--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: <snip> > And, in other organizations I know of where this same True Believer > phenomenon exists (I don't know enough long-term TB TMers to say > if it's present in them or not), there is an even more shocking > trend. > > I know quite a few people who have been "sold out" to their > spiritual organization for decades, and now find themselves in the > exact economic situation you describe. The shocker is that many of > them are actually hoping for "death before disillusionment." > > It's sadly true. I've heard guys and gals in their 50s talking > about death as if it were imminent, and *preferable* to having to > deal with retirement without a pot to piss in.
"I hope I die before my money runs out" is by no means a wish exclusive to those who have been "sold out" to their spiritual organizations. *Most* people won't have enough retirement money put away to last them comfortably, and they begin to confront that scary fact in their 50s. It isn't unreasonable to hope you don't have to live for years in grinding poverty after you've become decrepit and chronically ill. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
