Just my opinion

DallasSteve wrote:
I accept what the original poster wrote, except this last line:

So for the ones on here that always bring up the stupid comment about saving up to pay cash for that......well enjoy sitting at home saving while the rest of us are out enjoying mother nature and making memories with our family.

First, you make the judgment that our comment is "stupid". Well, as I said to my 35-year old son, if you're so much smarter than me why do you need to borrow money from me?

Second, your comment (notice I left out the word "stupid") assumes that this is an either/or proposition. It's not. It's entirely possible to not sit at home and still make great memories with our family without owning an RV.

Third, you apparently will never know how great it is to have financial security. Let me give you an example. Because I deferred a lot of expenditures when I was younger (I'm hoping you know what expenditure means) I now have reached a point where I will probably run out of time before I run out of money. That's a wonderful feeling. When I was looking for my current apartment I decided that I wanted one with an attached garage, something I wouldn't have done in the past to save for my future. This one happened to be brand new to boot. I decided, it's time to enjoy my money. I've been saving all my life for when I get old. There's no point in saving for when I get old any more. I'm 60. I'm there! This is what I have been saving for. It's great to be at a point where whatever I want (within reason) I can get it; with no debt.

Stupid comment? Laughing all the way to a comfortable retirement.

PS: My youngest son likes going to college and graduating with no student loans. Dad just pays cash for his tuition. An in-state school, of course.

I think what so many are responding to here DS is that your posts on this subject here so far intentionally or otherwise can be viewed as a bit smug and self righteous. And I think that was the intent of the OP's original comment. When a few well known folks on this site respond it is always in ways to tell the OP or others how they should live their lives. They rarely address the topic.

This is how the comment: "You should pay cash" often sounds. Smug, self righteous, elitist and frankly ill mannered.

Your great good luck as you put it in another post (a veiled way of letting everyone know how smart and hardworking you are and what a great decision maker)is just so much self aggrandizement.

Once again as so often happens in so many threads instead of discussing the TOPIC a few derail the conversation to the personality actions and lifestyle of the Original Poster. This is becoming endemic here. I for one am sick to death of it.

Now just a question: Did you pay cash for your house? AH! I thought not. So really you are in the same boat as everyone else. Lets drop this needless and yes stupid argument over paying cash or not.