Paid off my house – reactions not what I expected

[FullMetalExoParticipant 2383]

That’s sick man! Nothing like having your own HOME, especially as you earned it, respect. Screw those people. And screw credits and debts, its a great feeling to not have any credits/debts while living a life.
Congrats from Latvia !

PS. Next thing is a quality sofa or leather chair, and a bottle of not the cheapest drink of your choice (or orange juice with ice) to celebrate.

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[HammerdownParticipant 528]

Keymaster wrote:

YES. This was actually in the news lately.

…. and he got shamed for it.

One women said “So you work two jobs and I can’t even get ONE.”. But nothing is stopping HER from being a waitress in TWO restaurants – working 16 hours a day – if she wants. She’s just LAZY.

Don’t EVER let these people get to you.

When someone in life tells you something you don’t like… wear a s~~~-eating grin and laugh like Tom Cruise. I’m dead serious. It works. And when someone calls you “cheap”, AGREE with them.

“You’re so f~~~ing cheap”

“That’s why I own a house that you will never get to steal from me.”

BIG congratulations on your mammoth f~~~ing accomplishment.

(damn screwed up my edit, but that should do it)

Oh man, one of the comments was “How am I supposed to work a 70 hour week? I have two kids!”

Yeah and whose fault is that? My body my choice, right?

Also the “that’s why I own a house that you will never get to steal from me” line is amazing. You could see the explosion from nuking that hamster from space.

[BeerParticipant 11832]

2ravens wrote:

I paid off my house last week.

Woohoo! Congrats man! Nice going.

Hitman wrote:

people tell me i’m cheap and i usually laugh out loud .
most of them have no idea what someone else’s expenses really are .
………………………………………………………………………….people judge their INSIDE’S from other peoples OUTSIDE’S.
they don’t know the sacrifice’s you made to do this.

So true! I had some family members call me cheap for years because I drove the car for 12 years and didn’t go on any vacations…but they completely ignored that I paid cash for 2 college degrees. They thought I was cheap because I wasn’t stupid enough to run myself into debt just to have stuff I really didn’t need…its insane how people think.

Of course now I’m making a lot more money and not paying for school…and now I’ve gone from being cheap to being a miser. It doesn’t matter that I have a newer car now and a nice place to live…I should run myself into debt buying a ridiculous car and a mansion to shake the miser label!

Sad thing is they’re just so dumb they won’t understand how dumb they actually are until their family member that is 20-30 years younger retires before them and they end up working until they physically can’t anymore.

uchibenkei wrote:

Good for you, man. Other people are just jealous because they have to bleed money to the bank every month and get nothing to show for it. Now that you have extra cash, who’s going to be the cheap one?

Hahah, some people can’t figure out…YOU DON’T HAVE TO DO THIS. If you get a car…what’s the first thing everyone asks you? What’s your payment? Then they look at you confused as s~~~ when you say I don’t have one, I paid cash for it…like they don’t understand you can put off buying a new car for a year or two, save money, and not get raped by a car loan. If they can’t figure out you can pay cash for a car…the idea that you can actually pay off a mortgage is simply way too advanced for them…especially the ones that refi and pull equity out every few years.

Hopefully OP keeps being a saver though…making your money work for you is as awesome as not having to pay your biggest monthly bill anymore.

[MattNYCParticipant 2329]

2ravens wrote:

I paid off my house last week. I’m 3 years post-divorce and I’ve been saving like mad to get enough to do it.

First off man – congrat-u-f~~~ing-lations!! Huge accomplishment, especially working “uphill” that soon after divorce.

2ravens wrote:

I decided to tell a few select people since I want to share milestones in my life when I can. However, after telling 5 people (3 family and 2 friends) all I got was ignoring I even said it and in one case “Well, no wonder. You are really cheap”. This really got to me and normally I don’t let things like that get under my skin.

Second, f~~~ the hat…oh wait

Anonymous wrote:

Haters gonna f~~~in hate

Damn Rotor beat me to it! Well, i’ll say it again. Haters gonna f~~~ing hate. If you had a close friend/family member who hit a major life milestone (finishing med school, sailing the atlantic, performing in front of a huge crowd) wouldn’t you congratulate & want to help them celebrate? F~~~ yeah! That’s what close friends & family do!

But it’s cool – because the MGTOW gang can help you celebrate. We’ve got some mortgage-free steaks to grill!

[The_Mad_PirateParticipant 1278]

Congratulations man!.
Don’t let the envious get you, you had proven you are the one who laughs last.

"We didn't start the fire. It was always burning. Since the world's been turning" "A world that vilifies men only breeds a generation of men that feel no empathy towards women" “In a woman’s mind , there is really no such thing as a ‘we’. In her eyes, earth allways revolves around her, not the other way around. So thinking that your needs , aspirations or desires are valid enough to be persued, or even that you are entitled achive such goals, is like asking your boss for a pay rise in your very first day at the job.”

[Oz-BlokeParticipant 3233]

Congratulations brother! When I paid off a house pre-divorce (with my all my money, none of hers) I was over the moon. I mentioned it to an accountant and she said “Why would you ever pay off a rental property?”. Ahhh, because I don’t want to be in debt all my life and I want something to show for all my hard work. Dopey cow couldn’t connect the dots and realize a lifetime should not be an endless abyss of debt, worry and paying interest (making the banksters even richer). Wife at the time blew all her money on clothes, hairdos, alcohol, cigarettes and nights out with the girls. I nailed her in her prime but eventually the clothes and makeup couldn’t mask how she had accelerated her aging with the alcohol, cigarettes and nights out with the girls.

When I had to purchase an expensive piece of equipment for my business the then-wife started to complain. I saw red and said “When you pay off a house over 20-years with your own earnings you can comment on my finances, until then how about you just try and pay-off your car”. Post-divorce I’ve paid the house off a second time and keep all my assets far-removed from any vag. MGTOW all the way!

