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Old 04-12-2024, 07:53 AM
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Originally Posted by Nell57 View Post
“Comfortable “ is a relative term. Some are only “comfortable” if they are dining out three nights a week, golfing championship courses twice weekly …..several nice vacations a year.
Others are “comfortable” with burgers on the grill, executive golfing, free entertainment nightly on the squares.
It’s not money that makes you comfortable. It’s the relationships you build in life.
Precisely. You can be "comfortable" in an off-the-grid cabin in Northern Minnesota or Aroostook County Maine if that is your thing. It is all subjective. But that $1.46 million to retire, IMO, is total bee ess. There is a huge difference between "comfortable" and conspicuous consumption.