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[quote=Anonymous]OP, we are living similar lives.  Same income & rent, no car or debt, 1BR, preschool kid, single parent with no other parent contribution.

I don't want my kid to take care of me when I am old, so living in a 1BR allows me to fully fund a 401K and HSA (~26k/yr).

At this age, my kid loves sharing a room with mom.  Eventually that will change and we will adjust.  My extended family has many different cultures through marriage, so my kids cousins are all room sharing with their parents.  The US culture is definitely an outlier in having young kids sleep alone in their own rooms.  So this is normal for us, and our extended family.  But other people feel very free about telling me I need to move to a 2BR immediately!

So I get what you are saying about doubt creeping in and questioning yourself.  We are at a private preschool with many high earner dual-income families living in big beautiful houses.  My kid notices and comments, but I'm not sure it's yet about wishing to have that.  We'll go to public school soon and I think that will be helpful for my kid to be among families with a wider range of "normal".

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