09-08-2010, 06:06 AM
LaniA,
By our next house I meant when our adult daughter moves out, when we retire and have half the income we have now, and cannot afford to live in the house we are in now. As long as I am working, we can afford this house, but once I retire we will have to down size.
Just because we are planning ahead doesn't mean we are rich, it means if we want to stay here in Puna when we retire we have to give up our current home and go smaller. We also will not be able to climb the 14 steps up when we get older.
I finished teacher's college with more debt in student loans than some houses cost here in Puna, we aren't rich by any means. I didn't say when we buy our second house, or build a palace, or move to Kohala, I just said our next house. Like many people our age I know we will not be able to stay in this house the rest of our lives, I don't know why you assumed that means we are rich people.
Carol
By our next house I meant when our adult daughter moves out, when we retire and have half the income we have now, and cannot afford to live in the house we are in now. As long as I am working, we can afford this house, but once I retire we will have to down size.
Just because we are planning ahead doesn't mean we are rich, it means if we want to stay here in Puna when we retire we have to give up our current home and go smaller. We also will not be able to climb the 14 steps up when we get older.
I finished teacher's college with more debt in student loans than some houses cost here in Puna, we aren't rich by any means. I didn't say when we buy our second house, or build a palace, or move to Kohala, I just said our next house. Like many people our age I know we will not be able to stay in this house the rest of our lives, I don't know why you assumed that means we are rich people.
Carol
Carol
Every time you feel yourself getting pulled into other people's nonsense, repeat these words: Not my circus, not my monkeys.
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Every time you feel yourself getting pulled into other people's nonsense, repeat these words: Not my circus, not my monkeys.
Polish Proverb