I could have traded my real nice 72 corvette convertible for a 62 corvette convertible with a hard top that needed some work. I’ve kicked myself a thousand times.
I have a few, but the most financially devastating was not interviewing with Microsoft when they were hiring from our campus. 1986. Still under 1,000 employees, I think.
Cashed out retirement accounts into money market funds when O was doing his crap. I had zero confidence in what was about to happen. Left the $ there and missed this last big run.
Giving parcels of land to relatives because we were lonely living outback. Now the relatives have all become townies and either sold the properties of just ignore them. Not everybody that says they want the simple life does. Figure we lost 500 k being generous.
the consolidation of the states into one vast republic, sure to be aggressive abroad and despotic at home, will be the certain precursor of that ruin which has overwhelmed all those that have preceded. Robert E Lee ~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~
Having read 5 pages of this thread I realize I'm not alone. Between cars, guns and motorcycles I've wasted a lot of money, but had a lot of enjoyment and had a lot of experiences that have to be worth something more than the money in the bank. At least that's what I keep telling myself.
Any vehicle I financed. Buying a house before I was ready. Paying off Medical debt with a CC, should have just let it go to collections. Taking out a 401K loan to pay the CC with the Medical debt before the 0% interest ran out.
Dumbest thing I ever did, financially, was to build this house as a log home originally... That cost me nearly $40,000 to, ah, 'fix' only nine years later....
Ex- USN (SS) '66-'69 Pro-Constitution. LET'S GO BRANDON!!!
My first wife was the biggest mistake. It lasted 26 years. The last 10 were hell. It has been 10 years since we divorced and at almost 64 I still have to pay Spousal Maintenance as long as I work and am still paying off debt..and she got my retirement. So I will work as long as I am physically able to do so. I wish I could blame someone else... I really do
"Socialism produces bad music, bad art, social stagnation and really unhappy people", “I am a conservative, and you may not like that, but I am.” Frank Zappa 1986
My first wife was the biggest mistake. It lasted 26 years. The last 10 were hell. It has been 10 years since we divorced and at almost 64 I still have to pay Spousal Maintenance as long as I work and am still paying off debt..and she got my retirement. So I will work as long as I am physically able to do so. I wish I could blame someone else... I really do
I have never understood this.
At some point, you think an adult would be able and should care for themselves.
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