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[quote=Anonymous]I grew up UMC - expensive extracurriculars, lots of international traveling from an early age, college funded 100%, multiple homes.  I'm now probably just MC, at least for this area.  Luckily, my parents have generously offered to pay for college for my 2 DCs, but we've never gone on a real vacation, having only traveled to visit family in other parts of the country.  DCs can participate in some extracurriculars, but I doubt we'll be able to provide what I had.

However, my parents worked a lot to maintain that lifestyle.  Both were fairly important in their companies and had business trips all over the world at least monthly.  DH and I are able to spend far more time with our DCs than my parents did with me.  So while they certainly don't have as many things and experiences that I had, I feel as though we're able to give them an overall better life, simply by being there for them.  While we can't provide absolutely everything they would want (and I feel like I was a bit spoiled), we can certainly provide everything they need.  [/quote]

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