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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm always surprised by how these conversations go. Any expressed desire to live in an aesthetically pleasing, functional home environment is met with cost-benefit calculations and the inevitable reality that "there will not be a return on the investment." So one lives the prime of their life with sub-optimal kitchens and substandard HVAC and not enough space for the family, while you sock away money for when you're 70, and for what? I am not advocating spendthrift ignoring of future needs, but I am questioning the rigid dismissal of actually enjoying NOW. I've seen plenty of people squirrel away the funds while living in falling apart, outdated, substandard housing, and then drop dead before they "downsize" and "recoup their investment." Not interested. Thanks.[/quote]

Long term care is expensive. So is tuition. [/quote]

Live for thirty years in a crappy house with a non functional kitchen so I sock away enough money to have to pay a nurse to spoon feed me when I have dementia. Not as convincing as you think you are. [/quote]

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