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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why should I apologize for my success?

I tithe, am extremely generous and provide hands on help to individuals in dire need. I’ve volunteered thousands of hours of my time - since I was a young teen.

I am just one generation removed from abject poverty. My father fled a treacherous home life via a college education and later, a career in the military.

My father set me on a course for success: the expectation that I would graduate from college (debt free), secure a well-paying career, make smart and prudent financial decisions save and invest.

Bought my first house at 29 - my family gave us a wedding gift of a nice down payment in lieu of a giant, fancy wedding reception. Sold the house to a builder, made a comfortable profit, turned around and reinvested in an larger, newer (but still modest) home. Was able to live frugally for over a decade so that I could be a SAHM.

Returned to work and my salary now putting DC through college, debt free.

In our community, we live quietly and humbly. I don’t have social media accounts, so I’m not posting about my charity or church work and most all of our family vacations are road trips to see relatives.

Again, not apologizing for anything I’ve obtained or even how we live-DH and I have strong work ethics and work very hard for what we have.[/quote]

Your father may have been self-made, but you are not.  Most people don't have family to give them a down-payment for a house (or a fancy, schmancy wedding, for that matter).
But you just go on believing you are exceptionally deserving.

:roll: [/quote]

Yeah, this is a perfect example of how most people who spout "I am self-made" are exceptionally clueless.

Also, first PP, no one is asking you to apologize for anything, just get your head out of your ass and recognize that you aren't that special, and didn't do it on your own.  At all. [/quote]

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