# ‘Cash is king.’ Oh really? Is it? Do you carry cash? Are you plastic always, all the time? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 4, 2020, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cash-is-king-oh-really-is-it-do-you-carry-cash-are-you-plastic-always-all-the-time/922191 "2020-10-04T16:07:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 155
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2021, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cash-is-king-oh-really-is-it-do-you-carry-cash-are-you-plastic-always-all-the-time/922191/155 "2021-02-24T16:57:19Z")
> [@Lord\_Feldon](#): > > Of course it can be. _shrug_ > [@Pitting my future sister-in-law](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-my-future-sister-in-law/931059): > > A few months back, I took some money out of my retirement account that I had earmarked for a few things: buying a new car, and taking a vacation with my fiancée (and possibly eloping while we were there). I work nights, so I sleep during the day. At times, my fiancée has needed to go do some running, or pay bills or whatever. So she’ll ask for my ATM card to get my share out of my account. She’s meticulous about bringing me back any receipts so that I can match everything up. So last month, ab… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cash-is-king-oh-really-is-it-do-you-carry-cash-are-you-plastic-always-all-the-time/922191)._