I was at a really romantic wedding last night, and was having a wee chat with my mate The Piano Teacher. He is one of those highly admirable anti-establishment types who actually lives what he speaks. He jacked in a sound job with the Inland Revenue some years ago to live his dream of playing music, and he has become highly successful. He teaches, he plays, he sings gorgeous duets at breathtakingly romantic weddings, and he might even have a gig with a decent rock band any time soon.
He is, of course, the object of my unspoken admiration and envy.
He has steadfastly refused to take on a mortgage for years because he (quite accurately) points out that none of us “home owners” are anything of the sort. We are, of course, borrowers, up to our eyes in debt and mortgage repayments. We are all – save lottery winners and senior bank officials excepted renting from the bank for our whole working lives. The secret is to live and love well.
And to earn enough to pay the mortgage of course.
Nightcap
15 years ago
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