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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, I'm not sure what your point is. You are describing the difference between your (self-described) UMC upbringing and your cousins' rich upbringing. Of course there isn't a ton of difference there other than in experience.

But if you were raised food-insecure or housing-insecure, then there would be a huge and meaningful difference. Also, it's not clear from your post what your experience was, but not being saddled with massive educational debt is a huge advantage in life.

For sure, after a certain income level (that is much lower than most people on these boards thing), more money doesn't buy happiness. But let's not pretend that that "good education" and stability that you are espousing as the secret to happiness are things that everyone can provide.[/quote]

My point was that there are a lot of people on this board who express a lot of frustration because they are not "rich" or making more money, when they are probably middle class to upper middle class and giving their children all of the essentials to have a fairly successful, functional life.  Don't you see all the threads about marrying rich or regretting not marrying rich or status symbols or obsessing over huge sums of money for this or that?  This is not a healthy group.

I do not think there are a lot of food or housing insecure people on this board.  Or maybe I miss those posts.  We should remain aware of these issues and vote and give our time and money accordingly.[/quote]

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