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Peter cotton

(380 posts)
78. You appear to think that anyone who doesn't marry or have cihildren
Fri Mar 8, 2013, 12:17 PM
Mar 2013

dies lonely and alone?

Ever hear of friends...extended family...?

They never mention that people don't have money to put away upaloopa Mar 2013 #1
Hard to save... awoke_in_2003 Mar 2013 #2
Exactly. Grateful for Hope Mar 2013 #11
You mean "chained" inflation.... WCGreen Mar 2013 #44
Yep. nt awoke_in_2003 Mar 2013 #86
They're just trying to get by today. ananda Mar 2013 #3
When food is a luxury it's impossible to think about saving. VenusRising Mar 2013 #4
It takes an income of $150,000 per year, on average cheapdate Mar 2013 #5
I'm pretty much in the same boat as you Victor_c3 Mar 2013 #60
1,300 sq. ft PasadenaTrudy Mar 2013 #73
If you don't live in a cardboard box ... oldhippie Mar 2013 #75
Do you live in an expensive place? Or don't have insurance? Honeycombe8 Mar 2013 #103
You call being alive in Dallas living? Egalitarian Thug Mar 2013 #104
Actually, Dallas is a blue oasis compared to most of the state. eom ChisolmTrailDem Mar 2013 #134
Referring more to the actual city and its inhabitants than the political environment. Egalitarian Thug Mar 2013 #136
No, I don't live in an expensive place. cheapdate Mar 2013 #113
Ahhhh....your wife doesn't work, and your vehicle is a truck. Honeycombe8 Mar 2013 #122
My truck is not pricey. cheapdate Mar 2013 #125
Kids can be intelligent, well adjusted, and happy when Mom works. Honeycombe8 Mar 2013 #128
Yes, two-income, working families can raise well-adjusted kids. cheapdate Mar 2013 #129
I see those ads, with serene, smiling early retirees on adventure trips to New Zealand CTyankee Mar 2013 #138
Times are tough. Zax2me Mar 2013 #6
I've cut back to "bare bones" on everything..so..yes..but KoKo Mar 2013 #7
It makes you think social security and medicare are going to be needed more not less Johonny Mar 2013 #8
No indeed. The center cannot hold. ananda Mar 2013 #58
First, one has to have excess to save. longship Mar 2013 #9
I am so f***ed smirkymonkey Mar 2013 #10
Where do you work? teenagebambam Mar 2013 #30
Its a start. daleanime Mar 2013 #55
Unfortunately I work for a large Fortune 500 corporation, so that's not an option for me smirkymonkey Mar 2013 #89
This one has. bluedigger Mar 2013 #12
"undersaved" according to "experts" means not having a million dollars or more by retirement. Matariki Mar 2013 #13
My parents' generation had pensions Matariki Mar 2013 #14
Given up or inability to have have anything to save? hobbit709 Mar 2013 #15
It's my #1 line item in the budget high density Mar 2013 #16
The giant sucking sound of student loans taking all excess income... tokenlib Mar 2013 #17
Not me. Peter cotton Mar 2013 #18
Well good for you..and I'm glad everything worked out for you... tokenlib Mar 2013 #19
It has been due to in large part to the choices I made, granted. Peter cotton Mar 2013 #20
Let's blame people for circumstances beyond their control. Lovely. duffyduff Mar 2013 #22
So you're extraordinarily lucky *and* you're selfish Orrex Mar 2013 #26
"Extraordinarily" lucky? Please...I'm hardly exceptional in this regard. Peter cotton Mar 2013 #32
Lots of people have made the same choices that you have made Orrex Mar 2013 #34
What "good fortune of circumstance" have I enjoyed? Peter cotton Mar 2013 #39
You haven't run into misfortune Orrex Mar 2013 #42
Right on Notafraidtoo Mar 2013 #45
Really? I survived stage 3 cancer last year. Peter cotton Mar 2013 #47
Put simply, I don't believe you. Orrex Mar 2013 #63
Simply put, I don't give a shit. Peter cotton Mar 2013 #67
The word that was mistyped enlightenment Mar 2013 #80
If that's the case, it was asserted that I make 4 to 5 times the median income in the US, Peter cotton Mar 2013 #93
You should probably know by now ... oldhippie Mar 2013 #109
Well....you could have Stage 4 cancer like me. Evoman Mar 2013 #96
My deepest sympathies. Peter cotton Mar 2013 #97
Oh, darn. Having kids was the "wrong" choice, I guess. Arugula Latte Mar 2013 #28
I never asserted that having children is a "wrong" choice. Peter cotton Mar 2013 #35
what wrong choices? CreekDog Mar 2013 #37
I never asserted that anyone made a "wrong" choice. Peter cotton Mar 2013 #41
I think you've caught on ...... oldhippie Mar 2013 #110
This message was self-deleted by its author HangOnKids Mar 2013 #118
You are absolutely right, you did not assert anyone made a wrong choice. bike man Mar 2013 #130
Lots of people made the right choices Le Taz Hot Mar 2013 #57
Your actions will also have "consequences"... OldDem2012 Mar 2013 #62
You appear to think that anyone who doesn't marry or have cihildren Peter cotton Mar 2013 #78
I've heard of both, but based on your description of yourself.... OldDem2012 Mar 2013 #84
For The Win! HangOnKids Mar 2013 #119
Getting married and having kids is a wrong choice in life? gollygee Mar 2013 #65
