How "rich" are you - or not?

[Anonymous]

For me it is reassuring (we are in the lower range) to know that some people are doing the same or a little less than us - I know, of course, that there are always going to be some who are doing more............

[Anonymous]

I guess I am the minority. DH and I are 25 and 28. I SAH he works as a Progect Manager. We take home about 80k a year. Our rent is 1200 a month car 518. That's it none in savings.

[Anonymous]

How much do you have in your 401K (or other retirement accounts)? Probably around 100K, but I'm scared to look
How much is your mortgage? 2400
What is your household income? 168K (plus 50K bonus on a good year)
how old are you (and spouse)? 31,33
What (if any) debt (other than mortgage) are you dealing with? HELOC 20K-nothing else
What profession are you and/or spouse in? Govn't contractor & part-time IT
90K in liquid savings
closing in on $0 in home equity

[Anonymous]

nope, not rich. and I hate this frickin' website because everyone here seems to be rich.
It seems like everyone is making high six figures and has mortgages less than mine -- except the person with the 17K per month mortgage. I am so pissed I am too young to have bought a house before the market went nuts.
Alright, done feeling sorry for myself. I need to spend less time on this skewed website.

[Anonymous]

I think the people with lower (by which I mean middle class) incomes are too intimidated to post here!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think the people with lower (by which I mean middle class) incomes are too intimidated to post here!

I was thinking the opposite -- they are too secure to want to post....

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Okay, you are heaven bound and it doesn't hurt that you can more than contribute to the collection plate.

So says a priest whose personal bank account is at the end of the collection plate.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:nope, not rich. and I hate this frickin' website because everyone here seems to be rich.
It seems like everyone is making high six figures and has mortgages less than mine -- except the person with the 17K per month mortgage. I am so pissed I am too young to have bought a house before the market went nuts.
Alright, done feeling sorry for myself. I need to spend less time on this skewed website.

At least you're young!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am the OP - I did not pose this question to invite competition. I just thought this is one of those things that people don't talk about and since this board is anonymous - we could see what others are doing. From this very limited response - I actually feel good seeing what a wide range of situations people are in and while some are a lot lower in net worth than others - the respondents seem to be posting because they feel secure about how they are handling their personal situation. I think almost all of us would love to have more - esp. when we hear about these few who seemingly have a lot in savings, equity etc. But when someone with a high net-worth posts - why do we have to attack them and assume they are not "happY' or whatever. Can you only be poor and humble and happy?

I think the OP must be the healthiest person on DCUM.

I was one of the allegedly "high" net-worth posters earlier on this thread. I posted because I wanted people to see that even with a high HHI you could still make stupid mistakes and lose a lot of your net worth by having too aggressive of a portfolio or running your cards without paying attention. It can happen to anyone.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I guess I am the minority. DH and I are 25 and 28. I SAH he works as a Progect Manager. We take home about 80k a year. Our rent is 1200 a month car 518. That's it none in savings.

You and me both.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think the people with lower (by which I mean middle class) incomes are too intimidated to post here!

Hi. I referred to myself as "65K lady" in another thread. I'm the one with 56% of my take-home going to keeping a roof over my head. This is one of the reasons I decided to post. I know I'm not the only one out here.

[Anonymous]

How much do you have in your 401K (or other retirement accounts)? Currently around 250K.

Stock Investments - Currently around 80K.

How much is your mortgage? Zero.

Home equity - $900K.

What is your household income? 240K.

How old are you (and spouse)? 40,41

What (if any) debt (other than mortgage) are you dealing with? None.

250K in liquid savings.

What profession are you and/or spouse in? Attorney / State Government Employee.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am the OP - I did not pose this question to invite competition. I just thought this is one of those things that people don't talk about and since this board is anonymous - we could see what others are doing. From this very limited response - I actually feel good seeing what a wide range of situations people are in and while some are a lot lower in net worth than others - the respondents seem to be posting because they feel secure about how they are handling their personal situation. I think almost all of us would love to have more - esp. when we hear about these few who seemingly have a lot in savings, equity etc. But when someone with a high net-worth posts - why do we have to attack them and assume they are not "happY' or whatever. Can you only be poor and humble and happy?

You can't just dismiss the people who object to this thread as being jealous of people who are wealthier, or insecure, or something. That's stupid, and bad logic. We've explained, but you don't want to hear it. Please stop wasting our time by miscasting our arguments.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

I think the OP must be the healthiest person on DCUM.

No, you should see her nasty posts on the "Why doesn't the AD pay attention to me" website. Seriously manipulative and mean.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

I think the OP must be the healthiest person on DCUM.

No, you should see her nasty posts on the "Why doesn't the AD pay attention to me" website. Seriously manipulative and mean.

WHAT?????I am the OP - I am not the poster on that other thread. Where did you get that impression?