I had friends over for dinner last night.... they have a 6 or 7 million dollar house here on Lake Washington... and a 2 million dollar house in Scottsdale... We have one house here - on the wrong side of the tracks... I have a 900K mortgage at 2.63%.... Gwen and I are retired... THEY are not and can't. I just got back from the Monaco Grand Prix... and a nice road trip to LA and up the California coast. I picked up the entire tab for three trucks and trailers - the rooms/houses/food etc... WE had a fantastic time. I picked up the tab because then I get to make the choices on rooms and food. I don't have to stay at "Mongos Beach Hut"....
My TOTAL monthly expense is around 5K.... that means that anything over that is purely discretionary spending. I'm living life to the fullest... my friends had to leave and get to bed because BOTH had to go to work in the morning. I wouldn't trade them for one minute. They think they're rich... I think their life sucks... They'll die owing... I'll die having done everything I ever wanted to do.
