The Boyfriend
Saturday, July 16th, 2011
My sister’s boyfriend is the kind of guy that finds a particular brand of something and sticks with it forever. He’s a pretty decent guy and is really fun to be around, except when he starts talking about things that I don’t have any interest in. So last night he was rambling on and on about Amerismoke, which is his favorite brand of cigarettes these days. He says that he really liked the taste and that they are way better than regular old cigarettes. He said that he was even thinking about purchasing several thousand dollars worth of stock in the company, simply because he believed in their products so much.
I tried to tell him that he shouldn’t invest this way. You’re supposed to do your due diligence and only invest in companies that pay dividends. You should always leave emotion at the door when you’re picking stocks. As I was explaining this he pulled out his e cigarette liquid refill because he wanted to smoke. I knew he wasn’t paying attention to me at all, but I had to at least warn him about the costly mistake that he was going to make. Hopefully he comes to his senses before calling his broker.


