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As to money being the measure of success in the U.S.?
Absolutely.
I recently had correspondence with a single Irish friend working in Dubai.
She had just celebrated her 50th birthday.
Charted a cruise boat in the bay for the celebration.
She is a dispatcher for a middle eastern airline.
She is raking in the cash.
I congratulated her or being so successful.
She said (paraphrase) "Successful? I'm fifty and single. I know I'll probably never marry. I'd really like to have what you do. A spouse, life mate.. Children, grandchildren. I'm pretty sure that will never happen for me. You're the fortunate one."
I replied "You're right. In the U.S. we judge 'success' by how much you accumulate."
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