Comments on: the marshmallow test http://mamasewingcircus.com/2009/09/15/the-marshmallow-test/ mothering, stitching and eating in berkeley Sat, 06 Aug 2011 15:16:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: grampa http://mamasewingcircus.com/2009/09/15/the-marshmallow-test/comment-page-1/#comment-167 grampa Wed, 16 Sep 2009 17:41:49 +0000 http://mamasewingcircus.com/?p=1501#comment-167 I fully appreciate this video. Its 12:40 and I've not eaten my lunch yet. I'm watching this with my stomach growling...and I hate marshmallows! Lets consider Social Security. Take it at age 62 and you get 75% of what you get in 5 years. Its a bit like the marshmallow test. Unfortunately, one will be 78 before the delayed payments equal the lower payout. The kids most certainly were going to survive the time waiting for the second marshmallow. My parents didn't make it to 73. I'm inclined to eat my marshmallow now! I think I'll go eat lunch... I fully appreciate this video. Its 12:40 and I’ve not eaten my lunch yet. I’m watching this with my stomach growling…and I hate marshmallows!

Lets consider Social Security. Take it at age 62 and you get 75% of what you get in 5 years. Its a bit like the marshmallow test. Unfortunately, one will be 78 before the delayed payments equal the lower payout. The kids most certainly were going to survive the time waiting for the second marshmallow. My parents didn’t make it to 73. I’m inclined to eat my marshmallow now!

I think I’ll go eat lunch…

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