance expenses I keep a really tight reign on what I spend. If you had a 50 dollar bill and then suddenly didn't you would go looking for it, you'd tear through your purse and go through the pockets of the jeans you had been wearing until you located it. And 50 euro is more than 50 dollars. Why was I carrying that much around with me and why didn't I notice its absence? The only conclusion could be that if it looks like it belongs in with all the other monopoly money, you treat it with as much care. I find this intellectually interesting, amusing, and troubling.

Shout out to the start of dance competition season, I have my first "friendly" comp today, I'll let you know how it goes.