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I’m in Nest Egg Retirement (NER) so I could afford it if I’m motivated to do it.
You could do it but how would you live having to give up your CiCi’s buffet?
Your attempts to seem like an innovator are pretty comical. Add that do your need to create a blog and pretend it’s not your to help confirm your beliefs suggest your mental state isn’t as solid as you pretend this retired life is supporting
You couldn’t if you were sticking to your 10k a year in annual expenses.
Exactly.
He's fine on saying he can live on 10k/year until it's demonstrated something he can't do like others who aren't existing on poverty level income, then suddenly he's willing to abandon his safe steady income plan to rationalize that he's not actually limiting himself.
He's fine on saying he can live on 10k/year until it's demonstrated something he can't do like others who aren't existing on poverty level income, then suddenly he's willing to abandon his safe steady income plan to rationalize that he's not actually limiting himself.
No. I said I’m perfectly content on the amount of money I live on — but if you convince me there’s something worth seeing in Southern Europe I’ll go.
And I’ll probably get there before you.
Long term, I’ll be perfectly fine dropping $10k on a vacation.
Not something I’m dying to do, but if you’ll step up and take my bet I’ll start looking for plane tickets tonight.
No. I said I’m perfectly content on the amount of money I live on — but if you convince me there’s something worth seeing in Southern Europe I’ll go.
Then you wouldn't be living on the amount of money you live on. It's easy to talk about spending more, and even easier to rationalize to yourself and your family that you don't want to do all these things, but much harder to actually do them on your budget.
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Not something I’m dying to do, but if you’ll step up and take my bet I’ll start looking for plane tickets tonight.
Well me paying for you to go wouldn't prove you're able to shell out the money to go.
Then you wouldn't be living on the amount of money you live on. It's easy to talk about spending more, and even easier to rationalize to yourself and your family that you don't want to do all these things, but much harder to actually do them on your budget.
What am I rationalizing?
I’m net worth retired. That doesn’t mean I can never pull from my nest egg if there’s something I really want.
Southern Europe has never been something I want.
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Well me paying for you to go wouldn't prove you're able to shell out the money to go.
I’ll pay. I’m simply betting that I can go if I want to. Anytime at that.
That things you can't afford are things you don't and will never want.
So people can’t not want things they can’t “afford”? Trying to keep up with the logic here.
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So you can live on $10k, as long as you don't want anything that costs more, which you can then rationalize for everything.
I don’t have to live on $10k — that’s just what the things I need add up to. I have more income — most of which is reinvested because I don’t have anything really want to buy with it.
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Surprise surprise.
Apologies for not being much of a traveler.
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You can't, and you won't.
Put your money where your mouth is.
Perhaps we could broker a deal for me to get paid once I’m in Southern Europe?
Are you getting ready for work on this early morning?
So people can’t not want things they can’t “afford”? Trying to keep up with the logic here.
No, people can not want things they can't afford. However you are in a pattern of justifying a spartan existence by dismissing anything beyond your means as something that doesn't interest you. it's sad.
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I don’t have to live on $10k — that’s just what the things I need add up to. I have more income — most of which is reinvested because I don’t have anything really want to buy with it.
Who knows, you've demonstrated far too many contradictions and evasiveness to know what to believe with you.
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Apologies for not being much of a traveler
Curious = have you ever been outside USA?
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Put your money where your mouth is.
Perhaps we could broker a deal for me to get paid once I’m in Southern Europe?
Are you getting ready for work on this early morning?
That doesn't make much sense for me to pay for your vacation. Being able to come up with the money to do something doesn't mean it's something you can really afford to do, happens all the time. The world is full of folks making bad personal finance decisions. You can't afford it on your lifestyle, so you won't go. You can do all the hand waving you want but bottom line your income level does not support things like intl travel. You aren't going anywhere.
No, I'm not getting ready for work.
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