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[quote=Anonymous]Silly to post, as this is nothing but a brag (and not even a humble one), but I will never tell anyone this in real life so an anonymous board it is.  DH and I just crossed the $1M mark for net worth.  When we got married 10 years ago, we had $2,600 in the bank (combined) and were both in grad school. We graduated with $450K in student debt, and we are on schedule to be completely paid off in 2 more years (12 years from time we finished grad school), at which point we will be debt-free other than mortgage, which we could pay off in another couple of years, but I think we'll keep it.  We live well, but not flashy - well below the level of many of our peers in terms of material possessions. We live in a very nice house, but one which is valued at about 80% of our annual income.   We are high-income earners now, but we started with a mountain of debt to pay off.  We have been fanatical about savings and college funds and paying down debt and slowly watched that little red line creep up into the positive green space in our Quicken financial tracker.  $1M feels like such a significant accomplishment!

Anyway, as I said this is a complete brag post and I recognize I may sound like a jerk.  But we don't talk to anyone about finances, and I just wanted to brag *a little* about getting out of debt and reaching a financial goal.  I'm proud of us.

The flip side of this post is where I question whether the money is worth it and whether we should stay in these high-stress, long-hours jobs now that we've paid off our debts.  That's a post for another day, another forum.

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