Depressed with my situation, later 50s

im looking at more than doubling my income @mrmista worlds my oyster

can go large .. lol

https://youtu.be/buYg04buHuc?si=SclZFSb2mHtzQTvq

share that amongst your friends...

..said the comic book character in warcomic as throwing a grenade into foxhole ...

losing it re last post @mrmista need to get it together lol

@TAB

haaa well, that is bloody great then tab, l think , ahh if l got what you meant properly. few things but firstly yeah , hear you on that extra 100k , twas exactly my problem at beginning of this, l should've as well, weirdly similar situation really in ways.

Anyway, yaknow what, l've gotten up some mornings walked outside, or driven into my drive here sometimes, and thought those exact words, how lucky am l .

Thx to everyone here earlier in the thread and their encouragement,along with the few people in my life that l alk this stuff with, low behold, nearly 12mths later now and l think that too. pretty bloody cool l reckon considering where l was at with it all 11mths ago- thread title.

alright it ain't toorak or beach vews, but l've started liking it here and the life but even more, just being debt free and the freedom of all that for the first time in my life too.

alright it was a compromise for sure and a let down for a long while, being here instead of what l'd envisioned for myself at this stage butttttt, end of the day , still not too bad and with so many struggling in this mad australia housing wise these days even at our ages, started feeling grateful really .

So yep, lots of realizations over this 11mths. l've even stated enjoying the drives over to towns or upto my main town, started getting a bit of a routine and really enjoying it, just needed a better cruiser .

Starting the extension and seeing the walls go up just this last few wks has also been huge too bc it's gonna be such a cool little house.

So yeppa, some progress here to about it all and the way you talk about yours, not a bad place to be either mate and eh, doubling your income and getting back into something you enjoy for awhile on top of it- bloody great stuff mate.

@TAB 

Eh cheers mate, haven't listened to it all yet but sounding good.

this one was nearly a bloody big oopsie .

was over at brothers yesterday, and he's gf just happens to be an almost identical build and size as my now ex and she wears similar clothes to.

We we were all outside checking out my new wheels, she walks up bends down to look at something and for a second there, l had a moment lapse, she looked identical to my ex's arse similar jeans and all. Well we use to play about all the time if she did something like that l'd jump her, ahhh, if you get my drift and bugger me, for a few second my body and hands kinda went forward, almost into the same urrr, motions,if you get the drift and almost grabbed her. --- bloody hell. !!!

In my defence, l've had the flu and still really messed up but also a really huge last wk or so- double messed up. And nope l have no interested in his gf or attraction whatsoever even though she s often so similar to my ex.

lt was just a weird lapse for a second there and l've been so messed up it was like back with ex.

Whata shitshow that would've started eh, thk the gods l woke up and slipped away from urrr, her backside.

4 walls, decent fridge, stove, plumbing , aircons, heat, blinds ,wmachine, peace and quiet .. ok tv, stereo. lounge, bed. and did it all myself.

yeah towns bit small to be anonymous, some people sh!t me , proper shops 27ks away, no decent beach in cooee but hey , I'm winning

@mrmista

@TAB

yep that's exactly it tab,,, l've actually had those exact words said to me - your winning the game and aus property shitshow out there by just staying put and making the most of it.

pretty much @mrmista plus I know someone whos been on brink of being homeless for last year , so its a bit rich if think I should have had a better house for myself lol

@TAB

Yep, exactly mate, caravanning met a lot of people and couples living on the murray bc they're literally locked out of the market , it's no bloody joke out there man , we're very lucky tbh.