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Old Jun 17, 2015 | 4:55 am
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krlcomm
 
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Originally Posted by GRALISTAIR
No it is only in very recent years.
1975-1980 - not married - carefree - did not need or care about money. I worked a lot of overtime/night shifts in a chemical plant to pay for stuff.
1980-1995 never a spare penny, raising kids, put myself through college Masters etc (with company help admitedly).
1995-2000 flew occasionally on company dime and 1 family vacation a year.
2001-2011 living in USA but money tight because maintaining a home in UK and pound/dollar went to 2.12$ per GBP.
2012 to today - all children graduated. Huge salary increase, my fathers sister died and my father leaving me a fair amount of money- mortgage paid on my UK home - now very comfortable.

I actually enjoyed my job more when I had no spare money - I know that is crazy - but sadly true. MONEY DOES NOT BUY HAPPINESS.

Delta paying out bonuses etc will not be the root cause of their employees hapiness. I passionately believe that.
My timeline / "story" is similar (without a family member leaving me $$$, lol) and I'm with you - money does not buy happiness.
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