Just thought I'd share some news, since I have no family to be happy for me. Amazingly, me and the mrs. will have our mortgage retired 3/29. We have been fortunate enough to not procreate and do well, I got very aggressive the last couple of years, actually paying $3k every 2 weeks. I have a 3/15 and 3/29 payment left. Will then bank the rest for our move next year to Italy. I figure the savings will come in handy for kitchen and bathroom renovations, which are inevitable. I never had a goal of paying it off when we first bought a house, but it seemed like an idea recently. We are going out to our favorite place for dinner that Saturday and I might buy the entire restaurant a glass of prosecco.