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Originally Posted by wdfifteen
I understand that economic decline can be stressful, I do feel sorry for those who become so despondent that they chose to end their lives. But at least it's a choice.
I'm also concerned with life's fighters who don't give up. I grew up crapping in a little white house out back. I came up from nothing and if I have to I can go back where I came from as long as I have MrsWD. I am willing to sacrifice for the greater good, but if the greater good is just making sure everyone can make their Winnebago payments, I'm out. I cannot conceive of either of us having our lives cut short by this virus because other people were so attached to their wealth they wouldn't sacrifice what was asked of them.
You can recover from being poor, I know, I've done it. You don't recover from dead.
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100% agree with your sentiments but I have to raise an objection with your last sentence
You can recover from dead, I know. I've done it
Mrs Ahab and I have lived well below our means all our life, to the point sometimes we feel we miss out on some of the finer things in life. We've tried to build our family life around experiences from travelling the world and not from chasing money or possessions
I can see this virus being the big reset a lot of folk need.
Hopefully people will re-find the joy of enjoying being contented with the simpler pleasures in life like buying local food/products, outdoor/healthy activities, reading, learning new skills, up cycling/repairing not replacing, friends and family, less time at work etc etc
Kind of like what I'd imagine living in the 50's must have been like, everything must have been simpler
