Snippets of conversation:

makingourway on Prosper.com:

"I don't know if I'd be willing to give up the social aspect of Peer to peer lending easily - is it addictive?

Writer@Large on the appearance of a new vehicle, just when he needed it:

"...there's a small part of me that feels like this was too easy. We were faced with a tough moment in our Total Money Makeover, and the free vehicle allowed us to sidestep the tough choices. I do regret losing the moment of potential growth.

The Big Picture on the Fed's decision to not raise interest rates:

"I got this totally wrong... not only did we not get a 1/4 point hike, we didn't even get Hawkish comments."