I’m with you. I have do debt, own two good reliable newish vehicles, cover all bills and just be smart when we buy.
We still eat out when we want but mostly cook and then still make it good.
I got laid off 5 months ago and got a really nice severance and, for the first time in my life, am drawing a small unemployment check. Only because it was offered.
Fortunately we still have a really good income to easily cover expenses and still save. Plenty in the 401K’s we dumped money in when we were both really making the dough.
But I’m only 52 and have to get more income sooner or later or cut back. Thankfully, we’ve been frugal enough over the years we are good at it. Buy in bulk when there are sales and use coupons.
My main concern at this age is retirement and we all know Soc Sec and Medicare are a scam and those my age are screwed.
So I’ll volunteer, work elections, talk to my friends and neighbors, etc. Just to try and get enough voters to wake up and throw these bums out like we did in 1980. But now the stakes are truly higher in that we are at the precipice of all that talk we knew in the 1970’s about rabid entitlements.
Our time is up. It’s get back to principles and dump socialism or become Greece. Keep your powder dry, we are already having riots all over and it’s going to be a long, hot summer.
>>I got laid off 5 months ago and got a really nice severance and, for the first time in my life, am drawing a small unemployment check. Only because it was offered.<<
A small side note. Unemployment is INSURANCE. You paid into it and deserve the results of invoking the policy, head held high.
It is when the legislatures override the original contract and insist that payments continue beyond the contract term that UI is a problem.