The whole American foreclosure thing must have been so stressful. I can't believe they raised property taxes as well. Just inhuman.

Sounds like you are with the right person, weathering the storm together.

It resonated when you said about how youth doesn't worry as much about what's going to happen and how you take risks you probably wouldn't now. I'm so much more stressed about money than I was when I was broke living from paycheck to paycheck! I remember my folks dropping me off an envelope or two when Dad got a bonus. I never expected it and was incredibly grateful for those small gestures.