The fact that he's on disability says little for his income.
May have an excellent retirement package.
May have had an insurance settlement that made him disabled.

Without any other knowledge, I can only say it took him 17 years to catch up to the Jones.  

Sorry fellas should have elaborated.  He's never recieved any sort of settlement  he is 30 parents are great people mom is a retired CNA dad is on disability. I'm not bashing him as personality goes he's a good person. We have talked about him not working and I quote why would I get a job that pays less than I get for not working.  It may have come off as me not knowing him I should have explained more I've known him for 3 years not friends but if we're having a fire or vice versa the invite is there.

Don't really know how to defend someone as a person while at the same time being entirely disgusted by what they're doing at the same time. Anyway the point from the beginning was not him as a person it was my inability to understand how someone in that situation could afford to purchase the above stated items.

you know a Jeep Cherokee isn't like a Bentley or something, and if he's single, no kids, no child payments, no student debt, and if his parents are helping him any, idk, it could be a lease too, idk, I don't know what disability pays or anything, but a cherokee starts at $250 for a lease ...

Dagillespi wrote on 10/15/16 at 02:47:45:


I wasn't going to reply to this, imagine that, I hold my opine  

However, you seem genuine in your sincerity, and not out to make a hit on someone.

I think we all fair better when we don't "Look at the Jones'" to see how well, or not, we are doing.
It will only spring forth resentments, or false pride, if you appear to fair better.

I have shared before on the site, this observation, You lie the loudest, when you lie to yourself.

Understanding what that means, and accepting it as truth, will give you the ability to see yourself with 20/20 vision.
Once you see who you really are, you won't need to look at others, to gauge yourself.

No one else can give to you anything, that you are not willing to give, to yourself.....

Being honest to yourself, first, frees us to be who we are.....

PS: took me 50 years to have that conversation with myself, arg  

A Jeep Grand Cherokee is not a Bentley, no, but it's still 43k.
And I'm still driving my 1990 Mitsubishi Eclipse and my 2000 Jeep Grand Cherokee because I can't afford a new car.

My new neighbor right next door to me bought the house. He takes care of his father. He's on disability. Father is retired. Somehow they were able to afford a house. It is mildly beneficial to me because he sits on the porch and smokes all day. Kind of like hiring a security guard.

Meanwhile, I'm working 47.5-51.5 hours per week at job #1 and 15-18 a week at job #2.

Life ain't fair.


--Steve

Paraquat wrote on 10/17/16 at 09:10:37:



He didn't say Grand Cherokee, just Cherokee, which starts at $24K