[LostInBayport]

Windflier: “ Well gee, aren’t you special?

It’s not good form to brag on a thread where 90% of those reading, have a completely different life picture.”

I just wanted to send a “thank you” for that post. I’m always looking at this type of thread to perhaps get a clue as to how to better my situation. It is almost always spoiled by the Free Republic Self Congratulation Society, who can’t resist chiming in to tell everyone how splendidly they have done everything related to finances. They probably sneered at their frozen schoolmates as they walked both ways uphill to school in blinding snowstorms too.

So, “thank you”.

[Windflier]

I’m always looking at this type of thread to perhaps get a clue as to how to better my situation. It is almost always spoiled by the Free Republic Self Congratulation Society, who can’t resist chiming in to tell everyone how splendidly they have done everything related to finances.

I hear ya. I see it too.

If those types had any real compassion for their fellow Freeps, they might spend more time passing on helpful finance tips, and spreading a little encouragement.

In my personal situation, I've built a good small business that will likely take care of my wife and I for the rest of our lives, but there really are no guarantees that our kids won't do something to screw it up after we're no longer in charge.

My wife and I have made plans to mitigate that eventuality. Doing the best we can, is all I can say.