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[quote=Anonymous]Blue-collar parents lived paycheck to paycheck. As kids we would look at stores that didn't have the system that validated if there was money in your checking account and then wave my mom in if the sticker wasn't on the door b/c we knew she was going to write a check to get groceries b/c her next payday might be 2-3 days away. Me and all my siblings paid for our own college and all had jobs by the time we were 14.

Now we're not living super large by any means but have $250K in home equity, $1.1M in investments, cash and 401Ks combined. Three kids. $450-500K HHI. Generally very very happy. All my siblings also very successful.

I'm very proud of myself but will say the fear of economic insecurity continues to drive me, and I probably am super conservative with investments to our fault b/c it's scary to have cash and put it in the market. I need to work on that. But yes, proud.

I also recognize I'm a white woman and have a lot of privilege just in that alone. So I never think I broke crazy barriers.

Kudos to everyone who hustled. [/quote]

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