Some of y'all are really smart...separate bank accounts, credit cards, purchases and such. Were I ever to marry...100% unlikely, I'd do the same thing. Until her health deteriorated and she can't work, my roomate and I paid on our home jointly from our separate incomes. I sold my other home and put down the down payment. I own the house, but it was half hers. Now thather paying for it alone isn't possible due to her health problems, I've willed the place jointly to Robin and my daughter and her family. If anything happens to me, hopefully between all of them they can keep the home by pooling resourses.

I don't need new furniture just because what is here is out of style. The stuff we have is nice but several years old. Some was hand me down and yard sale stuff, some new. I have a 10 year old 19" TV in my living room with a DVR, a 13" TV in my computer room, a 5 year old computer..it's state of the art enough for what I need and cable modem. I have a book shelf stereo, good appliances...just bought a new washer and other than our livng room carpet which was cheap stuff bought by the original owner, our home is nice. I didn't grow up in a fancy home, but we always had a boat, camper, several cars, took nice vacations and such.

Since I'm disabled, I can't work fulltime but do dealer car hiking and sell on eBay to pay for my cars. Circle track racing isn't cheap but my equipment is older and I have friends who help. If I need something, I'll trade, scrap or whatever for whatever it is.

Jan

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I'd rather ride a mule than own a Japanese car!