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500k in savings? That is quite the achievement. You should feel good about that.

I wish him all the best and am glad again to know my wife is right when she said money does not solve all problems. I should listen to her more.

Yes, even without kids and a relationship, it's a large sum. Large enough that he's probably doing really good professionally.

Perhaps this is naive of me but to have half a million in the bank and being miserable sounds like a pretty poor state of affairs. Time to convert some of that money into time and experiences.

I would guess loneliness is a big part of it. You don't have to be "successful" to find a life partner.

You're more likely to find one before you get rich.

I wouldn't know, but either way I don't think OP is rich enough to hamper their chances.

Image OP being in the same state of mind but with 20K in the bank. Now, that’s miserable.

Don't say stuff like that in a public forum there's bound to be people who fit that criterion reading this

I know people who are older than that and with less in the bank. They live on a sailing yacht and are more happy than most will ever be. They cross oceans when they want to change scenery. They haven’t seen temps lower than 20C in decades, living between the tropics and SE Asia, sailing along the way.

Besides that, isn't there a figure about the number of people who'd have to borrow money to cover a $1000 emergency? Something like 60% of Americans if I remember correctly.

There are people 50 years old with 5K who aren't as miserable as OP.

definitely. I have just under 500k in debt and about 30k in savings. and I'm 47.

Most of that debt is a house (that needs a lot of restoration). I have two awesome kids and a wife though. I'm happy with that part of me.

> I have just under 500k in debt and about 30k in savings ... Most of that debt is a house (that needs a lot of restoration)

I feel like the concept of net worth is crucial to communicate things like these effectively. Reading your comment, I can't even figure out if you are in the red or in the green.

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