They also say that those who don't learn from the mistakes in their past are doomed to repeat them.
To coin a phrase from an old girlfriend: "Who are THEY and What do they know?"
I've learned life's lessons very hard.
I've fallen victim to my own deadly sins: Lust; Greed; Coveting thy neighbor's possessions to name a few.
LUST: 1994. Stupid mistake #1. An affair. No matter what the circumstances, I shouldn't have let it happen. I never have lived it down, and probably won't. No matter what that other side says, they can't let it go. STILL. Blaming Cheryl was convenient, but wrong. Dead wrong.
GREED: 1989. Started with the purchase of Dellwood. Grew with every purchase after that. Appearing to have more money than what we did. New cars every couple years; a deck, that grew. Landscaping that was charge cards. 3 mortgages; a tanning bed; a Porsche; Newer Mustang Convertible; Mini-van. The cars and trading them in have continued. Greed to NOT lose the family home caused me to place myself in harms way financially in 2004 or 05 - whenever mom signed the transfer on death deed. I had delusions of being the big man on the block - owning a house that I could never afford or finance. What little mortgage knowledge I had really caused me more harm than good.
COVETING NEIGHBORS POSSESSIONS: More like keeping up with the Pollacks and VanScyocs that started the trend. And it continued... and it continued... and so on.
My life is in shambles;
2 marriages;
2 divorces;
4 kids that really want nothing to do with me;
1 failed significant relationship;
Going on 5 Bankruptcies
2 foreclosures.
And now I'm in a condo I can not afford... a car payment that carries a 24.99% interest rate... and headed into a 5 year chapter 13. I have 6 months to downsize. Then I move to a more affordable situation.
