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[quote=Anonymous]Older military mom here. For most of our marriage and Navy years, we lived off one income. My income wasn’t as steady and we never got used to my income.

DH retired at the 22 year point and got a job in the DC area. We are living in the same house we bought in the mid-90s. (We only own one house).

DH retired after 9/11 but before the great GI Bill that many currently have.

We had our kids later, so we had a good financial foundation by the time they were born. Oh, yeah, we also paid a lot out of pocket for 5 IVFs.

*lived on one income (and saved some of that one)
*We shopped at the Commissary pretty consistently
*Sold kids stuff on eBay whenever they outgrew something
*second income was invested and paid for college tuition, etc
* most of the last 10 years, I’ve made $40k-$50k/year, so nice to have, but not a huge sum
*we took long term care insurance (no physical required) before military retirement, so we have less worry about funding that in our later years
*We only owned one property at a time. We didn’t have the mind set to be long-distance landlords.

For years, our only vacations were when we PCS’d.

Retirement pay has been the driving force behind 2 kids’ great college experiences (so, no financial need). They are both launched. [/quote]

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