#ManOut

[OracleSummonParticipant 179]

Congratulations to paying off your home. Hope life brings you happiness, fulfillment, and fruitfulness throughout all your days.

[hollowtipsParticipant 681]

People have a crab in a bucket mentality, they want everyone around them to be average and will try to drag down overachievers. I’ve come to realize the less I fit in the better I must be doing compared to everyone else around me and crave isolation now to not be dumbed down like these slobbering dumbasses and hoe’s around me.

What you’ve accomplished has been a massive achievement and if I were you I’d start renting the place out to someone and travel. You’ll have a constant source of income (your house and you’ll be free to roam and explore the world).

[MemberParticipant 323]

Not much point in sharing your good news with most people. They won’t understand and will resent you for it.

In fact if you are divorced and have an evil ex to deal with best that you never admit you paid off the house. Always pretend like you are barely getting by. Otherwise they will just think your status as mortgage free just means they should go after you for more morning. Same way with driving too nice of a car etc. Seriously it makes you a target.

Great job by paying off the house! Now you can plug more money away for retirement. You will be comfortable and retired by 60 and the haters will still be working for the man.

[FunInTheSunParticipant 8283]

CONGRATULATIONS, 2RAVENS!

Is anyone else here free of their debts? What does it feel like? I am planning to pay off a personal bank loan and some credit cards next year. If I didn’t have debt payments, my life would be a lot easier.

"I saw that there comes a point, in the defeat of any man of virtue, when his own consent is needed for evil to win-and that no manner of injury done to him by others can succeed if he chooses to withhold his consent. I saw that I could put an end to your outrages by pronouncing a single word in my mind. I pronounced it. The word was ‘No.’" (Atlas Shrugged)

[Dr PhibesParticipant 155]

Nice job. I paid off my note last year. My monthly nut is now very small. It’s nice when you can work because you want to, not because you have to.

"The wisest follow their own direction." -- Euripides

[MastaParticipant 10]

Congratulations my friend, that’s an amazing achievement, you should be really proud!!! I got mine paid off a few years ago as well (as well as my car) and it’s one of the best things I’ve ever done!

Living below your means and having more free money to spend on doing the things you love is an awesome feeling

Also the bonus of knowing no matter what happens in your life, you’ll never lose your house is great

[ResidentEvil7Participant 9556]

Congrats to you. It’s too bad that there’s people out there that are upset and hateful of your accomplishment, because the mortgage is the worst of your monthly bills. Once that’s over with, you’re making money and it goes to you, not to the bank slave masters. You ought to be happy for this achievement, and not let anyone bring you down. You accomplished something that many others don’t, and now you’re a free man.

FunInTheSun wrote:

Is anyone else here free of their debts? What does it feel like? I am planning to pay off a personal bank loan and some credit cards next year. If I didn’t have debt payments, my life would be a lot easier.

I am out of credit debt and have been for over 3 years. It took my past several years to get out of it and I can’t believe still that I did make it out. Someone miracled my ass. After that final bill was over, money came in and instead of giving it to the banks to make happy, it went to me and it made me happy. I made a rule after getting myself out of debt and that is that I never will charge what I don’t already have. I charge something, and pay it off the same week or by the end of the month, and I build credit at the same time. I never charge for something I don’t already have the money for. I used to keep telling myself that and temptation kept getting the better of me, but I disciplined myself to restrain myself from making purchases that I couldn’t.

Once you’re out of debt, you’re going to love it. You will see your money go all to you and you’re are no longer obligated by banking debt slaves.

I don’t care what mainstream people think about being cheap and having to rack up debt to be considered normal. I don’t see how normal it is to rack up your bills for s~~~ you don’t need. Once you swipe that card, that card and the bank owns you as long as you keep using it. So let the jealous ones be jealous; they’re are the ones who live off of financial slavery, just so they can be called socially normal.

https://themanszone.webs.com/

[BuckshotParticipant 4]

Totally understand the disappointment and surprise when ‘people’ behave like that. Had/have same reaction when I tell people I don’t need a ‘job'( Have already paid my ‘wife tax’) and am financially independent.
Seriously, seriously good work you have done, I know what commitment and effort is required to achieve what you have done. Now you get the freedoms and choice it enables. ENJOY.

[WhackerGuy2030Participant 999]

First and foremost…

F~~~ YEAH! Way to go man! Nothing will ever top that feeling when you realize there’s not nearly as much to worry about anymore. Revel in it like a dog rolls around on a dead skunk carcass!

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I had a similar experience the first time I hit a huge bonus. I shared the news with one of my brothers and NOTHING. Not, “way to go brother” “you’ve done well” nope.
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A few years later I hit another huge one and wiped out all my debts and put an extra $10k on the pile. By that point I had winnowed my list of true friends down to a key few that I knew would be happy for me and understand my sad feelings that I couldn’t share it with my family. You build a new circle of support and influence with the good people. It also puts you in a whole new class of people. You realize the least vocal are often the wisest.

[BeerParticipant 11832]

WhackerGuy2030 wrote:

You realize the least vocal are often the wisest.

Most definitely…especially when it comes to finances. I have a few buddies and a few relatives that are in decent shape themselves and we’ll talk finances, but for the most part, its not something I’ll willingly talk about with most people in real life because they are so obviously f~~~ing themselves over with poor decisions and get mad if you point it out to them.

Most of the people around my age I know have a fat car payment and student loan debt…talking about my latest stock buy or how much I collected in dividends last quarter just seems like bragging so I don’t bother. Its easier just to congratulate them on that new car they just bought or pretend to be impressed by their new big screen tv instead…at least let them have their moment if they want to be in debt for life for it.

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