Making $50k and not feeling wealthy in NW
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Anonymous
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I just don't know where it start, we seem to be budgeting properly, but the money is just not there.
School - We have had to send precious to public school. The crime and drugs are just everywhere I can't have this. How will our baby ever get into a top college without taking all AP courses and being in a good school district or private school. Cars - We have to go down to only one car. No Lexus SUV for me to drop the children off. The other day I had to ride the bus, gross. Vacation - No more trips to the beaches of Europe. How will my children ever become cultured or have stories to tell during college admissions. To think we can only afford a weekend trip to Williamsburg these days. Retirement - We can't max out both 401ks and IRAs. We need at least $5M to retire comfortably, we are going to be in the poor house otherwise. College Tuition - No more 529 to cover full tuition. Our kids may have to pay their own way through college or god forbid go to an in-state school, so ghetto. Without a free ride from us how will they be able to stay focused. Food - We are eating non-organic and sometimes processed foods. I can not have my children growing a third eye due to all the toxins in this food. Without going to quality restaurants my children will look like barbarians at fine dining establishments when they grow up. I just find it amusing when people think things in life are a "need" not a "want" to have for budgeting evaluation. Suck it up butter cup and live within your means even if it requires only having one or two of the above luxuries instead of all. |
Anonymous
| Lame. |
Anonymous
| Why so little money? |
Anonymous
| Ugh. This trolling attempt is SO overdone. Stop trying to be funny. |
Anonymous
| You should go to law school! |
Anonymous
No thanks, MBAs are 10x better. My point is nothing about income. It is the reality that balanced household budgets can easily be accomplished when you recognize your needs are really excess luxuries. I am in no way trying to bash high-income earners, just trying to help the realize your kids can be successful without these things. I am a college dropout that eventually received an MBA, have lived in several countries and will be bringing in close to the 500k in mocked post within the next 5 years unless I decide to take an easy road. "We're not lawyers, we're investment bankers. We just call you for the paperwork. We didn't go to Harvard, we went to Wharton, and we saw you coming a mile away." - Suits |
Anonymous
Magic eight ball say, "outlook not so good." |
Anonymous
| Satire can be funny. This lame attempt at humor and trolling just makes me feel bad for you. |
Anonymous
| Yeah, humor is not always an amateur sport. Besides the fact that "Making $50K and not feeling wealthy" as a subject line is a bait-and-switch, because someone *could* legitimately be making $50,000, live in NW, and not feel wealthy. |
Anonymous
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I make 90K in Bethesda and I'm not feeling wealthy.
But, I'm happy. |
Anonymous
| yes, lame attempt. plus, if you make 50K in NW and have kids, your problem would not be giving up the SUV or the vacation to Europe, but finding a small place to rent (buy is probably already beyond your means) that does not eat up half of that amount, and pay for food and clothing. |
Anonymous
Can I spin off? I was a college dropout and am considering an mba. A full one or an executive? How long after grad did you go? fT? PT? And what did you change in your career after? |
Anonymous
| Please take a writing course to learn how to use the English language correctly! |
Anonymous
| I appreciate satire but 50k is pretty damn low. Move to the burbs. I made 50k the year I graduated college as did most of my friends. |
Anonymous
| The weird part of the post is that $50k in the DC area is well below the median family income. I'm assuming this might make a little more sense if it was $500k. But I doubt it would be funnier. |