Comments on: What Is Your Biggest Financial Fear?

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 21:25:13 +0000

My biggest fear has already happened. I stupidly bought a sports car in June last year which is now worth half of what I paid for it and I can’t give it back when the lease finishes for another 18 months. Not too bad I hear you say…well it wouldn’t be but I lost my job in January of this year and can barely pay the mortgage let alone my stupid car finance. I could kick myself repeatedly for being so vain and stupid.

By: Jerry

Jerry — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 12:02:00 +0000

My biggest fear is losing my job which would be not only a loss of income but health insurance for the family. It’s scary in this climate. You just don’t know what to expect. I kinda wish I lived in France! But, I try not to dwell because it leads me to be anxious. I prefer to try and be proactive about what I have at hand and move forward. No time to dwell on the possibilities.
Jerry

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By: slinky

slinky — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 21:29:54 +0000

My fiancee losing or quitting his job right after I finance my new car. I hate it when life interferes with my well laid plans! (There wasn’t supposed to be any financing, but the car died sooner rather than later.) We’d be alright for a while, but money would get pretty tight. Another fear is that my fiancee and I will never be in a place to accomplish our dreams. I’m pretty determined not to let that happen though.

By: karla (threadbndr)

karla (threadbndr) — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 15:57:52 +0000

I think my biggest fear is that I’ve messed up planning for retirement. What seemed so far away is now not all that far – still about 15 years out, and I have a traditional pension and 401k and Roth savings, but still – it’s not all THAT far away.

By: Karen R

Karen R — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 16:31:36 +0000

My biggest fear is that dh could lose his job. My second biggest fear is that we can’t afford the medical insurance premiums.

By: Alison @ This Wasn't In The Plan

Alison @ This Wasn't In The Plan — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 05:24:14 +0000

I think that currently my biggest fear is that we won’t be able to sell our house when the time comes. We aren’t planning to anytime in the future, but we aren’t going to be staying in it forever either. I just am really fearful that no one will want to live in our neighborhood (heck, we don’t really like living here!), and that my husband will have a job in another state, forcing us to rent this out or just continue to pay the mortgage on a place we don’t live while we’ll need to pay living expenses elsewhere.
I guess it’s pretty good that my fear is something that, as far as I know, is something that will be a non-issue for a few more years!

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