cell phones for kids?

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When did you guys get your kids cell phones? When did you stop paying for their cell phones? How did you give them a cell phone? Your old phone? Cheap...

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This DH feels this. He doesn't want to miss out on the kids growing up. Less stressful job because of it. I know and he knows he could be making significantly...

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Okay this is going to sound stupid but did you buy the farm to work? Or did you buy the farm to rent out? What sort of farm? If you bought it to work...

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No it feels like we should be saving "More". That why aren't we working harder to FIRE earlier. Why are we just cruising along and working...

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So they make decent incomes might be around 26 and thinking about marriage and kids in 5 years so they are living in the now. They are probably wanting...

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I have usually measured rule of thumb our savings and never actually sat down and calculated. I finally "sat" down and calculated it via MMM....

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this. Sigh. It'll be mild. DK1 had chicken pox at age 2 after getting the vaccine. It was mild and we weren't sure. Neither was the pediatrician....

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So you are about to fire? Why not?...

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Nope. We've never worked "hard". Right now is probably the hardest we've worked and we've never worked "hard". We prefer less money...

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I'm trying to make our house work better. Did the kids rooms finally painted and new beds and now organizing. Got rid of a big ugly shelving and used...

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Dreaming if we contribute and use SS we can have $155k from age 55 to 100...

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We have 8 ft of counter space mostly it's the island and that's it. The cabinets rae not as much space. We have four. Everything is nice and pretty...

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Do you guys ever play with the FIRE calculators? I just spent 20 minutes today dreaming. Thought it would be fun. Interesting stats.

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paid down 6.9% of my mortgage in 3 years. Chug chug chug! And we have a 27 year fixed at 2.875% now.

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I will also post we did a $1168 refi (cost of appraisal) for our mortgage from 3% 7/1 arm to 2.875% fixed rate jumbo mortgage.

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Paid off my toyota sienna $8000! We are finally free of car loans first time in 10 years. OMG. Typing that makes me mad. I'm done. I need to drive...

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overvalued. their profits are based on selling credits to other car companies. That doesn't mean I don't agree with Singuy they are leading battery...

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Moving cross country without a job. Moving cross country for a job and getting laid off 2 months later. Changing career fields = way more income. Exponentially...

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how long did you keep the 2006? How much did you buy the 2018 for? Does it makes sense over say the tesla or other electric vehicle which has minimal...

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I'm considering the breville toaster oven. DH hates one use items and barely tolerates the crockpot. Granted a lot of it has to do with space. It's...