SunsetBeach Guy cracks me up. Enjoying the spoils of wealth and or success from hard work has NOTHING to do with financial sense. Nobody cares what car YOU drive or what you paid for it. Nobody ever said “Gee, If had any smarts, I’d drive a Subaru instead of this shoddy new 600SL Benz” Its all about having the financial wherewithall to enjoy the absolute finest of something. They dont even see your cheap Subaru when they go past you.
As far as your ending statement about Alpha Males and beta Males….well, theres no comparison, my friend.
A small example of many to wit:
Beta Males satisfy themselves with the fat chicks cuz they’re safe and they dont require anything special in their mates, they’re just glad their getting some attention from any type of male. Plus beta males dont grab the primal attention of the female of any species, just like your Subaru and fake rolex your probably wearing. Your much too smart to spend 20G’s on a damned watch …right ? Well surprise ! Your opinion doesnt count, not to the real achievers in this world. They dont drive Ferrari’s and such to impress the likes of you. beta males are the hangers on in a society, achieving and accomplishing nothing substantial and pretty much are what the current political administration refers to as a “Useless Eater”. Safe, comfortable, boring.
While your at home rubbing the safe fat girlfriend’s smelly feet, the Alpha males take home the Prom Queen and eats beta males for lunch snacks. Not many though, cuz they taste like crap.
A book has never been written about a beta male yet…If it were written, nobody would buy it, because who cares what he does ? He doesnt count. One of lifes placeholders..much like the ZERO.
beta males never take a chance, never live a life worth living. beta males are the mouses of a society, scurrying around eating the scraps and leftovers of the do-ers. Constantly scared of their own shadows and skampering to their dark, safety spots under a rock anytime an Alpha Males shows his presence. Being a beta male is NOT every mothers dream for their son. It certainly isnt their fathers. Indeed. Have a twinkie son. That was a nightmarish statement you made there. I hope you were only joking.If not, you should go home kick your father in the crotch.Hard.
Rant over…Now back to the original Shadenfruende question. Reading this forum does NOT make you a pervert or a jealous sadist anymore than traders religiously read the Wall Street Journal. They’re not always looking for good news. Proper planning leads to proper investing. All people who’ve purchased a house was an adult, an adult is responsible for his or her own decisions, end of story. If he used a suicide loan or Neg. Am mortgage, thats his business. If something can be learned from a possible bubble burst BEFORE it bursts, then thats shrewd detective work,have a cigar! its not sadistic pleasure. People do what they do, its not your fault. You do what YOU do, and YES it IS your fault if you screw it up.
Charity starts at home. Take care of yourself and arming yourself with BOTH sides of every story BEFORE you leap into something like a 30 yr. mortgage is your duty to yourself and your family.