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[quote=Anonymous]I will probably never attain the standard of living I had growing up. I am UMC by most (maybe not DCUM?) standards, but my dad was a Biglaw partner and made $1m+ most of my childhood, whereas my husband and I are both Fed attorneys and have HHI around $350k. Neither of us wants to go back to the private sector so we will probably stay around this income level. I'm not a materialistic person so it doesn't really bother me on a daily basis. There are times when I think about some of the things I had growing up (horses/equestrian competitions, a nice summer home, pretty fancy vacations) and I get a bit of a twinge that my kids probably won't have those things (or at least not the versions of them that I had). However, I like my job and find it meaningful (as does DH for his job), and I have lower stress and time to spend with my kids that I wouldn't have in a Biglaw job. So I focus on those things.[/quote]
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