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these new faces! where are they coming from?
all of a sudden...i've seen two, maybe three, new folks here. How exciting!
Any idea how they found us??
"Budgeting is like sex...it ain't good til it hurts!" -polly-anna
'You can make changes or you can make excuses.' ~me
'Don't bankrupt your tomorrow to pay for your yesterday.' ~also me
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Skelli
Nope, but new blood is great!
BS7: arrived 9/13/13
When you finally learn that a person's behavior has more to do with their internal struggle than it ever did with you, you learn grace.
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Possibly off the FB page? Or google? Or disheartened DR followers looking for an alternative?
BS7
Diane--single empty-nester in small-town Middle Tennessee
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Spreading the word
I read someone post about referring a friend, so that would be my guess.
BS 7- August 29, 2024
Retired Aug. 2014
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Skelli
I've approved early posts from 3 different individuals today alone. Unusual for sure. You can always ask how they heard about us.
BS7: arrived 9/13/13
When you finally learn that a person's behavior has more to do with their internal struggle than it ever did with you, you learn grace.
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There are many ways
There is another similar website that is shutting down. DR based, but not associated with DR. Used to be a very active place for folks getting out of debt, I got great support there over the years. So there is a thread asking - where are you all going? I want to see so and so pay of their mortgage! Etc. And this forum was mentioned as place to land, so you may see more of us landing here.
BTW, I should introduce myself: I am 43F, living in Toronto with my awesome BF, D. I started my debt free journey back in 2008 when I had way, way too much law school debt, and not enough income. I back slid at one point and started a small law firm, which I left a few years later with business debts. I finally got it all together and now I work for the federal government. I am debt free since 2018. In 2020, I decided to invite D to stay with me until the pandemic blew over, so he could avoid transit and walk to work. That worked out so great that he stayed, lol. My current goal is saving up a down payment on a condo. My challenge is the insane real estate market.
BS1: Done
BS2: Done! December 2018.
BS3: Done! September 2021.
BS3(b): Down payment in HCOLA : $151,609/150,000 saved : 100%!!! Done in Sept 2024
(Continuing to save until we find our home: bigger down payment = better home and/or smaller mortgage)
BS4: Contributing to DB pension, plus extra in RRSP to equal 15%
CoastFIRE 60: $8,161/$131,799 : 6%
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Chasing the cheetah
Welcome,
@starchyk
- we're glad to have you.
BS3: Done
BS4: 17% of gross to pension & Roth + 14% employer match to pension
BS5: N/A
BS6: $182,389 after October payment
Countdown, as of 10/1/24: 268 days of work left: Thursday, 6/26/2025!
Sandi
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I went out and joined the other website and put a post out there welcoming the member to come here. Now to get the email verification process working for them. Any update
@coolmom42
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The best things in life are not things.
Don't invest more in someones situation than they are.
Persistence, not perfection, wins the race.
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Originally Posted by
starchyk
There is another similar website that is shutting down. DR based, but not associated with DR. Used to be a very active place for folks getting out of debt, I got great support there over the years. So there is a thread asking - where are you all going? I want to see so and so pay of their mortgage! Etc. And this forum was mentioned as place to land, so you may see more of us landing here.
BTW, I should introduce myself: I am 43F, living in Toronto with my awesome BF, D. I started my debt free journey back in 2008 when I had way, way too much law school debt, and not enough income. I back slid at one point and started a small law firm, which I left a few years later with business debts. I finally got it all together and now I work for the federal government. I am debt free since 2018. In 2020, I decided to invite D to stay with me until the pandemic blew over, so he could avoid transit and walk to work. That worked out so great that he stayed, lol. My current goal is saving up a down payment on a condo. My challenge is the insane real estate market.
Yay!
@starchyk
So glad you came over here too, I have to see when you finally find THE condo! (Yes, I came from there also. I think...
@Dorothy
maybe? mentioned DFF? Someone did.)
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Originally Posted by
KVinKC
I went out and joined the other website and put a post out there welcoming the member to come here. Now to get the email verification process working for them. Any update @
coolmom42?
I opened the ticket and got the normal response, "we are doing things right and we dont' know what could be wrong." Can I express how unhappy I am with this site host?
Their only suggestion is to change the wording of the email. Which I have no idea how to do, or where to do, and can't see how to change it from the admin page.
I went into the admin section, and then to users, and found myself as a user, and tried to send email to me. It should be showing up as from "babystep@debtfreefanatics.com" . Nothing came through to my gmail, after multiple attempts, not even in the spam folder.
Kim... since you have made an account on the other site that is closing down, can you suggest that people reach out to us on this site, and post on the Visitor Forum and Tech Support section. Any admin can add them as members here manually. They will need to be added to the "probationary users" group. After that, they will have to provide some additional info.
I have in the past added you to the host site as a contact, but it disappeared. UGH. I will do it again. I need a mailing address and phone number to do that. Can you PM that to me? or send it to my gmail.
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BS7
Diane--single empty-nester in small-town Middle Tennessee