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[quote=Anonymous]30/31, 210K - 240K depending on bonuses. We don't live in Dc, but a different major metro area with a more reasonable COL (decent normal homes run 275K - 500K depending on where you want to live).

Hell yes we feel like we are doing well. We have perspective that we make way more than the vast majority of households. Even in DC, it is embarrassing how few people with six figure incomes realize how far ahead that puts them compared to "average."

And, we know it won't necessarily last forever and don't count on our incomes being a straight line. We paid off student loans before buying a house, ohi gnly pay cash for nice but used cars, and paid off our modest home last summer. We've "lived" on DH's income of 85K since getting married and thrown mine at accomplishing the other debt payoffs, home improvements, etc. No inheritances or anything other than my parents paid for my state school undergrad which I am very grateful for.

We're just now starting to live at a lifestyle I would consider "normal" for our income. Didn't hire a cleaning lady or lawn care until about 6 months ago, budgeting for an annual vacation now, increased some of our "luxury/want" spending, moved ourselves to save money, about to start investing outside of retirement soon. The tradeoffs of sacrificing in our 20s and consciously fighting lifestyle inflation as incomes rose (I started at my company making 36K 9 years ago) were totally worth it. Not everyone has this income to work with and we feel at the same time lucky but also satisfied with our choices on handling it.[/quote]

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