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Am I trapped?

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  • AdrianC
    AdrianC Posts: 42,189 Forumite
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    bouicca21 said:
    The general idea is to leave as much as possible to my heirs, not to impoverish them.
    Sod that.

    Money I leave people is money I've not spent in my life.
  • GDB2222
    GDB2222 Posts: 26,518 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    The only thing I would like to spend some money on at the moment is a decent gardener. Can I find one? No!
    No reliance should be placed on the above! Absolutely none, do you hear?
  • getmore4less
    getmore4less Posts: 46,882 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper I've helped Parliament
    Aim for the zero sum life 
    come in with nothing go out with nothing,

     Hard to get the sums for the exit till you are close to incapable to spend.
  • bouicca21
    bouicca21 Posts: 6,725 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    GDB2222 said:
    The only thing I would like to spend some money on at the moment is a decent gardener. Can I find one? No!
    I’d settle for reliable. Decent would be a bonus.
    And as for spending ... well I have had to be careful with money all my life so difficult to change now.  £10k now to save at £5k over the next 20 years, assuming I live that long, and add another 90 years to a 129 year lease, doesn’t sound all that inviting.  
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