[LeRoySmith]

Originally Posted by MX rider

But I think the statement about taxes and debt was tongue in cheek.

I hope it was.

TMI but.... My mother in law is proud of the fact that she has 3 major credit cards maxed and she plans to pass with them maxed. I think it's despicable and I can barley hold my tongue when she brags about it. Several times after leaving her house I've had to express to my kids what I think about it. She is a very liberal, former college professor, that thinks the world owes her a living. She came from a family that gave her everything and she squandered it. All the while I started with nothing and through hard work have done well for myself and carry no debt whatsoever, I've event had to bail her out in the past (at my wife's insistence). I'm proud of my accomplishments and manner of living fiscally responsible but hate the way she chose to live her life.

[LeRoySmith]

Originally Posted by LeRoySmith

I hope it was.

TMI but.... My mother in law is proud of the fact that she has 3 major credit cards maxed and she plans to pass with them maxed. I think it's despicable and I can barley hold my tongue when she brags about it. Several times after leaving her house I've had to express to my kids what I think about it. She is a very liberal, former college professor, that thinks the world owes her a living. She came from a family that gave her everything and she squandered it. All the while I started with nothing and through hard work have done well for myself and carry no debt whatsoever, I've event had to bail her out in the past (at my wife's insistence). I'm proud of my accomplishments and manner of living fiscally responsible but hate the way she chose to live her life.

TMI is code for I'm on my 3rd or 4th beer and you fine folks have to suffer for my over indulgence.

[ElDiabloJoe]

I mostly agree with Velvet, but to me the game is not to be, as someone else aptly stated, "The richest man in the cemetery." The game is to leave as little on the table as possible. To use, spend, and enjoy as much of my life's earnings as I can while leaving just enough leftover to bury me. I do not believe in leaving any debt, and certainly am not prideful of it as LeRoy has related of his MIL's.

Nope, the goal is to spend as much as you can, while leaving just enough for the funeral.

I have no kids, I don't care to leave ANYthing behind.