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[quote=Anonymous]My high school best friend’s mom - her ex made a ton of money in the early tech days inventing key technology that was very widely used. When they got divorced, her mom got the largest divorce settlement in the history of the state. Her mom lived lavishly, threw great parties, and always bought luxury items. She lost a lot of money in bad investments. She previously lived in a house that’s now worth 4-5M (not what she paid or sold it for though) and now rents a townhouse and is working (actually doing very important political work for an organization she founded and funded generously decades ago - she came back on as the paid ED). Frankly, though she’s not as wealthy as she once was, she lives a good life. She’s sober now and I’m willing to bet would say she’s happier now than she had been before. Although the money was never my friend’s money, she married a preacher and had four kids and always hosts foster kids and lives in a small home in a more rural community, so very poor compared to her childhood. But she’s super happy and well adjusted and perhaps has the highest quality of life of our cohort (embedded in a wonderful, supportive community, an ease of living , great relationships, etc).[/quote]

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