I guess what I'm saying is I'm a lot happier being poor and loved than I would have been being rich and lonely, even though the latter is what I envisioned for myself in my younger days.

Long time reader, first time commenter. I sent you an email a little while back about some annoying ads. Thanks for your quick feedback btw. Anyway, I always figured I'd be successfully running a business by now and making lots of money, either programming my own games or renting them out (this was back when people still did that) or fixing people's computers. These days I help with a friend's struggling web hosting startup for no cash and accept freelance programming and repair contract work. Other than that I live on Disability, which is something I also didn't think would happen. I'm happier than I thought I'd be being poor, and honestly I have more people around I care about than I thought I would by now.

I'm 26.