I didn't say that. It's *a* choice, not (necessarily) the wrong choice. Peter cotton Mar 2013 #69
You're delusional. llmart Mar 2013 #72
While I Agree RobinA Mar 2013 #85
"Hell, anymore, I don't even know what a smart choice is." Brigid Mar 2013 #105
This message was self-deleted by its author devilgrrl Mar 2013 #91
you sound very republican Skittles Mar 2013 #106
The solution is clear, then. Let's all work for the government! Doremus Mar 2013 #132
How odd; I don't recall asserting that government jobs were easy to acquire today... Peter cotton Mar 2013 #133
Peter cotton loves him some whale steaks, yee hah! Doremus Mar 2013 #135
It isn't a matter of "making the right choices." The truth is you have VERY little control duffyduff Mar 2013 #23
Testify! Orrex Mar 2013 #27
More important than your $200k is your double coverage for health care. dkf Mar 2013 #24
My health benefits will continue to be subsidized by my employer after I retire. Peter cotton Mar 2013 #38
It's $11,000 a month here. dkf Mar 2013 #40
"subsidized by my employer after I retire." Lordquinton Mar 2013 #52
that guy does not get it Skittles Mar 2013 #107
No, he doesn't Lordquinton Mar 2013 #114
you can also have many pairs of boots Skittles Mar 2013 #115
Wow - people are beating you up OutNow Mar 2013 #48
No, Orrex Mar 2013 #71
Most members here don't like John Galt Capt. Obvious Mar 2013 #79
This message was self-deleted by its author devilgrrl Mar 2013 #90
Virtually every poster responds to the OP with, "My situation stinks. Here's why." Peter cotton Mar 2013 #94
This message was self-deleted by its author devilgrrl Mar 2013 #95
CORRECT Skittles Mar 2013 #108
We don't like your kind ..... oldhippie Mar 2013 #111
LOL HangOnKids Mar 2013 #120
No money, no savings. No job, no money, no savings. Low-paid job, little money, no savings. duffyduff Mar 2013 #21
Retirement? HoneychildMooseMoss Mar 2013 #25
It used to be that you could "save" for college if you had modest means. Arugula Latte Mar 2013 #29
I'm trying to go through the motions madville Mar 2013 #31
what a stupid article. yeah, for some reason people just 'threw in the towel'. idiotic propaganda. HiPointDem Mar 2013 #33
I plan to work until I die. killbotfactory Mar 2013 #36
......Muffy and I....... olddots Mar 2013 #43
I lived like I was poor Go Vols Mar 2013 #46
Pretty much every problem America has or is facing, including this one . . . HughBeaumont Mar 2013 #70
I lived like I was poor... and succeeded! Eleanors38 Mar 2013 #127
OK, now what? OutNow Mar 2013 #49
College isn't a guaranteed money maker Go Vols Mar 2013 #50
College is still the single best statistical investment one can make economically mythology Mar 2013 #98
I am sure that is true for some Go Vols Mar 2013 #100
Not sure what money you are talking about. Live and Learn Mar 2013 #56
Somebody will take care of us ...... oldhippie Mar 2013 #112
"More than half don't trust anyone's advice", sounds about right as they shouldn't just1voice Mar 2013 #51
+1 nt Live and Learn Mar 2013 #59
I have. Live and Learn Mar 2013 #53
Retirement was a nice dream and even reality for the last 2 generations. Live and Learn Mar 2013 #54
Yet more proof to anyone who.. sendero Mar 2013 #61
There has to be something to save LWolf Mar 2013 #64
Nobody's giving up, but let's face it . . . HughBeaumont Mar 2013 #66
The takeaway... sendero Mar 2013 #68
A few of PasadenaTrudy Mar 2013 #74
Given UP? - NO it is just that it is nearly impossible to save for retirement liberal N proud Mar 2013 #76
Most kinds of investments don't get "wiped out" in a recession unless they get sold low. slackmaster Mar 2013 #92
And if you are forced to retire during a recession? liberal N proud Mar 2013 #99
My IRAs are in the same boat as your 401k. I am reallocating to less volatile investments now. slackmaster Mar 2013 #131
anybody can put money into an IRA hfojvt Mar 2013 #116
If they have money! liberal N proud Mar 2013 #117
That was a very good explanation of the benefits .... oldhippie Mar 2013 #123
To many people sold low, and now are buying high JPZenger Mar 2013 #77
Oh, for Pete's sake. There isn't any money to "invest" for the vast majority. duffyduff Mar 2013 #81
Yup - sell low, buy high OutNow Mar 2013 #87
Story during the Depression JPZenger Mar 2013 #137
For a Long Time RobinA Mar 2013 #82
Chapter 7: Retirement and Education Savings FarCenter Mar 2013 #83
I am already retired, but it was not my choice. RebelOne Mar 2013 #88
Many boomers don't have a choice. We are also having to help our children and grandchildren. southernyankeebelle Mar 2013 #101
Wages stagnate, prices rise..... so I have devised a new plan for retirement DJ13 Mar 2013 #102
The meaning of "retirement" will change supernova Mar 2013 #121
Save what? Octafish Mar 2013 #124
Retirement plans are raided by Wall Street, the banksters and the politicians. peace13 Mar 2013 #126
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