Confessions of one sahm

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Registered: 01-09-2009
Confessions of one sahm
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Fri, 04-03-2009 - 1:58pm

I've been thinking about this *debate* lately, and I think that many of my

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Ducky

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Registered: 01-08-2009
Sun, 07-05-2009 - 2:18pm
I would like to live in a world where 25K is "not much."
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Registered: 01-08-2009
Sun, 07-05-2009 - 2:22pm
i wouldn't put up with that, either. That's extremely rude. On the other hand, I do tell kids when they come over that we have drinks in the snack fridge, and they are allowed to help themselves to whatever they would like in there, as long is it is consumed outside of in the kitchen/dining room. Drinks, yes. Frozen pizza (not that we have any)...uh, no.
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Registered: 03-26-2009
Sun, 07-05-2009 - 2:24pm

Shrug-I know some homes that have gone down $100,000 so $20-25K is not much to me.

iVillage Member
Registered: 01-08-2009
Sun, 07-05-2009 - 2:24pm
Maybe they just eat the pizza frozen. I imagine anyone barbarian enough to just take food out of someone else's freezer might not know what needs to be heated, or how to do so.
iVillage Member
Registered: 01-08-2009
Sun, 07-05-2009 - 2:26pm
I think it is because words are involved.
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Registered: 01-08-2009
Sun, 07-05-2009 - 2:29pm
We don't have TV reception in our home, but we have two TVs, one for watching movies and one for playing the WII or other games. Both are in our family room. My kids do have cell phones, though, and they are quite handy for things like arranging rides when plans change, or keeping in touch when we go shopping and the kids want to go to one store and I am in another and we have to meet back up. I didn't get a cell phone until about three years ago myself and now I wonder what I did without one!
iVillage Member
Registered: 01-08-2009
Sun, 07-05-2009 - 2:33pm
It depends not only on how much your house is worth, but on how much your other assets are worth. Many people have retirement assets and investments that far exceed the value of their homes.
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Registered: 01-08-2009
Sun, 07-05-2009 - 2:38pm
Yes, in this financial time. People who are counting on their homes to finance their retirements are taking a big risk. It worked in my mother's day because her home was worth ten times the price she paid for it by the time that she retired. In this day and age, with people having 40 year mortgages and big balloon payments and whatever, it is possible that they can pay a mortgage for a decade and not have much equity in their homes because they have only been paying interest on their loans up until that point. Many people now are stuck with mortgages that exceed the value of their homes on the market right now. Relying on your home to finance your retirement is really, really risky -- particularly if you do not intend to sell your home when you retire. Then it's only a place to live -- you will still need some kind of income.
iVillage Member
Registered: 01-08-2009
Sun, 07-05-2009 - 2:40pm
Perhaps you would like to pay my childrens' tuition bill with a little of your spare change?
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Registered: 03-26-2009
Sun, 07-05-2009 - 2:47pm

What if you rent?

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