Make your name matter

In recent events we lost a pet and my wife posted an unreasonably large reward on social media.  She does not have the money to pay the reward were someone to produce the pet.  The options are: I would have to pay it and skip paying some bills and really stretch the budget OR she would have to make minuscule payments for a very long time OR she would have to sacrifice her reputation and say "JK thanks for finding our pet!".  I can promise you I'm not paying it because I did not promise it and I will not sacrifice my family's financial security for a poor decision on my wife's part.  If I were willing to do that I'd let her control the money.  We see where that got us before...  So all that to say, what about your name?  Are you the kind of person that when you say "if you find my pet I'll give you a thousand bucks" and people listen and expect that to happen or are you the flake that people think ohh here he/she goes again.  Make your name matter, protect your reputation, when your heart makes a decision, confer with your brain before acting.  You were give a heart and a brain for a reason.  They are to work in concert with one another, neither is to be ignored.  Be a person of integrity.  God knows the world needs more of them.