Who are you mid-thirties with a manse in Georgetown?

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Anonymous wrote:I'm one of a few (actually the ONLY) woman in an office full of men who make buckets of money. They have nice looking, fit, social wives, who take care of the home and children while working hard to fight time. ALL of the men cheat. I think the money creates a HUGE ego and an "I can do whatever I want attitude". Even though their wives seem quite nice and definitly trophy, for some reason the men just cannot keep their dicks in their pants.

Honestly, I'm glad my DH makes a "mere" 180k-yes I live in a warped reality, because once people get in the high six figures and into the 7 figures, people start to think they are above the rules. Also, FWIW, I understand that women can behave badly as well.

what do you all do?

[Anonymous]

Gotta be commercial real estate. Biggest bunch of cheating husbands anywhere!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm one of a few (actually the ONLY) woman in an office full of men who make buckets of money. They have nice looking, fit, social wives, who take care of the home and children while working hard to fight time. ALL of the men cheat. I think the money creates a HUGE ego and an "I can do whatever I want attitude". Even though their wives seem quite nice and definitly trophy, for some reason the men just cannot keep their dicks in their pants.

Honestly, I'm glad my DH makes a "mere" 180k-yes I live in a warped reality, because once people get in the high six figures and into the 7 figures, people start to think they are above the rules. Also, FWIW, I understand that women can behave badly as well.

This is so true. Starts at about $350K for someone who didn't grow up with that kind of money.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm one of a few (actually the ONLY) woman in an office full of men who make buckets of money. They have nice looking, fit, social wives, who take care of the home and children while working hard to fight time. ALL of the men cheat. I think the money creates a HUGE ego and an "I can do whatever I want attitude". Even though their wives seem quite nice and definitly trophy, for some reason the men just cannot keep their dicks in their pants.

Honestly, I'm glad my DH makes a "mere" 180k-yes I live in a warped reality, because once people get in the high six figures and into the 7 figures, people start to think they are above the rules. Also, FWIW, I understand that women can behave badly as well.

what do you all do?

IT Sales.

If you want to make big bucks in this town and don't want the hours or student loans that come with being an attorney, IT sales is the way to go. If you have sold to the federal govermnent in the last decade, it has been raining money. God bless the recovery and reinvestment act of 2009.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Gotta be commercial real estate. Biggest bunch of cheating husbands anywhere!

Good guess! It is probably just a sales thing. Type A's gone wild!

[Anonymous]

Who are they? In the mansion-y homes, right, not just the attractive but average rowhouses in G'town:

-commercial real estate guy + thin blonde wife, both in 30s

- 2 Georgetown surgeons married to each other, age 38.

- inherited money, man or woman. If man inherited the money, the wife is thin and blonde. If wife inherited mone, she can have any hair color and is Protestant

- entrepreneur man in 50s + thin blonde wife in 30s.

- gay male couple, but only one of the guys is in his 30s. Other guy who actually bought the house is 60 and is political operative.


Those are the examples I can think of, personally.

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I think it is hysterical when people assume others paid too much "before a certain date or after a certain date". We bought ours at an alleged "controversial date" and it means nothing. Because of the neighborhood, the value increases no matter what. Very few neighborhoods do this. We have been lucky to sell each of our houses for huge profits, so that is how much "they" know. Whomever "they" might be. Stop trying to mind others business.

Those I have met that live in Georgetown are not the type I would want to live near or spend time near. We looked and opted for another community because of this. You really don't get much for your money but a whole lotta attitude. Our commute didn't favor Georgetown, anyway, so it was not the best choice in more ways than one.

I really think there are a lot of assumptions on this board. People here would be MUCH happier if they minded their own instead of trying to count others pennies. I have former friends who did that, they were so obvious, shallow and draining. "Have to have this, have to have that..." Gag. Who needs it.

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They are really not that great. Have you been inside them?

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I've been inside a couple of the $10MM+ homes in Georgetown for parties and they're spectacular. I wish I could live there. Even the row homes are gorgeous.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Who are they? In the mansion-y homes, right, not just the attractive but average rowhouses in G'town:

-commercial real estate guy + thin blonde wife, both in 30s

- 2 Georgetown surgeons married to each other, age 38.

