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I have found it interesting that in all the discussions that take place regarding money, very few posters (or anyone in a discussion) will ever divulge just how much money they have or are talking about in the discussion. Not always, but most always. There was a post the other day by someone asking what to do with a large sum of money she was receiving but she never did respond to how much “a lot” was. That was an important aspect to her question too!
As an example of this in my own little world: We were discussing retirement in my office and my colleagues were slamming the “new” retirement system. I disagreed and stated I felt the new system would be better and if someone really worked it there would be many more millionaires retiring in this system than ever would/could happen in the old system. I used my own case in point. Talk about the discussion dying. It was like I had just made everyone feel bad OR I had just revealed my own inadequacy and impending doom but they were being too nice to tell me the truth! I’ll never know because everything went back to generalities and non-specifics.
Why do you think that most people don’t go there? Is it for fear it would be construed as boasting? Is it fear that they would be looked at differently…be it better or worse? Or is it just something “not right” to discuss in our current day culture? Am I committing a social error by even asking this?!!
I almost feel bad for asking the question. Sort of like the kid who says something and his parents inform him it is “not proper” to ask that sort of thing! Oh, well. I always got into a lot of trouble anyhow! Why change now!
As an example of this in my own little world: We were discussing retirement in my office and my colleagues were slamming the “new” retirement system. I disagreed and stated I felt the new system would be better and if someone really worked it there would be many more millionaires retiring in this system than ever would/could happen in the old system. I used my own case in point. Talk about the discussion dying. It was like I had just made everyone feel bad OR I had just revealed my own inadequacy and impending doom but they were being too nice to tell me the truth! I’ll never know because everything went back to generalities and non-specifics.
Why do you think that most people don’t go there? Is it for fear it would be construed as boasting? Is it fear that they would be looked at differently…be it better or worse? Or is it just something “not right” to discuss in our current day culture? Am I committing a social error by even asking this?!!
I almost feel bad for asking the question. Sort of like the kid who says something and his parents inform him it is “not proper” to ask that sort of thing! Oh, well. I always got into a lot of trouble anyhow! Why change now!