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On Wed, 05 Feb 2003 00:42:51 -0000, Kenneth Crudup <kenny@panix.com> wrote:
>In article <stg04vo5vjbm5eujmfuarlqk6e42mmci5q@4ax.com>, Newsgroup says:
>
>>Being a frugal millionaire == being a neverending pessimist?
>
>It does if all you do is hoard and save and hardly spend anything, just
>in the name of "one day, the sky will fall again". I'll never go hungry
>no matter what happens, but I won't deny myself the pleasures of life
>expecting a total financial meltdown, either.

I'm generally of the same feeling here, but I've seen some close relatives 
start with basically the same stuff, and now after a few decades, the
neverending pessimists are way ahead, the spendthrifts are poor to middle,
and probably no one is happy anyways.  Personally, I can see that I would
be much better off if I hadn't bought that last Corvette and invested it
in real estate instead, and been a bit more risk-taking in the real estate
I did buy (and by that I mean keeping things more often instead of selling 
them to reduce risk and have some spending money).  On the other hand,
I do have the big house and the educated wife and smart kids, so I can't 
complain and I don't have to regret not buying the big house.  Although it 
can be quite stressful when I'm unemployed, then I _really_ appreciate that I
coulda had a paid off smaller house.  Of course, I could still sell the
big house and get a paid-for smaller house, but now I have the wife and
kids to convince... and I stil might be able to eventually pay off the big
house...

In the end, it's best to take a long view, and that is very difficult.

>
>	-Kenny
>
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jg
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