And if that happens, then you aren't any worse off than you are now since your chickens haven't really hatched yet.

I hate PowerPoint, but for enough money I'd sit through days of "You can't read this, but it says...."

Again, Susan, I know a LOT of Buffistas would be happy for the chance to be upset about free money. Not that it's not stressful in the current market, but it's a chance not many of us will see.

Since there are probably quite a few Buffistas who would LOVE the chance to get angry at free money not happening fast enough for them.

As long as we don't go down the path of people having to wonder what's too First World to complain about and what isn't.

I can recall someone telling me once, shortly after they were laid off, that I shouldn't complain about my job because at least I had one. On one hand, it makes some sense. On the other... not so much. I reserve the right to whine. (Of course, that's not what I said. I think I said something like, "Yeah well, I don't think you should complain about your mother anymore because at least you have a mother!" *rolls eyes at self*)

I can understand how it would be frustrating to be expecting something on a specific day, especially money, only to have that date pushed back. I hope everything works out, Susan.

I can understand how it would be frustrating to be expecting something on a specific day, especially money, only to have that date pushed back. I hope everything works out, Susan.

Thanks, Nicole.

In all fairness, Susan has made her family's none-too-easy financial situation clear from her postings on this board. And that the money from this inheritance is more a ticket to the economic middle class than fun money. So I won't begrudge her anxiety.

And Susan, my apologies if I'm speaking out of turn.

I'd complain. But then I always complain when people don't do what they promise. and possibly think about changing who I do business with -- when possible,of course.

I would like to make myself clear. I do not begrudge anyone windfalls of any sort, and I understand that money is a stressful thing and the stock market exponentially so. I do not want anyone to wonder what is too First World to post and what is not.

However, there are a lot of people for whom repeated posts over a long period of time about windfalls not moving as fast as they should are like unto rock salt in a really deep wound - people who also have really hard (sometimes desperate) financial situations but do not feel comfortable sharing such things on a public board. That's what I feel some people are responding to today.

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Which I get, juliana, but I don't exactly think of my inheritance as free money. I paid far too steep a price for it.