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Is Lindsey going to take us back to 1996?

PKM said:
Hahahahhaha... what is the benchmark? Buying a house and renting it out?
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Yep pretty much... that will allow me to be out doing the mission part without having to worry about my finances, etc. I don't think 3 years is too much a price to pay.
 
PKM said:
Combining all this into the perfect answer; Marriage takes years off your life, kids are awesome and a high.
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Disagree on that one. Marriage adds years to your sentence...umm, I mean life. Seriously, having that deep connection vs. just chasing temporary highs adds real substance. And I believe that adds years to your life, not the reverse. But I do agree with the "kids are awesome" part - at least until the teen years.
 
Hotttnickkk said:
elaborate?
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You'll get older and wiser. Understand what it 'takes' to be a landlord. Realize it's too expensive to hire a property management company and still have things cash flow to go chase dreams.

I believe every single thing you own ties you down to not chasing your dreams... depending, of course, on what those dreams are.
I outlined this for you beautifully. One day, when you don't do all these things you're planning to do, you'll remember this sage advice and wish you had followed it. Go now.
 
Core4 said:
Disagree on that one. Marriage adds years to your sentence...umm, I mean life. Seriously, having that deep connection vs. just chasing temporary highs adds real substance. And I believe that adds years to your life, not the reverse. But I do agree with the "kids are awesome" part - at least until the teen years.
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Kudos to you. I mean that.

My wife is hot, funny, cool... but still a pain in the *** on a daily basis. That's my paradigm.
 
PKM said:
Kudos to you. I mean that.

My wife is hot, funny, cool... but still a pain in the *** on a daily basis. That's my paradigm.
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Just hide the harness, bro. And for what it's worth, so is mine. It's been rough, with a few times of real crisis and wanting to quit, but the single years were far more stressful and depressing, IMO.
 
Core4 said:
Just hide the harness, bro. And for what it's worth, so is mine. It's been rough, with a few times of real crisis and wanting to quit, but the single years were far more stressful and depressing, IMO.
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I think evidence supports that people who are single have a lower life expectancy than those that are married/with partner.
 
Well, fwiw.. my single days ****ing rocked.

Went anywhere I wanted, dove on treasure ships, partied a little, hung out with mind-blowingly beautiful women.. but I concentrated on things that deep down meant a lot to me, as a single person. Archaeology, diving, going to small villages in 3rd world countries and sleeping on the beaches with the local fishermen. Wouldn't trade that for the world.

Nor would I trade my family to go back.

Just don't miss it, like 99% of people do, imo.
 
PKM said:
Well, fwiw.. my single days ****ing rocked.

Went anywhere I wanted, dove on treasure ships, partied a little, hung out with mind-blowingly beautiful women.. but I concentrated on things that deep down meant a lot to me, as a single person. Archaeology, diving, going to small villages in 3rd world countries and sleeping on the beaches with the local fishermen. Wouldn't trade that for the world.

Nor would I trade my family to go back.

Just don't miss it, like 99% of people do, imo.
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You did have quite the single life! Your last name doesn't happen to be Bond, does it? I'm sure 99% of us didn't do even 1/3 of what you did. So yes, given that perspective I now understand your statement.
 
Core4 said:
You did have quite the single life! Your last name doesn't happen to be Bond, does it? I'm sure 99% of us didn't do even 1/3 of what you did. So yes, given that perspective I now understand your statement.
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The best of it all, looking back, was time spent with the real people of different cultures. It didn't cost any money and changed me far more than anything else. So glad I did that before having children. Long story why.. but it changed my as a dad.
 
PKM said:
Kudos to you. I mean that.

My wife is hot, funny, cool... but still a pain in the *** on a daily basis. That's my paradigm.
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I feel your pain. My life is better every single day because I have her. I am truly blessed.
 
PKM said:
The best of it all, looking back, was time spent with the real people of different cultures. It didn't cost any money and changed me far more than anything else. So glad I did that before having children. Long story why.. but it changed my as a dad.
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I traveled quite a bit in Europe before getting married - along with living in Brasil for 1 year. Not quite the adventures you had, but I'm glad I was exposed to different cultures as well. Living in CA also gives me a less insular world view, although with the way CA is heading, I might be looking to relocate soon enough.
 
Core4 said:
I traveled quite a bit in Europe before getting married - along with living in Brasil for 1 year. Not quite the adventures you had, but I'm glad I was exposed to different cultures as well. Living in CA also gives me a less insular world view, although with the way CA is heading, I might be looking to relocate soon enough.
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San Fran area, right?
 
PKM said:
San Fran area, right?
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Grew up in SF area, but I'm currently in LA (well about 35 miles northeast). Decent family area right now where I live, but CA is in a pretty sorry state. Services cut all the time, taxes keep going up. Business outflow, particularly to mid and south west is much greater than inflow.
 
Core4 said:
Grew up in SF area, but I'm currently in LA (well about 35 miles northeast). Decent family area right now where I live, but CA is in a pretty sorry state. Services cut all the time, taxes keep going up. Business outflow, particularly to mid and south west is much greater than inflow.
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Yeah.. tons of my business relies on people leaving Cali.
 
PKM said:
The best of it all, looking back, was time spent with the real people of different cultures. It didn't cost any money and changed me far more than anything else. So glad I did that before having children. Long story why.. but it changed my as a dad.
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That's what I've been harping on about in my thread over the past couple of days.
 
Core4 said:
Grew up in SF area, but I'm currently in LA (well about 35 miles northeast). Decent family area right now where I live, but CA is in a pretty sorry state. Services cut all the time, taxes keep going up. Business outflow, particularly to mid and south west is much greater than inflow.
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PKM said:
Yeah.. tons of my business relies on people leaving Cali.
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May be you can buy one of PKM's beautiful houses/land package Core4.
 
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