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February 23, 2008 at 11:43 AM #11903February 23, 2008 at 12:16 PM #158282barnaby33Participant
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
February 23, 2008 at 12:16 PM #158575barnaby33ParticipantWhy 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
February 23, 2008 at 12:16 PM #158584barnaby33ParticipantWhy 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
February 23, 2008 at 12:16 PM #158592barnaby33ParticipantWhy 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
February 23, 2008 at 12:16 PM #158666barnaby33ParticipantWhy 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
February 23, 2008 at 12:40 PM #158292kewp
ParticipantI 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.
February 23, 2008 at 12:40 PM #158585ParticipantI 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.
February 23, 2008 at 12:40 PM #158594ParticipantI 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.
February 23, 2008 at 12:40 PM #158602ParticipantI 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.
February 23, 2008 at 12:40 PM #158676ParticipantI 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.
February 23, 2008 at 12:48 PM #158297JWM in SD
ParticipantJWM 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.
February 23, 2008 at 12:48 PM #158590ParticipantJWM 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.
February 23, 2008 at 12:48 PM #158599ParticipantJWM 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.
February 23, 2008 at 12:48 PM #158607ParticipantJWM 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.
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