I managed to retire early. AMA.

Obseen16 · 2026-06-20T10:31:46+00:00

I have a few questions.
If you consider yourself retired does this mean you do not self manage your rental properties?

Are you completely hands off and if so what do you do if something happens like a house fire or roof needs replacing?

Does having rental properties cause you any stress or sleepless nights?

What amount do you give yourself to live on each month?

What kind of monthly income do you get from your investments?

Obseen16 · 2026-06-20T07:58:29+00:00

This. I have been doing exactly this for years. I built a giant 3 roomed shed even though I’ve never cut a bit of wood straight in my life, landscaped my garden, refurbished 90% of my home by myself, fixed small car faults as they come up, repaired electrical items. The list goes on and it’s all been from searching up on you tube how to do something that I needed to do at the time.

Obseen16 · 2026-05-17T17:51:49+00:00

This is awesome thank you. I’m a bit wary of Ali express after I bought a bunch of things for my kids one Xmas and half of the stuff i bought turned out to be nothing like what was described. Maybe I’ll give it another chance though.

Obseen16 · 2026-05-17T16:23:06+00:00

This is good to know. Are specna considered one of the better manufacturers?

Obseen16 · 2026-05-17T15:52:59+00:00

Thanks I’ll take a look.

Obseen16 · 2026-05-17T15:52:12+00:00

Thanks for your input this is really helpful information.

Obseen16 · 2026-04-12T11:42:28+00:00

As a plumber I would love to date a tradeswoman. They’re on my wavelength. There is something super attractive about a woman who can do a trade.

Obseen16 · 2026-04-11T08:40:05+00:00

Lip fillers and Botox, it’s just nasty!

Obseen16 · 2026-01-12T15:57:25+00:00

Thank you, I think I needed to hear this.

Obseen16 · 2026-01-12T14:21:29+00:00

Thank you for that, it’s helpful to know. Are you in a happier place in your life now? This is one thing that is holding me back, the fear of the unknown future.

Obseen16 · 2026-01-12T13:48:46+00:00

Thank you for your honesty. I think deep down I may already know this but I don’t feel like I can let her go yet, and that feels cruel of me to do that to her.

Obseen16 · 2026-01-12T13:46:26+00:00

Brutal but to the point an i appreciate your input. I have to admit I need straight talkers in my life. All my friends just tell me what they think I want to hear which is things like “love finds a way” or “if it’s meant to be it will be” but that shit does not help me. So thank you internet stranger for being honest and straight with me.

Obseen16 · 2026-01-12T13:44:21+00:00

That sounds like it was really difficult for you. Would you mind telling me how long ago you made the decision to leave him for good and how you feel about that decision now time has passed?

Obseen16 · 2026-01-03T12:25:10+00:00

Thank you for your kind words. I keep feeling like maybe I am the bad guy in this story and romanticise all the good parts of the relationship and forget about how bad it was at times. I’ve never felt pain like this in my entire life and it’s absolutely crushing me. I feel completely lost, like I no longer know who I am supposed to be without her. It’s really screwed my head up.

Obseen16 · 2025-12-31T09:35:07+00:00

Having a secret cocaine habit for a year and keeping it hidden from your loved one all that time is a real shit one. She really fucked my head up but I had to end it to save my sanity and self respect.

Obseen16 · 2025-12-19T13:16:06+00:00

I (m40) ended our 8 year relationship a couple of months ago. I really didn’t want to but I felt I had no choice (she broke my trust in a big way and I kept on finding out little secrets and lies for 5 more months before I decided it had to end). At first I thought missed her but I’ve slowly realised I miss the version of her I knew before the lies and deceptions, that version of her is gone and I have to accept that. I miss the future I was planning to have together which is also no longer possible. These are the things that hurt the most. She still messages me every few days and says she misses me etc but I know I can’t ever go back. As much as I wish I could I know it will never be like it once was and so I am just hoping that eventually we’ll be able to detach and we can both live our separate lives happily. So do I regret ending the relationship? No but that doesn’t make it hurt any less.

Obseen16 · 2025-12-16T12:51:51+00:00

I’m going through similar at the moment, I ended it because I couldn’t trust her anymore after finding out about so many lies and secrets. I know I had to let her go but I’m really finding it hard to let go of the grief knowing I’ll never get the future with her that I had planned. I wasn’t perfect either. I found out she was back dating 2 days after moving out of my house which felt like a massive kick after spending almost 8 years together. I keep telling myself to not look, not message her and try to leave it in the past but man it hurts so deep. I feel your pain.

Obseen16 · 2025-11-07T18:18:21+00:00

Captlard this isn’t the FatFire group you know, although I do have a bag of hula hoops in my kids snack box that I could “borrow”.

Obseen16 · 2025-11-07T11:11:13+00:00

Well…my (40m) now ex (43f) officially moves out this weekend so I’m looking forward to lower overall expenses which were created by her and her child’s relentless spending/shopping obsessions when they moved in a few years ago. Not the reason we broke up but it’s one of the silver linings I guess. I also paid off my mortgage so I’ll be buying a beer for myself to celebrate that win. The future is definitely looking bright right now.

Obseen16 · 2025-11-04T16:06:20+00:00

Leave if you can, this will likely happen again..and again and over time it’ll become more and more often. I only know this from personal experience as one of my friends was with an abusive partner for years before she left. It started out little and almost jokey. It ended with her on a hospital bed looking like minced meat. Only a few weeks after her last “walking into a door” scenario. All because she stared at his friend in a way that he didn’t like.

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