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Thinking of selling my car
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<blockquote data-quote="Iceman5000" data-source="post: 13026893" data-attributes="member: 136293"><p>While I personally feel what you are wanting to accomplish is very commendable, let me just show you "the other side of the coin". When I was growing up, my parents set a very good example for my sister and I. My dad was a very hard worker (still is), my mom was a stay at home mom. They were very frugal, even though my father made pretty good money. They had the same 2 vehicles for most of my entire childhood 17+ years. They still live in the house that they paid 30k for in 1973. My mom has a 2004 Cadillac she bought new that has 3k miles on it because she prefers to drive her 1985 Chevy van. We vacationed as a family at least 2 times a year, and lived a comfortable, though modest life. Fast forward to today, both my parents are in their 70's, multimillionaires, and are very miserable. They are afraid to spend a dime on anything. They are in decent health for their age, but refuse to go on vacations, or do anything else, "extravagant" with their money. What this taught me over my life, is you can't take it with you. I don't live beyond my means, I have a great retirement plan + 401k, but I have fun while I am still relatively young and can enjoy it. My daughter is 24 and expects everybody to pay her bills, and leave her everything when they die, because my parents chose to spoil their grandchildren as their only "splurge" in life. I will leave some to my daughter but it is not going to be my goal in life. Nor do I expect anything from my parents, even though I know I will get about 1/3 of their estate, I wish they would just enjoy the fruits of their labor and have fun for the rest of their life! Spend every dime of my inheritance and have fun doing it. My dad was self made, I am self made, and my daughter should be the same. Just my 2 cents. Good Luck to you!:beer:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Iceman5000, post: 13026893, member: 136293"] While I personally feel what you are wanting to accomplish is very commendable, let me just show you "the other side of the coin". When I was growing up, my parents set a very good example for my sister and I. My dad was a very hard worker (still is), my mom was a stay at home mom. They were very frugal, even though my father made pretty good money. They had the same 2 vehicles for most of my entire childhood 17+ years. They still live in the house that they paid 30k for in 1973. My mom has a 2004 Cadillac she bought new that has 3k miles on it because she prefers to drive her 1985 Chevy van. We vacationed as a family at least 2 times a year, and lived a comfortable, though modest life. Fast forward to today, both my parents are in their 70's, multimillionaires, and are very miserable. They are afraid to spend a dime on anything. They are in decent health for their age, but refuse to go on vacations, or do anything else, "extravagant" with their money. What this taught me over my life, is you can't take it with you. I don't live beyond my means, I have a great retirement plan + 401k, but I have fun while I am still relatively young and can enjoy it. My daughter is 24 and expects everybody to pay her bills, and leave her everything when they die, because my parents chose to spoil their grandchildren as their only "splurge" in life. I will leave some to my daughter but it is not going to be my goal in life. Nor do I expect anything from my parents, even though I know I will get about 1/3 of their estate, I wish they would just enjoy the fruits of their labor and have fun for the rest of their life! Spend every dime of my inheritance and have fun doing it. My dad was self made, I am self made, and my daughter should be the same. Just my 2 cents. Good Luck to you!:beer: [/QUOTE]
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