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19. Good for you! We're ALMOST out of the financial woods

Tue Sep 2, 2014, 11:36 AM

Sep 2014

We downsized five years ago to a smaller house in a smaller town (out of the SF Bay Area) so we don't have a mortgage and we own our very old cars (my station wagon has 330,000 miles on it). No credit card debt, but we still have one daughter in college. Two more years to go on that and then my husband can retire (he's 64). I have a small gluten free baking business that's wreaking havoc on my body. But I just published a cookbook so maybe I can slow down soon too.

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For the first time in my adult life, I'm debt free. [View all] OnlinePoker Sep 2014 OP

Good for you! savalez Sep 2014 #1

Stay away? How do you think he paid his mortgage! Hemmingway Sep 2014 #32

Maybe he runs online poker games Silent3 Sep 2014 #50

Congrats! CaliforniaPeggy Sep 2014 #2

Congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! n/t RKP5637 Sep 2014 #3

That's impressive! polly7 Sep 2014 #4

That's incredible in this day and age. FLPanhandle Sep 2014 #5

good for you Motown_Johnny Sep 2014 #6

Outstanding. Congratulations. OnlinePoker Sep 2014 #7

Wow, have I got a deal for you! malthaussen Sep 2014 #8

Congrats! Now you'll have to think up new woes. Eleanors38 Sep 2014 #9

Well, I'm 53. OnlinePoker Sep 2014 #11

53 year olds cannot have fun? :) Helen Borg Sep 2014 #24

Not the kind of free-wheeling fun you can have at 20. OnlinePoker Sep 2014 #31

Oh, family, I guess? Helen Borg Sep 2014 #39

Frugality is a bad habit learned well. Haven't changed even at 66! Eleanors38 Sep 2014 #56

At age 50 and over tazkcmo Sep 2014 #48

As long as you wake up, what the hey! Eleanors38 Sep 2014 #58

Woo hoo!!! Javaman Sep 2014 #10

I think it will really hit at the end of September. OnlinePoker Sep 2014 #12

Treat yourself... Javaman Sep 2014 #14

I hope to do as well as my mom and step-dad bhikkhu Sep 2014 #59

The Nigerian prince finally came through? Cool! Nye Bevan Sep 2014 #13

lol pleinair Sep 2014 #18

How cool! treestar Sep 2014 #15

Quite the milestone... go out and celebrate and buy something big ProdigalJunkMail Sep 2014 #16

What a great feeling! Now, start saving for retirement. nt No Vested Interest Sep 2014 #17

Good for you! We're ALMOST out of the financial woods leftieNanner Sep 2014 #19

very happy for you pleinair Sep 2014 #20

Hearty, raucus contratulations Populist_Prole Sep 2014 #21

I envy you Cartoonist Sep 2014 #22

Big ups to you! superpatriotman Sep 2014 #23

Isn't it nice? We made it to totally debt free last year when we paid off the mortgage. Shrike47 Sep 2014 #25

I am GLAD for you! I ABSOLUTELY HATE debt johnlucas Sep 2014 #26

Good for you. Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Sep 2014 #27

Good for you Algernon Moncrieff Sep 2014 #28

Excellent. We're debt free too, but with relatives that are struggling during this economy Rozlee Sep 2014 #29

Ironically, my (Bush induced) foreclosure wiped out my only remaining debt. tridim Sep 2014 #30

I will go out in debt Omaha Steve Sep 2014 #33

Well done. Doctor_J Sep 2014 #34

You need a little debt or you become a bad credit risk. Cleita Sep 2014 #35

Woo Woo!! Jimbo S Sep 2014 #36

I've never had any debt ... Lenomsky Sep 2014 #37

Great job! A Little Weird Sep 2014 #38

CONGRATULATIONS catrose Sep 2014 #40

Congrats!!! That is awesome! n/t woodsprite Sep 2014 #41

Woooohooooo! Agschmid Sep 2014 #42

You do know . . . OldRedneck Sep 2014 #43

I'm Canadian...lol. OnlinePoker Sep 2014 #55

Congratulations! I can't imagine how it must feel and I am happy for you. nt ChisolmTrailDem Sep 2014 #44

Debt-free??? freebrew Sep 2014 #45

Need to hold a classic mortgage burning party. Spitfire of ATJ Sep 2014 #46

+1 uponit7771 Sep 2014 #47

Congratulations. A few months back... Silent3 Sep 2014 #49

Congrats! I'll be mortgage-free in four years Maeve Sep 2014 #51

Congratulations! Same age as me, now my kids are just entering college. Debt-Free, Unobtainable. nt TheBlackAdder Sep 2014 #52

Terrific! cyberswede Sep 2014 #53

Congratulations! CrispyQ Sep 2014 #54

Congratulations! I'm 49, and headed in that direction bhikkhu Sep 2014 #57

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That's awesome! Congrats! bigwillq Sep 2014 #62

Woo Hoo! Boom Sound 416 Sep 2014 #63