“But wouldn’t it had been better if when you fell behind that you would have been tossed out into the street and had all your belongings thrown into a dumpster? Wouldn’t that have taught you a better lesson?”
I came up with the money and therefore the bank would have no reason to foreclose.
This deadbeat went on vacation instead of paying his mortgage.
“This deadbeat went on vacation instead of paying his mortgage.”
Judging by the vehicle in his driveway he’s a contractor, possibly a roofer. He may well have travelled to another job site for several weeks. That’s what contractors do when local work dries up. They get in their vehicles and travel to where there is work.
Your comparison to your own experience is irrelevant. You did not do it in a deep recession, likely not even during a recession judging by the multiple jobs available to you at the time.