I do have some heavy and intense emotional connections to LOA.

The short version of my story goes like this: My husband and I took a financial “education” course taught by an old friend and her business partner. Both at the time claimed that they were “financially free” meaning that their investment income surpassed their expenses (which, btw turns out to have been true at the time of the course but their claim had no longevity; one of them for sure is no longer “financially free’; the other, I don’t know). I had known this woman for about a decade and trusted her. We took this course and followed their recommendations (buying their investment products). For about a year, we were considered their star pupils: we were held up as a glowing example of students putting our education into action.  I was even asked to speak to another graduating class about our strategies. These days, they barely talk to us, let alone glance in our general direction.

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