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hooliacasa · 03-05-2008, 08:34 AM

I dont know how old you are but I am in my 40s so you're gonna hear from someone who has some hindsight ok? I grew up in a suburb of KCMO - my husband and I chased that mighty dollar for several years and we accomplished quite a bit. We got that pretty house in the burbs and we were making excellent money but after awhile it took a toll on us - what we had to put up with to have that pretty house and cars and all the trappings that came with the yuppie life. I realize now that what happened to us 4 years ago was actually a godsend but when it first started happening it was horrible. My husband lost his job - he was the director of an IT company. He did get another job that paid about half what he was earning and a year later they shut down the division and he lost his job again. Now this is a man who has ALWAYS been employed and was not a job hopper. So for a year we struggled trying to make ends meet on an income that was ALOT less. Then a week before Christmas that year, I was laid off (I'm in the mortgage business and have been for 20+ years and I WANT OUT). We were both out of a job, had 2 homes, 3 cars (one was my daughters) and bills. Do you know what we decided to do? We moved to the lake where our 2nd home was (which was and still is a fixer upper lol) and my husband is now a fishing guide LOL. Now I'm still in the mortgage business but all of my friends from KC have lost their jobs because the housing market is so bad. And my husband? HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY. Don't get me wrong, we have struggled and even that word is an understatement but we now see light at the end of the tunnel. I still want out of the mortgage business but I work for a small company and an honest woman and when my husbands fishing guide service stabilizes, I'm going back to school. I guess what I'm trying to tell you is that LIFE IS SHORT - be happy! Listen to your gut instinct- MONEY ISN'T EVERYTHING. We wished we would've moved out of the city long before we actually did. Don't let the misery win. You control this - so love yourself and take care of yourself and learn that money isn't everything. You can't take your money with you when you die. Good luck!

03-05-2008, 08:34 AM	#12
hooliacasa Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Missouri Posts: 195	I dont know how old you are but I am in my 40s so you're gonna hear from someone who has some hindsight ok? I grew up in a suburb of KCMO - my husband and I chased that mighty dollar for several years and we accomplished quite a bit. We got that pretty house in the burbs and we were making excellent money but after awhile it took a toll on us - what we had to put up with to have that pretty house and cars and all the trappings that came with the yuppie life. I realize now that what happened to us 4 years ago was actually a godsend but when it first started happening it was horrible. My husband lost his job - he was the director of an IT company. He did get another job that paid about half what he was earning and a year later they shut down the division and he lost his job again. Now this is a man who has ALWAYS been employed and was not a job hopper. So for a year we struggled trying to make ends meet on an income that was ALOT less. Then a week before Christmas that year, I was laid off (I'm in the mortgage business and have been for 20+ years and I WANT OUT). We were both out of a job, had 2 homes, 3 cars (one was my daughters) and bills. Do you know what we decided to do? We moved to the lake where our 2nd home was (which was and still is a fixer upper lol) and my husband is now a fishing guide LOL. Now I'm still in the mortgage business but all of my friends from KC have lost their jobs because the housing market is so bad. And my husband? HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY. Don't get me wrong, we have struggled and even that word is an understatement but we now see light at the end of the tunnel. I still want out of the mortgage business but I work for a small company and an honest woman and when my husbands fishing guide service stabilizes, I'm going back to school. I guess what I'm trying to tell you is that LIFE IS SHORT - be happy! Listen to your gut instinct- MONEY ISN'T EVERYTHING. We wished we would've moved out of the city long before we actually did. Don't let the misery win. You control this - so love yourself and take care of yourself and learn that money isn't everything. You can't take your money with you when you die. Good luck!