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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Oh, this made my blood boil:

[quote]"But, without getting too metaphysical about it, these are the choices that define who we are. We don’t make them with our financial well-being in mind, though maybe we should. We make them with our lives in mind. The alternative is to be another person."[/quote]

Uh, fuck you, sir. I'm made literally every important decision in my life with my financial well-being in mind. Whether to marry when I did, how much to ask my parents to spend on the wedding (they chipped in $5K and DH and I paid $2K), what house to buy and where (and whether to compromise on location, size, schools, etc), how many kids to have, which career to follow (passionate about art but do that as a hobby and went into tech).

Making decisions "with our lives in mind" sounds a lot like hedonism if you're not considering your financial future. I'd love to buy a $1.5m house in North Arlington and be a creative and never sit at a desk or work on a schedule and have 4 kids, but realistically, I can't afford any of that. So I do as much as I can while still being careful and planning for rainy days.

The author sounds like an awful, awful person who condemns those who live carefully and thoughtfully as "not being their true selves" or something similar. What an evil, soulless, greedy asshole he is. I'm glad he's floundering and I hope he enjoys being the grasshopper when the winter comes. [/quote]

Wow, you have a lot of hate and rage about someone who simply sees the world differently than you.  Hope you're transmitting your open-minded, empathetic "values" to your kids.  [/quote]

I agree with PP's point. She does sound angry but the writer comes across as someone with a vaguely patronizing, "holier than thou" attitude, but is doing his best to hide it. I would be angry too but it sounds like the asshole is getting his comeuppance, so why bother. At any rate, the fact that millions of Americans work hard as hell, don't spend beyond their means, still struggle to make ends meet, and define the real "struggling middle class" goes over this guy's head.[/quote]

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