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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]some of these figures stagger me.  After our mortgage and is paid for an retirement etc we have less than $3k to spend and I think we're doing WELL!  You make 300k a year!  That's crazy money to most normal people outside of this board.

1255, what ON EARTH are you spending your money on?  Are you aware how out of touch with reallity you are?  [/quote]

Childcare (key expense - 25k for au pair), utilities (Water, gas, electric, cell phones, cable, internet), bi-weekly maid, food, transportation costs (gas, metro, car taxes, car insurance), life insurance, birthday parties/gifts/holidays, basic clothes for two adults and two growing children, basic home items (toilet paper, paper towels, laundry detergent, etc.), basic grooming items, healthcare and dental expenses, random/unexpected car or home expenses, charity, weekend trips or modest vacations, . . . of course, we could cut some of these out but things add up and we don't live an overly lavish lifestyle.  Groceries/food alone cost us (3 adults and 2 children) close to 1,000 a month.  The above also does not include the cost of furniture or other big ticket items.  We moved into a new house a year ago and we have yet to finish furnishing the house.  If we spent 60k on schooling we would have very little left over at the end of the year.[/quote]

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