role: user

text: say - sure.  but seriously - those aren't long term expenses.  i don't think you need to worry.


role: assistant

text:
Use this:

```text
Sure. But seriously, those do not look like long-term expenses to me, so I don’t think they’re the kind of thing you should need to worry about in the big picture.
```


text: remove "should"


text:
Use this:

```text
Sure. But seriously, those do not look like long-term expenses to me, so I don’t think they’re the kind of thing to worry about in the big picture.
```


text: send this


text: Saving your exact text for preview, then I’ll send it.


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text: Sent exactly as saved in `outbox/messages/2026-03-27_to_lisa_not_long_term_expenses_big_picture.txt`.


text: pull messages


text: Using the `messages` skill to pull the latest Lisa-thread window from the local Messages database.


text:
Latest from Lisa:

- `15:34 CT`: Jennifer told her creative structures are fine, for example:
  - money could go into a retirement account for you
  - it could grow there
  - and if you die first it could revert to her
- `15:43 CT`: her main concerns are:
  - lack of savings
  - possibility she cannot buy you out of the house
- `15:49 CT`: after your house-flexibility messages:
  - `Ok that feels relieving`
  - `Especially if the value of the house keeps going up`
- `15:51 CT`:
  - `I don’t know off the top of my head, but I think there are going to be ways that we each can work on in that vein`
  - `Thank you for that`
- `15:59 CT`: she says the thing that scared her was the short-term picture getting inflated from about `$9,000` to about `$23,000` when household + your expenses + your mom at `$5,500` were all lumped together
- `16:04 CT`: she `Liked` your message that those are not long-term big-picture expenses

Current read:
- the conversation has turned constructive
- her anxiety seems concentrated on short-term cash flow and house buyout mechanics, not rejection of long-term fairness or creative structure