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<p>[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 7829996, member: 10461"]Two generations removed from my grandparents’ affluence, I can personally attest to that thing about generational wealth “trickling away”.</p><p><br /></p><p>Which isn’t to say I didn’t benefit from my grandparents’ and great-grandparents’ wealth. It still afforded me some opportunities and privileges I might not have otherwise enjoyed. But I live in a singlewide mobile home in a rural, rednecky area and drive a beat-up, 18-year-old car rather than owning a lake house in the mountains, an upscale condo in Florida, and a big Mercedes, as my grandmother did.</p><p><br /></p><p>Doesn’t matter. I count my true inheritance in less tangible things than dollars and cents. The fact that I’ve got the basic necessities covered and have just enough disposable income to buy a few nice coins for my collection now and then is plenty good enough for me. Blessings? Counted.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 7829996, member: 10461"]Two generations removed from my grandparents’ affluence, I can personally attest to that thing about generational wealth “trickling away”. Which isn’t to say I didn’t benefit from my grandparents’ and great-grandparents’ wealth. It still afforded me some opportunities and privileges I might not have otherwise enjoyed. But I live in a singlewide mobile home in a rural, rednecky area and drive a beat-up, 18-year-old car rather than owning a lake house in the mountains, an upscale condo in Florida, and a big Mercedes, as my grandmother did. Doesn’t matter. I count my true inheritance in less tangible things than dollars and cents. The fact that I’ve got the basic necessities covered and have just enough disposable income to buy a few nice coins for my collection now and then is plenty good enough for me. Blessings? Counted.[/QUOTE]
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