by I_Like_Plants » Sat 10 Mar 2007, 01:35:00
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('JustWatch', 'T')he “good life” of the burbs, the SUV or two or three in the garage, the huge unaffordable mortgage, the career of cubicle dwelling and putting up with the morons you work with and for, going out in the yard every weekend to operate that miniature replica of a piece of huge American farm equipment the damned lawnmower to keep the stupid neighbors happy so they don’t get the idea you’re nothing but trailer trash, wondering all the while just how in the hell you’re ever going to be able to save enough to retire on anything but the shingles off your roof because you are so in debt you wanna kill yourself, and looking forward to living on nothing but social security or a reverse mortgage while your idiot kids come home from college, that you paid for by going into even more debt and take up permanent residence!
Exactly. And that nightmare is not even within reach for me EVER, even if I wanted it. There is no amount of work I can do that will ever allow me to own a house, affored to support kids, or any of that.
My ride down is only partially voluntary.
I guess I'm in "countdown" mode now, I have about 6 weeks to wait to hear back from the IRS and set up a payment plan. 8 months left on my mortgage. 4 months on my music lessons (paid by semester). A summer coming up to work on my street musician skills. All this adds up to, somewhere between 6 months and a year from now, I'm ducking out. You'll know for sure when you don't see me on here any more, since my plan does not involve having a computer.