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   RM> Housing is ridiculously expensive, I'll give young people that, but I remem   
   RM> working 3 jobs and driving a 14 year old car for years to afford my first   
   RM> tiny house that needed a lot of work, which I had to learn to do myself   
      
   NA>I'm the same way. Not a homeowner but I've been working my ass off in what   
     >amounts to be three jobs for the past... 17 years or so now.   
      
   NA>Despite the tribulation of being a single parent my teenage daughter   
     >thankfully works and doesn't expect handouts, appreciates what she has.   
      
   Wow..  Respect.. Sounds like your daughter has been brought up well and   
   deserves some credit there herself.   
      
   I managed to (was forced to?) avoid the parenting thing and that's an   
   expensive thing and very difficult for a single parent to do on their own.   
      
   After a few disasterous relationships I didn't get serious with anyone after   
   about age 29. I wasn't avoiding it so much as being overly cautious based on   
   past experience.   
      
   Very long story short, financial plans to retire at about age 55 were   
   interrupted when I was 32 and taking a winter off work turned into me   
   working short hours for myself from then on while living in a primitive,   
   small cottage on the shores of Georgian Bay.   
      
   Friends point me out as so unique as to be some sort of tourist attraction but   
   I don't really regret choosing a path 'less travelled by', although I suppose   
   I will end up more alone than someone with a family. But, as the song goes,   
   'every form or refuge has its price'..   
      
   (Quotes thanks to Robert Frost and The Eagles..)   
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