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I don't talk about it much, but I am wealthy only in the friends and family I have around me
I'm not wealthy that way or the other way. Most of my friends are scattered, lost, or dead. I have one friend from when I was 19 I saw a month ago. He's essentially a cripple from a motorcycle accident. I have another friend of 30 years I talk to monthly. And a few others. I'm OK financially (knock on wood), bought a house in a good neighborhood in mid-Florida. In the Philippines I could save $6k a year and use that for trips. After going through my budget, I realized I wasn't saving anything here, so I need to reduce expenses. So Aldi's it is. And I researched my health plan and can save money there.
My brother is nearby but he's explosive MAGA. You can't talk any politics around him at all - he's liable to go off on a ranting lecture as you exit stage left. I see him regularly, his wife and my wife are friends, but I try and talk repairs, etc., which I do. I recently had a dispute with a sprinkler company and won that, but I also enlisted the senior scam section of the local sheriff's office. :) I just went for advice and they took the case. I'm slowly learning the ropes on how to keep a house.
I had some reversals early and headed into the Government for stability, and retired. But coming back to the US after 10 years in the Philippines was culture shock. This place is just too expensive. :)
