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  • In your twenties -- with debt

    7 25.00%

  • In your thirties -- with some debt, and no assets

    2 7.14%

  • In your forties -- with mortgage debt, and some assets

    9 32.14%

  • In your fifties -- with mortgage debt, and comfortable assets

    4 14.29%

  • In your sixties -- with no debt and CONSIDERABLE assets

    6 21.43%
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  1. 05-25-2006, 11:43 PM #1
    Early Bird
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    Default Which would you rather be?

    I was thinking about age and financial growth. (It's been on my mind since I read the thread about making it on an income under $30k.) So, which would you rather be?
    Last edited by Early Bird; 05-25-2006 at 11:46 PM.
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  2. 05-26-2006, 12:08 AM #2
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    I'd rather be younger and have more time to save, because now that I'm forty I realize that I would have been much better off saving a little then rather than trying to save a LOT now.

    But in reality, I am 40 and have a mortgage and some assets. Oh, well!
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  3. 05-26-2006, 05:58 AM #3
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    I am in my 20s with debt and I think I would keep it that way. We are getting started on getting rid of all that debt by converting to a more frugal lifestyle! Now hopefully I'll be in my 30s with little debt!

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  4. 05-26-2006, 06:03 AM #4
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    I couldn't pick one, lol. I like where I am now with no mortgage & some assets. I too wish I started saving for retirement earlier. Save as much as you can as early as you can.
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  5. 05-26-2006, 07:15 AM #5
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    In truth I'd rather be in my 20s, with some debt (including a mortgage) and almost no assets, but working on it.

    But maybe that's just the 36 year old with some debt (less than $10,000 now!!), living in an apartment with practically no assets, digging her family out of major (stupid) debt doing some wistful dreaming again.

    I do so hope my daughter learns and heeds some of the personal finance lessons I'm giving her and not those my mother (who still refuses to live by a budget) is teaching her.
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  6. 05-26-2006, 07:59 AM #6
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    I chose in my 20's with debt but I'd wanna know what I know now.
    Then by the time I was in my 30's I could be outta debt and be savin' like crazy. But being in my 40's with little debt and quite a few assets isn't bad at all.

    ~48 yr. old sahw, livin' it up in our empty nest, smack dab in the middle of everywhere.~
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  7. 05-26-2006, 08:02 AM #7
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    I am in my 20s, DH in his 30s and neither of us are big on owning property (we have a nomad gene built in us). I think we might eventually buy property to rent out when we have kids, but I like where I am right now actually. The little debt I have, and the small amount tucked away in my 401(k).
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  8. 05-26-2006, 11:55 PM #8
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    I like where I am right now -- in my 20s with no debt!
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  9. 06-02-2006, 02:02 PM #9
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    I chose 60s with no debt and considerable assets because that is my goal. I want to be able to retire and not have money concerns.
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  10. 06-02-2006, 04:45 PM #10
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    I'm in my 20's with only a mortgage (no other debt). I like it fine. I'm sure I'll like the following times as well.
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  11. 06-02-2006, 06:28 PM #11
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    Quote Originally Posted by PrairieRose
    I chose in my 20's with debt but I'd wanna know what I know now.
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    I agree that I'd like to be in my 20s but know what I do now. I would definitely make some different choices.
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  12. 06-02-2006, 10:01 PM #12
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    I voted in my 60's with no debt and considerable assets. I have 25 more years to get there!!!
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