Quote from: Cas on December 04, 2019, 08:31:57 PMTrue, but that's assuming the wise investment will continue to gain over time. Keep in mind, people have lost money on investments. Even investments that some considered "safe". Someone with $30,000 today could potentially have $100,000 in 10 years, that is true. But unfortunately, you could just as easily lose that all that money in one swoop or find yourself pinching off of money if something major comes up and you could find yourself right back where you started. Things happen and people fall on hard times. Honestly, when I look around there aren't very many people in their 20s thinking about retirement these days or better yet, what was considered the "traditional" retirement plan many years ago. The only ones who I see talking about retirement in their 20s are those who come from well off families and have been set up before they were born, but that is only my experience so far.
I would also like to add that you have to evaluate what you think is best for you. If you're a person who can get by without LL, then please do so. If you are guy who is pushing 6 feet tall, then I believe having LL will be of no real benefit and the money saved should be invested elsewhere. I can only speak for myself that at 5'3, I hold no delusions about my height. I know my stature plays a roll in how I am perceived not just in the dating world but in a general perspective. Even if I won the lottery tomorrow, I would still move forward with LL.
Of course there's always some risk with investments, but it's quite minimal if you do it right. If you invest in an index fund like the MSCI world, you can expect a 14% yield every year (average out of the last 32 years, including the 2008 financial recession).
I can totally understand your feelings, especially seeing you're 5'3'', and I believe happiness must be found in way that's right for the individual person. Making everyone who's below average height taller with LL is not the solution, for example, since that would just raise the average height massively and the shorter ones would still be the shorter ones. Still, LL can be the way, or part of the way to happiness, for individuals. In that sense, I agree that people have to evalute what's best for them.
I think it's a very precious endavour to try to come to terms with the body you were given (to "play with the cards you were dealt", so to speak). Or if you do LL, come to terms with your height and how you turn out after the procedure. Even if it's a life-long effort.
