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Monday, December 1, 2008 12:00 AM

I bought stocks; my husband bought CDs. Now I can't bear to look

I can't get up the nerve to tell my husband just how much money we've lost.
By Cary Tennis

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  • Sunday, November 30, 2008 08:20 PM

    You and your husband are short-sighted conventional wisdom believers

    The world will change radically several times before you reach retirement age. This issue will be trivial by that time. If either of you has a big problem about it now, if you quarrel about it now, you will be wasting your breath.

    Use this loss as an opportunity to learn, and to laugh. Or perish. To heck with your silly multi-million versus single million concerns. I am trying to figure out a way to kill and dress seagulls to supplement my retirement diet.

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