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Hey you guys derailing the dog thread -- get in here ...
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<blockquote data-quote="THAT Gurl" data-source="post: 4091785" data-attributes="member: 45551"><p><a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/realestate/retire-at-67-i-m-already-exhausted-i-m-49-with-25-years-left-on-my-540-000-mortgage-am-i-doomed/ar-AA1f4Rmz?ocid=hpmsn&cvid=6e8bd4728a7a46349bd962cf350d9292&ei=37" target="_blank">MSN</a></p><p></p><p>Ok I have SO. MANY. QUESTIONS about why this fella is being a whiny ***** but the most important one is who the **** spends $540,000 on "an apartment"??</p><p></p><p>For example, I didn't buy my house until I was in my 40s, pissed my realtor off because I wouldn't look at anything over a certain price, which was WELL under what I could qualify for, and took out a 30 year note to make SURE I could afford the payments if something happened and I lost one of my 3 jobs. </p><p></p><p>Y'all accuse Boomers of always living beyond their means ... And that may be for some of us, but there are plenty of us who did not (live above our means). Seems like a solid case of pot kettle kettle pot here. </p><p></p><p>Again, why is he not making $10k/month doing whatever all these tictokkers are doing? <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="🤷" title="Person shrugging :person_shrugging:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f937.png" data-shortname=":person_shrugging:" /></p><p></p><p>Just know that y'alls' carrying on about how different things are now than they were then doesn't solve anything. I know kids who are sharing apartments with 3 and 4 other kids their age in order to afford the rent. My question is if you are doing that to make ends meet why the **** are you in the newest, most expensive apartment complex in town instead of in a more moderately priced apartment where you can actually put a little of the money you make back for emergencies?? Why are you hitting town every Friday night instead of watching Netflix at home?? Or better yet studying something that interests you AND makes you more upwardly mobile in the job market?? Why do you have to DoorDash in every night instead of eating sammiches and chips?? And splurging on a Bud Light??</p><p></p><p>I mean seriously ... All this angst is not getting anyone anywhere ... I'm still retired, and you're still going to work at one job that doesn't pay well but also doesn't make you leave your pacifier (your cell phone) in your locker. <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="🤷" title="Person shrugging :person_shrugging:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f937.png" data-shortname=":person_shrugging:" /> Seems to me like you are exactly where you WANT to be or you'd be doing your damnest to get out. <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="🤷" title="Person shrugging :person_shrugging:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f937.png" data-shortname=":person_shrugging:" /><img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="🤷" title="Person shrugging :person_shrugging:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f937.png" data-shortname=":person_shrugging:" /><img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="🤷" title="Person shrugging :person_shrugging:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f937.png" data-shortname=":person_shrugging:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="THAT Gurl, post: 4091785, member: 45551"] [URL="https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/realestate/retire-at-67-i-m-already-exhausted-i-m-49-with-25-years-left-on-my-540-000-mortgage-am-i-doomed/ar-AA1f4Rmz?ocid=hpmsn&cvid=6e8bd4728a7a46349bd962cf350d9292&ei=37"]MSN[/URL] Ok I have SO. MANY. QUESTIONS about why this fella is being a whiny ***** but the most important one is who the **** spends $540,000 on "an apartment"?? For example, I didn't buy my house until I was in my 40s, pissed my realtor off because I wouldn't look at anything over a certain price, which was WELL under what I could qualify for, and took out a 30 year note to make SURE I could afford the payments if something happened and I lost one of my 3 jobs. Y'all accuse Boomers of always living beyond their means ... And that may be for some of us, but there are plenty of us who did not (live above our means). Seems like a solid case of pot kettle kettle pot here. Again, why is he not making $10k/month doing whatever all these tictokkers are doing? 🤷 Just know that y'alls' carrying on about how different things are now than they were then doesn't solve anything. I know kids who are sharing apartments with 3 and 4 other kids their age in order to afford the rent. My question is if you are doing that to make ends meet why the **** are you in the newest, most expensive apartment complex in town instead of in a more moderately priced apartment where you can actually put a little of the money you make back for emergencies?? Why are you hitting town every Friday night instead of watching Netflix at home?? Or better yet studying something that interests you AND makes you more upwardly mobile in the job market?? Why do you have to DoorDash in every night instead of eating sammiches and chips?? And splurging on a Bud Light?? I mean seriously ... All this angst is not getting anyone anywhere ... I'm still retired, and you're still going to work at one job that doesn't pay well but also doesn't make you leave your pacifier (your cell phone) in your locker. 🤷 Seems to me like you are exactly where you WANT to be or you'd be doing your damnest to get out. 🤷🤷🤷 [/QUOTE]
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