Am I the only one in the area who married a poor guy?

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Anonymous wrote:Jealous of my friends who are marrying ambitious dudes in business and engineering.

I'm marrying a sweet and amazing guy who only makes 65k at 26.

If that's something you know you're not happy with its not too late to back out of your marriage.

I love him. I'm not marrying him for money but I find myself feeling pangs of jealousy when I hear about a friend who married a well to do guy and are buying a nice house or going on a nice international vacation.

Just wish my love was sweet AND rich or ambitious.

Your friend who married a well to do guy, I have seen plenty of those go bankrupt.

I've also seen plenty that continued to live comfortably.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Jealous of my friends who are marrying ambitious dudes in business and engineering.

I'm marrying a sweet and amazing guy who only makes 65k at 26.

If that's something you know you're not happy with its not too late to back out of your marriage.

I love him. I'm not marrying him for money but I find myself feeling pangs of jealousy when I hear about a friend who married a well to do guy and are buying a nice house or going on a nice international vacation.

Just wish my love was sweet AND rich or ambitious.

Your friend who married a well to do guy, I have seen plenty of those go bankrupt.

Highly unlikely though.

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max we ever made was 225K. net worth 900K at 46,42 yrs old. 3 pensions and 2 ss worth 14K/ month at 60. Other 401K and IRA worth 7k/month more. family health great across the board I'll take my DCUM poor any day. wont work a day past 60 wife won't work past 55

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:Jealous of my friends who are marrying ambitious dudes in business and engineering.

I'm marrying a sweet and amazing guy who only makes 65k at 26.

If that's something you know you're not happy with its not too late to back out of your marriage.

I love him. I'm not marrying him for money but I find myself feeling pangs of jealousy when I hear about a friend who married a well to do guy and are buying a nice house or going on a nice international vacation.

Just wish my love was sweet AND rich or ambitious.

Your friend who married a well to do guy, I have seen plenty of those go bankrupt.

Highly unlikely though.

Not really. I have known too many that live a lifestyle above their means and all it takes is one big bump in the road. I have several relatives that always had more money, big cars, homes and such that are now living in apartments. They had money but not enough to extend their lifestyle as far as they did.

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Anonymous wrote:max we ever made was 225K. net worth 900K at 46,42 yrs old. 3 pensions and 2 ss worth 14K/ month at 60. Other 401K and IRA worth 7k/month more. family health great across the board I'll take my DCUM poor any day. wont work a day past 60 wife won't work past 55

You know you are not DCUM poor. Don't know why you bothered to post, but maybe you wanted to humble brag?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:He's 42 and makes $80k at a non-profit. I'm 35 and make $60k in an admin job. We have a 5 year old.

At this point, we have a 2 month emergency fund and $70k (me) and $30k (him) in retirement. Other than about $3500 we owe the IRS for last year's tax bill and the loans I just took out for the graduate program I'm in, we do not have debt.

Yes, it is stressful. No, I wouldn't trade it for a rich lawyer.

We're about the same, and I'm perfectly content. I married a really good guy who makes me happy.

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I'm the kind of idiot who believes that you don't divorce kids; step parenting is a commitment for life.

Sorry, the child's real father can pay for college.

"Real" father is deceased and has been for 4 years. My fiancé stepped up voluntarily.

Swoon.

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Anonymous wrote:Jealous of my friends who are marrying ambitious dudes in business and engineering.

I'm marrying a sweet and amazing guy who only makes 65k at 26.

If that's something you know you're not happy with its not too late to back out of your marriage.

I love him. I'm not marrying him for money but I find myself feeling pangs of jealousy when I hear about a friend who married a well to do guy and are buying a nice house or going on a nice international vacation.

Just wish my love was sweet AND rich or ambitious.

This is so sexist. What about you? How much do you make? Why can't you do more?

Maybe you should cut him loose to spare him.