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22. I envy you

Tue Sep 2, 2014, 12:42 PM

Sep 2014

I was debt free and on top of the world, my annual earnings at their peak in Clinton's last year in office. Then Bush happened. Now I bear a burden of debt I will carry to my grave, which may be sooner than it would have been. There's no payoff in being bitter, but I will never forgive the green party.

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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