Fairy tales are for children. That is what my mother always taught me. And as terrible as all her lessons were I learned from them so as not to end up like her. Thus my three rules to scrape by through life were created: Rule 1# If it comes between yourself and someone else, always choose yourself since no one else will. Rule # 2 If you can’t afford to pay for something upfront don’t get it. Yeah credit cards are nice, shiny, and alluring like a siren song. Let me tell you though And finally Rule #3 Never trust a man when he says he will take care of you. Sure he will give you some pretty words about how you are forever but the second a shinier, new PYT comes along he will drop you like last seasons Prada.