Originally Posted by
puma1552
And at 22, my mom dropped dead of brain cancer, and I inherited a $15k life insurance policy. I then took a $5k trip to Japan that I *never* would've been able to afford otherwise, which later resulted in living in Japan and meeting my wife. So do I win the sob story?
Bottom line, you are being judgmental of others who aren't in your position, and it stinks. You are insinuating that anyone who can't go drop a 4 or 5 figure check on a whim to replace something shouldn't have something nice, and that's just ignorant.
So my dad passed at 53.. I was 24 and didn't get a cent.
As to your trip to Japan, i'm glad it turned out well. But what if getting out of the cab you tripped and broke you leg and never got on the plane?
I've put 23,000 miles on my bike and not crashed. I'm under 50¢ per mile.
Sometimes things workout and sometimes they don't.