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Son mentioned last night that one of his friends is getting a $6900 watch for graduation.  That opened up our conversation. He knows we would never buy him anything like that – nor would he want it. He wants new parts for his computer (he built his own 3 years ago or so, so it is time to upgrade the CPU and graphics card).
When I say we are not rich, it is comparison to some of his friends that are getting expensive watches or a trip to Italy.
His car is a 2013 Hyundai. My DH & I mid-tier cars are over 5 years old. We don’t own extra vehicles or additional homes and do not vacation internationally. We both work full time, kids go to public school and we never had a nanny. I don’t buy clothes from upscale boutiques and don’t get mani/pedis. Compared to many on DCUM, we do not qualify as “rich”.  We don’t spend on frivolous things -allowing us to save money.
His college is a local state school, and he will be living at home, hence why our college savings that I started when he was born can cover it.  He would have to take out loans if he went out of state or picked a private university.
He picked Orlando for his senior trip. That is going to be our family vacation, he just gets to bring a friend and do his own thing.
I do like the idea of custom Oreos![/quote]

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