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Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Linn County, Oregon
Posts: 48,783
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Quote:
Originally Posted by jcommin
I have been a saver all of my life - the debt I did carry (home). Got married and that changed a bit. Had a few cars loans but what really changed was in 2006. I got divorced and that was just a mess - heavy debt, owed the IRS, the housing market crashed and my youngest had a drug/behavioral problem that needed attention.
Flash forward, no house, no car debt, IRS paid off, no credit card debt, son is clean and going to college and I have very little money left. I'm ok, it is just money: it's not my life. I'm fortunate to have had the money, a good paying job, good health and fortune to whether the last several years. I can truly understand that a catastrophic event can wipe someone out financially or maybe not get the attention or service they need because they don't have the financial resources.
I don't take anything for granted anymore - life can get in the way and things change no matter how much we plan.
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Boy howdy on that...life indeed has it's twists and turns...
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