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To: SaxxonWoods
I was a victim of FOMO during the housing market craziness and bought a house for $200,000 over the asking price.

Okay, somebody has to ask: What is "FOMO?"

15 posted on 02/18/2023 7:35:31 AM PST by GreenHornet
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To: GreenHornet
FOMO = Fear of missing out

Think "peer pressure"

19 posted on 02/18/2023 7:36:45 AM PST by HonkyTonkMan ( )
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To: GreenHornet

Fear Of Missing Out.


22 posted on 02/18/2023 7:37:17 AM PST by AceMineral (One day men will beg for chains.)
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To: GreenHornet

FOMO = Fear of missing out

It is an easy way to go broke in a hurry.


23 posted on 02/18/2023 7:38:02 AM PST by cgbg (Claiming that laws and regs that limit “hate speech” stop freedom of speech is “hate speech”.)
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To: GreenHornet

FOMO: Fear Of Missing Out.

Saying that started in the Stock Market.


26 posted on 02/18/2023 7:39:13 AM PST by SaxxonWoods (The only way to secure your own future is to create it yourself. 111 is the key.)
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To: GreenHornet

FO·MO
/fōmō/
noun INFORMAL
anxiety that an exciting or interesting event may currently be happening elsewhere, often aroused by posts seen on social media.

“I realized I was a lifelong sufferer of FOMO”

Who knew....

Daddy always quoted “if it sounds too good to be true probably is...”


62 posted on 02/18/2023 8:16:58 AM PST by Clutch Martin ("The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right." )
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To: GreenHornet

Fear of missing out.


95 posted on 02/18/2023 9:04:37 AM PST by fretzer
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To: GreenHornet

Fear of missing out

Lordy I’m old and even I know that


112 posted on 02/18/2023 9:31:32 AM PST by Nifster ( EI see puppy dogs in the clouds )
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