Just my opinion

fulltimedaniel wrote:
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.

The OP's opening post was an opinion about financing vs paying cash. Opinions invite rebuttal, differing opinions, or agreeing posts. The thread has offered many examples of each.

Just because you think "You should just pay cash" sounds "Smug, self righteous, elitist and frankly ill mannered." doesn't make it so. Sorry, you don't get to be the arbiter of opinions.

And exactly how has this thread been derailed? It never had a clear course from the very beginning. The OP never asked for a clarifying answer, or more information. He posted a hot topic opinion, and has been rewarded by many more opinions.

BTW, if you feel "This is becoming endemic here. I for one am sick to death of it.", there's a very easy cure: use the "Hide" button for threads you don't care for, or a more extreme cure would be to simply leave the forum.