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Owning a house & saving for retirement or not?

reck_uk · 2024-04-04 12:46:03

Had a bit of a discussion with some guys at work today. One of them rents and only has a small amount of savings as he spends most of it each month on doing fun stuff he and his family enjoy or just spends it on the kids or going out. This is a deliberate thought out decision by him on how he spends his money as he…

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barnstar2077 Posts: 1,650 Forumite

8 April 2024 at 10:22AM edited 8 April 2024 at 11:46AM

I suspect your colleague is actually just terrible with money and has thought of this philosophy afterwards.

Think first of your goal, then make it happen!
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