Why are you surprised, much less sickened? This seems pretty normal. I love that he is 40 and only has (or had) 20k in savings! Now thats lack of foresight.

Of course I shouldn’t point the finger, my girlfriend is rounding the corner on 38 and has zero savings except her house. Imagine being in love with someone who’s worse off than the person that sickens you, man that hurts.

Josh

Why are you surprised, much less sickened? This seems pretty normal. I love that he is 40 and only has (or had) 20k in savings! Now thats lack of foresight.

Of course I shouldn’t point the finger, my girlfriend is rounding the corner on 38 and has zero savings except her house. Imagine being in love with someone who’s worse off than the person that sickens you, man that hurts.

Josh

I actually like stories like this.

The theme is (I think) we are supposed to sympathize with this guy. Lets look at a few quotes before we break out the tissues…

“poses inside his Irvine, Calif. home”
“American Express reduced the limits on three credit cards”
“pay down their credit card debt”
“pawning a diamond ring and selling camera equipment he owed money on”
“$550 monthly payment on a gray BMW 335i he leased last April.”

So the guy was living beyond his means and got dinged. I hope he learned his lesson. I figured it out ten years before he did so I’m not gonna end up in the same boat.

I actually like stories like this.

The theme is (I think) we are supposed to sympathize with this guy. Lets look at a few quotes before we break out the tissues…

“poses inside his Irvine, Calif. home”
“American Express reduced the limits on three credit cards”
“pay down their credit card debt”
“pawning a diamond ring and selling camera equipment he owed money on”
“$550 monthly payment on a gray BMW 335i he leased last April.”

So the guy was living beyond his means and got dinged. I hope he learned his lesson. I figured it out ten years before he did so I’m not gonna end up in the same boat.

I actually like stories like this.

The theme is (I think) we are supposed to sympathize with this guy. Lets look at a few quotes before we break out the tissues…

“poses inside his Irvine, Calif. home”
“American Express reduced the limits on three credit cards”
“pay down their credit card debt”
“pawning a diamond ring and selling camera equipment he owed money on”
“$550 monthly payment on a gray BMW 335i he leased last April.”

So the guy was living beyond his means and got dinged. I hope he learned his lesson. I figured it out ten years before he did so I’m not gonna end up in the same boat.

JWM in SD

I’d argue that this kind of thing started before the RE Bubble got into full swing. It is not surprising and pretty much corroborates what we have been saying about a lot Clownifornians living beyond their means. Multiple this moron by a million and you are looking at OC writ large.

JWM in SD

I’d argue that this kind of thing started before the RE Bubble got into full swing. It is not surprising and pretty much corroborates what we have been saying about a lot Clownifornians living beyond their means. Multiple this moron by a million and you are looking at OC writ large.