Sure, her financial situation sounds like the kind of problem we would love to have. But she isn't us. She doesn't have the faintest idea how to live like that. She couldn't even manage her money when she had heaps, she just handed it over it to a ponzi promoter! She thinks buying jewellery is a way of socking away wealth for a rainy day! Hasn't got a clue in other words, never needed one before.
Bloody sight harder to manage your money when you have less of it. Where would she learn anyhow? Don't forget that all her friends probably have money too.
Or should I say, all her former friends, because the ones with money will probably be giving her a wide berth once they find she's down on her arse now. Cut her some slack will you?
That said though, and all that I've said is more or less true on a general level, in this specific case the woman seems likely to bounce back. Already exploiting her new circumstances as material for a new writing career, quite cleverly. So there's no need for us to pass the hat around for her just yet.
Bill Bartlett Bracknell Tas
At 8:30 PM -0800 17/12/08, B. wrote:
>John Thornton wrote:
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>"She doesn't worry that she might have to hire an aid."
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>John,
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>Well, "Alexandra Penney" did write this in that Daily Beast piece:
>
>*"I'd imagined living out my so-called 'Golden Years' working on my
>art, living in my east side apartment, and god forbid having to
>hire an aide should I ever need one."*
>
>The "GOD FORBID HAVING TO HIRE AN AID SHOULD I EVER NEED ONE" part
>just threw me for a loop. She also worries about pedicures and hair
>colorings, which sets off my b.s. detector.
>
>It's like Amity Shlaes' whining that the New Deal's TVA unfairly
>crowded out private enterprises that were just waiting to come in
>and provide power, but FDR denied them the chance. :~(((((((((((
>Play me the world's smallest....
>
>-B.
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