My fave:
"We’re taking our time growing up, refusing to be shackled by mortgages and diapers. We’re not trying to live with safety nets; we’re trying to live on the edge."
#nosafetynets #freetheshackles #taketimegrowingup #enjoylife#liveinthenow #futurewhatfuture #icantgetajob #crap #shouldveneverlistenedtomyownadvice #brokewillworkforfood
the hashtags, OMG, I am cracking up!
the name of the site, Elite, already tells you you're dealing with assholes so narcissistic that that seemed like a great name.
it's my savings from 22 on that will keep me afloat since I became disabled. My life plan was investing, retiring at 62, then was told I could safely do so at 55, that was all unbelievably great because I was just a single mom nurse, not making big bucks. The work advisor and one from Vanguard both came to the same conclusion, retire at 55, my retired life was going to give me a payout more than what I was making. What, how did that happen? And all it was was diligently funding my 403B and Roth. Then illness struck. I want to try to live on SSDI if/when I get it. But according to the same advisors I can take out so much a month from now til I die and not touch the principle. I have to call them again and get the math because I called in a complete panic when I found out working til 55 would not happen. I had kind of heard of FIRE and this site when they said retire at 55. But it sounded way too good to be true to actually happen so I didn't really plan on it and how do you touch retirement money at 55 without serious penalties? In a way I retired at 45, it was forced and not my choice and I hate it and I'm petrified about money. But IRL it may turn out ok. And that's only because I started saving like crazy at 22.
So those 20 yr olds are Elite only in their lifestyle choice. They are not Elite amongst the Intelligentsia, or they would know to factor in if you wait to save until your 40s, you will be completely F'd should you fall seriously ill at 45. Never mind their 401k failures, the decades they left an employer match on the table. They better bank on good health and their high income careers to last a good long time. I want to smack them on the head in a motherly way (well, maybe slightly harder than motherly) and point out their idiocy but I suspect these are children who came from privilege and really do not need to worry about any of real life.