Sometimes I think my husband is crazy. And sometimes he is. Aren't we all??
We are soooo well matched that sometimes we are quite opposite in our thinking. For instance, one of us tends to be cynical and distrusting and paranoid, and the other one is like, "la la la! All is well-trust everyone."
Want to guess who is who??? :-)Ha ha
Anyway, so recently my husband took out half of our 401K to deposit temporarily at our Credit Union until he decides how to better invest it. He's been buying silver. You know-the old-fashioned, actually made-out-of-silver coins. The ones that are worth something even if U.S. currency collapses.
Yes, that is the very fear that is driving his (what I deemed) madness. The potential collapse of the U.S. dollar.
Now, you might wonder that I'm not revolting against these wild actions. But, Bertha doesn't care about much...at all.
She tries not to make decisions...at all.. if she can avoid it..while she's Bertha.
And, you know, when it comes to financial matters, I'm usually like, "la la la. All is well-it's just money. Who cares?" I'm the kind who would probably just stash cash under my mattress if I didn't have a husband who would stop me.
So, anyway he goes to deposit this large check from our 401K at the credit union and it's sizeable enough that the manager has to come and verify it.
And out of curiousity the manager asked him why he was withdrawing so much from his 401K. He told her, "I have no faith in the future of the American dollar."
She said, "Oh, that's what a lot of people have said who have been coming in here. I've seen a lot of large checks like this in the last few months."
Whaaa???
You mean there are more crazies out there??? My husband is not the only one!
Or maybe
Just maybe....
He's not as crazy as I thought.
It got me thinking. And then I thought, what if it really happens? What if the dollar collapses? It will be another moment...yet another in a long list...of oblivious me saying to my crazy husband..."wow. I can't believe you were right! Thanks for saving our behinds, hon!"
You know that scripture, "every man who has been warned, should warn his neighbor"? Well, I know that refers to sharing the gospel, but it's been running through my mind about this.
So, what the heck? It doesn't hurt to be prepared. At the risk of being seen as crazy-
Be Warned!
It could happen. Who knows?
We are soooo well matched that sometimes we are quite opposite in our thinking. For instance, one of us tends to be cynical and distrusting and paranoid, and the other one is like, "la la la! All is well-trust everyone."
Want to guess who is who??? :-)Ha ha
Anyway, so recently my husband took out half of our 401K to deposit temporarily at our Credit Union until he decides how to better invest it. He's been buying silver. You know-the old-fashioned, actually made-out-of-silver coins. The ones that are worth something even if U.S. currency collapses.
Yes, that is the very fear that is driving his (what I deemed) madness. The potential collapse of the U.S. dollar.
Now, you might wonder that I'm not revolting against these wild actions. But, Bertha doesn't care about much...at all.
She tries not to make decisions...at all.. if she can avoid it..while she's Bertha.
And, you know, when it comes to financial matters, I'm usually like, "la la la. All is well-it's just money. Who cares?" I'm the kind who would probably just stash cash under my mattress if I didn't have a husband who would stop me.
So, anyway he goes to deposit this large check from our 401K at the credit union and it's sizeable enough that the manager has to come and verify it.
And out of curiousity the manager asked him why he was withdrawing so much from his 401K. He told her, "I have no faith in the future of the American dollar."
She said, "Oh, that's what a lot of people have said who have been coming in here. I've seen a lot of large checks like this in the last few months."
Whaaa???
You mean there are more crazies out there??? My husband is not the only one!
Or maybe
Just maybe....
He's not as crazy as I thought.
It got me thinking. And then I thought, what if it really happens? What if the dollar collapses? It will be another moment...yet another in a long list...of oblivious me saying to my crazy husband..."wow. I can't believe you were right! Thanks for saving our behinds, hon!"
You know that scripture, "every man who has been warned, should warn his neighbor"? Well, I know that refers to sharing the gospel, but it's been running through my mind about this.
So, what the heck? It doesn't hurt to be prepared. At the risk of being seen as crazy-
Be Warned!
It could happen. Who knows?
Actually, I think it'd be rather cool.
ReplyDeleteOh, and my mission president back in the day took a large inheritance that he'd gotten from a wealthy aunt and used it ALL to buy up silver. Then something happened, and he became the kind of wealthy that lasts the rest of your life.
You never know...