- inherited money, man or woman. If man inherited the money, the wife is thin and blonde. If wife inherited mone, she can have any hair color and is Protestant

- entrepreneur man in 50s + thin blonde wife in 30s.

- gay male couple, but only one of the guys is in his 30s. Other guy who actually bought the house is 60 and is political operative.


Those are the examples I can think of, personally.

This is so absolutely hilarious and so true. LOLOLOLOLOLOL!! I've lived in DC a long time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Cate Edwards -- do you really envy her?

Was going to say this. But she's in her late 20s and daddy (and probably mommy) bought it for her.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We have a million dollar house in close in MD, but our mortgage is so high we don't have any thing left over (to buy clothes, go to restaurants, definately not vacations) and I almost wish we had bought less house.

It's not always what it appears on the outside.

Maybe the Gtown 30 yr old is married to an alcoholic, or a 50 yr old, or a meanie or someone who travels constantly and she is home alone with kids all the time.

You can't compare your insides (feelings) to someones outsides (external appearances) because who knows if they are happy.

I don't think your house is what the OP had in mind. A Georgetown mansion is in the SEVERAL million dollar range. A million bucks would get you a 3-bedroom rowhouse at best.

Signed, someone who lives in a million dollar freaking RANCH HOUSE with a 90s-era kitchen. Great neighborhood though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We have a million dollar house in close in MD, but our mortgage is so high we don't have any thing left over (to buy clothes, go to restaurants, definately not vacations) and I almost wish we had bought less house.

It's not always what it appears on the outside.

Maybe the Gtown 30 yr old is married to an alcoholic, or a 50 yr old, or a meanie or someone who travels constantly and she is home alone with kids all the time.

You can't compare your insides (feelings) to someones outsides (external appearances) because who knows if they are happy.

I don't think your house is what the OP had in mind. A Georgetown mansion is in the SEVERAL million dollar range. A million bucks would get you a 3-bedroom rowhouse at best.

Signed, someone who lives in a million dollar freaking RANCH HOUSE with a 90s-era kitchen. Great neighborhood though.

OP is talking about people with FU money. Being able to strech to buy a million dollar house is not in that league.

I only know one person wtih FU money. He was in DH's fraternity and they graduated both on the 5 year plan a total boozer, C student, probably most likely to end up drunk in a ditch. He is in his mid-30s and has successfully started and sold 2 companies. He has made 10s of millions. He sold a local very prominent company, so I won't say the name, people on here might know him. I think his EQ is what got him all that success.

However, he does not live in G'Town, he lives out in the burbs in a palatial estate.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
Cate Edwards -- do you really envy her?


Was going to say this. But she's in her late 20s and daddy (and probably mommy) bought it for her.

true, but her mother and brother are dead, her father is an enormous prick, and she's the guardian of her two tween siblings. i'm sure she would much rather have a tiny little apartment, a mountain of student loans, and a normal family life.

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It is SO interesting to me how people can't accept that someone else just flat out has more than they do. We have to tell ourselves that they must be unhappy, or their spouse is an ass, or some other way in which our lives are actually preferable. We love to cite examples of our colleagues, in-laws, or cousin's best friend's brother's college roomate who are super rich and super miserable. It's so funny how otherwise reasonable people will actually say this stuff with a straight face. The fact is that people with a lot of money are the same as people with less money. Some are happy, some aren't, some have great marriages, some don't. I know plenty of middle-class people with cheating spouses, unhappy marriages, and meaningless lives.

We are definitely not Georgetown-mansion rich but we're pretty comfortable. We're healthy, have great friends and family, and DH and I are both truly in love with each other and our kids. I'm sure there are people who try to zero in on the time my DH and I argued at a party or the tantrum they saw my 3-year-old throw at preschool dropoff and say that I have a terrible marriage and an out-of-control kid, which is of course no surprise because I have money. This doesn't bother me at all if helps them sleep at night, but it's pretty funny how absolutely illogical it is.