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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My husband has far exceeded my expectations for his earning potential ([b]he makes $425k[/b], and I would have expected about $100k). Obviously, we could live quite comfortably on his salary alone, but I choose to keep my job ($120k) because it is nice to have a back up plan.[/quote]

What I would love to know is where do these people get these incredibly high paying jobs?  Are there really that many people making so much or is DCUM a bubble?[/quote]

and to have a 120K job as a "back up plan"...[/quote]

This is me, so let me explain.

When I met my husband, we were seniors in college. He was a dirt poor single dad (due to an oops! college dorm hook up pregnancy). In addition to going to school, he was also working at a call center answering phones for a second-rate financial services company to send child support to his daughter.

After graduation, he got a job at a well-known financial services firm in their call center. He worked really hard for years, and he is now a financial planner with a very successful practice. He is really good at was he does. I am so proud of him.

I was hired as a GS-9 federal employee almost 14 years ago. I am still there, now as a GS-14. I come from a working class background, so a $120k job as a back up seems crazy to me, too. But it is what it is. I know we are very fortunate, but we weren't born with silver spoons in our mouths.[/quote]

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