Comments on: Wednesday Reading http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2005/06/22/wednesday-reading/ A premiere personal finance blog, established 2003. Within, Flexo discusses his own experiences with money, and he and other authors comment on a wide range of personal finance topics. Sun, 21 Mar 2010 00:53:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: marahttp://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2005/06/22/wednesday-reading/#comment-566 mara Thu, 23 Jun 2005 00:40:33 +0000 http://wp.consumerismcommentary.com/?p=359#comment-566 Yeah, I agree with you about Denise. Bravo to her for maximizing her options as a single woman on an assistant's salary (and offloading the irresponsible husband), but yikes. By the time I'm 34, my Roth IRA will be worth far more than $35K and I sure hope to be relying on something more stable than CA real estate to fund my coming midlife crisis. I hope I never buy a car off the lot (no matter how cute it is), and I can do my own oil changes and maintenance, thankyaverymuch. I do feel a little guilty for dropping $50 on a one-month pass to the rock climbing gym, but it is doing me a lot of good right now... Yeah, I agree with you about Denise. Bravo to her for maximizing her options as a single woman on an assistant’s salary (and offloading the irresponsible husband), but yikes. By the time I’m 34, my Roth IRA will be worth far more than $35K and I sure hope to be relying on something more stable than CA real estate to fund my coming midlife crisis. I hope I never buy a car off the lot (no matter how cute it is), and I can do my own oil changes and maintenance, thankyaverymuch. I do feel a little guilty for dropping $50 on a one-month pass to the rock climbing gym, but it is doing me a lot of good right now…

]]> By: savvy saverhttp://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2005/06/22/wednesday-reading/#comment-565 savvy saver Wed, 22 Jun 2005 20:22:35 +0000 http://wp.consumerismcommentary.com/?p=359#comment-565 I also found Denise's situation to be uninspring. Here actual savings are pretty mediocre, and she hasn't done well paying off her house.As far as Forbe's "good life" article... who cares. I don't think anyone who chases the goal of two houses and luxury cars will ever really be "affluent". They will be just keeping up with the payments. I also found Denise’s situation to be uninspring. Here actual savings are pretty mediocre, and she hasn’t done well paying off her house.

As far as Forbe’s “good life” article… who cares. I don’t think anyone who chases the goal of two houses and luxury cars will ever really be “affluent”. They will be just keeping up with the payments.

]]> By: Steve Mertzhttp://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2005/06/22/wednesday-reading/#comment-564 Steve Mertz Wed, 22 Jun 2005 19:22:27 +0000 http://wp.consumerismcommentary.com/?p=359#comment-564 Flexo-I admire Diane for getting off of public assistance. But the cruel myth today is focusing on having a worth of 1or2 million dollars. She should focus on how much Cash flow her investments are generating, in my humble opinion :) Flexo-I admire Diane for getting off of public assistance. But the cruel myth today is focusing on having a worth of 1or2 million dollars. She should focus on how much Cash flow her investments are generating, in my humble opinion :)

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