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Recently caught up with a former co-worker (we use to work in major account sales for a major telecom). We had similar salaries and monthly comp checks. She bought nice cars, nice townhome, designer clothes and jewelry - DH and I stayed in our modest home, saved and invested (made some errors along the way) and basically LBOM. I was leary of getting use to the nice income and getting trapped in the job. Meanwhile the company changed due to mergers, regulatory and economic changes. I moved on to other opportunities and she remained in major accounts but had to move into a service manager position (no comp checks and they froze her salary). Fast forward 5 years. I'm within 10 months of ER (at 51) and she is feeling trapped. Her job is 24x7, high stress, and not much opportunity to change positions due to her salary level (she can't take a cut in pay). She basically shared with me that she is not happy with how her life turned out. That comment broke my heart. I know we made our choices in life - but, I still feel weird that I have so much to look forward to and she feels so trapped.
Not sure why I posted this other than it supports the LBYM strategy.
Not sure why I posted this other than it supports the LBYM strategy.