Dancing Around the Four Sides

Well, as I understand it, Quicken =/= Quickbooks, and the group of people I heard talking about it all vastly preferred Quickbooks. Many of them had the same issues I'd had with Quicken -- like, when I had recurring expenses, it wouldn't show them and I'd end up with them entered twice.

And things wouldn't balance no matter how hard I tried; I spent HOURS trying to make that program work for me and it just wouldn't. And I could never figure out why the hell not, since I was doing everything "right." I finally gave up, and it's weird how emotional I still get just remembering the frustration and the feeling of U FAIL SO HARD it all brought on. 'Cause, this was like ... 2004? Maybe 2005? You'd think I'd be over it by now, but I'm not; the sense of failure has not diminished much. I am, however, ready to stop blaming myself and just look for something that works better.