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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you're going out with new people, and you haven't discussed it before, it's rude to assume they'll be willing to subsidize your meal if you didn't order the same things. It's ruder still to act like THEY are gauche for assuming there would be separate checks c[/quote]

Totally agree. Some people have money but no class...and that's if these jokers are actually millionaires. If I had a dime for each time someone on DCUM says "we have a seven figure income..."[/quote]

Why would anyone lie about this on DCUM?

We used to have a 500k income. Then it became 500-800k depending on bonus. Now it is around $1.1-1.4 million.

A few years ago, I wrote we had a $500k+ HHI and random people would accuse this was an exaggeration.

I'm from NYC. I don't feel like we make a ton of money relative to our NYC counterparts. I also don't feel rich because rich people have trust funds.[/quote]

Not saying YOU are lying but people lie about income all the time. Why they do it -- I don't know, I'm not a psychiatrist. Why do I think they're lying -- well bc the sheer number of people on here claiming to be at 500k or 1.5 million just do not align with the number of people in the country at those income levels; it would mean that those 0.5%-ers and higher are ALL on DCUM -- each and every one of them have NOTHING better to do wherever they live in the country whether Manhattan or Hollywood than to come to DCUM and talk about splitting the dinner bill. Something doesn't add up . . . .[/quote]

Something doesn't add up, because most jobs don't pay seven figures, or even in the high six figures.

I think people lie about their income on here all the time.  [/quote]

Lobbyists, lawyers, hedge fund managers, traders, surgeons, sales people, executives can all earn high six figures or seven figures.

We had a family friend who had a newspaper stand who earned about 400k. You would be surprised at how much people who own multiple franchises earn.[/quote]

I agree with you -- the money IS out there. But there is a reason that those income ranges are the top 1% or top 0.5% nationally -- it's actual statistic, not something we just say. So all I'm saying is that with the number of people on DCUM consistently claiming to be at $1 million or $800k or whatever, it would require that every 0.5%-er in the country is on DCUM every day on the Money forum or the parenting forums or whatever. Seems unlikely bc not all of those 0.5%ers live in DC or even on the east coast and you'd think at least some of them have something better to do -- work; vacation; shop, whatever.[/quote]

The DC area seems to have a lot of country club and families who can pay 30k for private school. They all have money.[/quote]

Geez. It seems like I just suck. Better get to bed so I can get back to my $40k/year grind tomorrow morning.[/quote]

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