05-07-2022, 02:05 PM
(05-07-2022, 12:49 PM)Oh_hunnihunni Wrote: ... Why are we here? Family debt, accident or illness, divorces, widowing, personal catastrophes - they pay no attention to wealth, as a quick glance at post lottery winner stories reveals. Doesn't mean making plans isn't a really good idea, but even the best can be overturned in an instant and all the wealth in the world can't stop it.
Exactly. I bitterly resent those smug people who have never encountered ill health or other catastrophes and have such a narrow world-view that they take personal credit for their own good luck. All it takes is an unforeseen disaster (in our case it was a family member with meth addiction, whose life was saved not just with love but also with a huge amount of expenditure) and the best of plans and rainy-day funds can be ruined.