Are we really in debt? YES WE ARE

Toomuchdebt

Yep I just read the whole thread too and have been inspired to deal with my debts too.

never_too_old

Just read your diary and wow,my debt was and still is a lot smaller than yours but debt is debt.I cant wait to the day where the money we earn is ours.Being in debt causes major heartache.Well done you and have a happy mse life.:beer:

<3beingmummy

Wow! Just read your story from start to finish! What an inspiration!
Would love to hear how you are doing now.
Congratulations on all you have achieved:T x

tolip

I am simply overwhelmed

By complete chance I logged into an old email address I had, it was the email address that I used on the MSE site, when I logged in there were notifications of postings on this thread, I though surly not, its been 5 years ago, then I looked at the date, 2012 ! I could not believe it. I quickly logged in, having forgotten my password and needing to reset it !!

Touched, I simply cannot believe that so many people read this our story and were touched by it.

Looking back has brought back all those memories, I remember the despair and fear on the first posting, feeling not sure of how to tackle our debt, we could not talk to anyone, and the joy of peoples goodwill and help on this forum, truly amazing.

Just briefly, we are still in Hong Kong, I am still flying the Airbus !

A previous poster asked about our mortgage, we managed to pay that off in full last year, it has made a hugh difference to us.

Without the MSE website we would still have been a mess, so thank you to everyone.

SNOWBALL SNOWBALL SNOWBALL !!

Since 2007 there are now snowball apps for your smartphones !!

Totally blown away by everyones kind comments.

THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF OUR HEARTS

grannyx2

Wow, have just read your posts from start to finish and ended up with tears in my eyes. Just look at how far you have come in 5 years, truly inspirational.

At the moment my DFD is 2024 but I'm working on bringing it closer. Let's hope that in years to come my journey helps others the way yours clearly has.

Wishing you all the very best Mr, Mrs and little Tolip

Gx2 x

pencakes26

Great post, glad its been bumped up, it really does help all these newbies like us feel like everything will be ok

grannyx2

This is such an inspiring story I thought I'd bump it back up to motivate some of the newbies just starting out on the road we're all travelling

Grannyx2 x

jennikitten

grannyx2 wrote: »

This is such an inspiring story I thought I'd bump it back up to motivate some of the newbies just starting out on the road we're all travelling

Grannyx2 x

Well said Granny - another bump is required I think!

What's even better is that as of last update it's still going strong - attitude changed for life

Broke_Kitty

This is so inspiring! I'm also obsessed with the snowball calc, it was a real eyeopener for me.

LannieDuck

Thanks for bumping jennikitten, hadn't come across this thread before.

Great story, from such a high level of debt, to debt-free via a positive attitude (and a good salary!)