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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I try not to be smug about having a kid who excels academically in an office the charts way, and the fact that DH and I are set up for early retirement in our early 30s. But I know I don't succeed.

The smugness comes from the belief that we made these things happen. DD was struggling at school I usually so we made some early investments in her academics and they really paid off. And DH and I are super savers who eschewed a lot of spending in order to squirrel money away and that paid off big time with several major investments so we are able to bump up our timeline. I am just super proud of us for this stuff and I struggle with being graceful about it. I could stand to be humbled at the moment.[/quote]

It's enough that you're self-aware, PP, I certainly hope nothing happens to jeopardize your good fortune.

We have also had good fortune come our way, to balance some misfortunes. I, too, am aware that our stock portfolio has developed mainly all by its little own self. Sure, I picked the right high tech at the right time: Apple, Nvidia, Alphabet, Amazon. But there was a lot of risk to my strategy, and there continues to be.

On the health front, it's not great at all, sadly. Both my children are now diagnosed with serious and chronic crap they will have to deal with all their lives (one mental, the other physical). It certainly brings perspective to my life.

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