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[–] 104 points 7 months ago (5 children)

There's still hope, I just recently bought a home just after turning 40. You just need to put a ton of money into savings, go bankrupt paying medical bills after something bad happens to your spouse, spend 7 years in borderline poverty, and then have one of your parents die the same month they retire and collect their retirement fund.

I hate that the best thing my father ever gave me was his pension.

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  • [–] 40 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    Calling my pops now. Letting him know the plan.

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  • [–] 9 points 7 months ago

    Slightly better than my path.

    I bought a house this year, also age 40. To get there, I took a job with a large soulless corporation that is slowly destroying all of us, and then borrowed against all my retirement to get my down payment money.

    I just keep saying, “At least I have a house…”

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  • [–] 5 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    Hey now, I banked $30K in cash and bought a house, all I had to do was have a heart attack, open heart surgery, and move to 100% work from home. 😉

    3 years after I stopped driving to the office, paying $21 a day to park, and eating out all the damn time... boom! $30K in the bank!

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