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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Houses I could have stretched to buy at 1.2M 1-3 years ago are now at 1.7M. With current rates and can't afford today's 1.2M, which is orders of magnitude less nice what what I didn't stretch to buy 1-2 years ago. I am miserable.[/quote]

Read what you wrote.  You are in a position to spend $1.2 MILLION DOLLARS on a house.  You are doing just fine.

I am not blaming you or throwing shade, but the sooner you realize that your mindset (not your actual circumstances) are the source of your misery, the quicker you can move on and stop beating yourself up over this.  [/quote]

Correct. If you are miserable in the situation of being able to afford a 1.2 million dollar house, you might just be miserable. I hope  you extend a lot of grace and support for the great majority of people who can’t afford any house or can afford only a much cheaper home. [/quote]

Why are you even posting here? 
Op asked if anyone else was upset as she is.
You have no need to comment.
If she's depressed because she can't afford a $3 million home, when she could have five years ago, well, why not allow her that regret? It's her privilege to have enough money to spend for a nice home, and she has a right to regret her own financial decisions. They are not yours or mine, but they are hers, and she's allowed to feel the way she does, regretting what she might have done. [/quote]

Right, and people posting on the finance forum that they make $450k HHI and still don't feel they measure up have the right to post as well.

As expected, the 99% who make less than that will rightfully point out the OP should be happy they make more than almost anyone else even in this HCOL area.

It's about reading the room.  There are probably country clubs and such where one could elicit sympathy for not being able to afford a $3 mil home.[/quote]

I love how you have distorted and escalated what she posted. You’re up to $3M now. OP is saying she can’t even afford a $1M home anymore, whereas the $1.2M home she could have gotten 1-3 years ago is now worth $1.8. Sorry, but that is totally life-changing reversal of fortune whether you like it or not.[/quote]

PP above this reply is the one who said OP would be well within her right to be upset about not being able to afford a $3 million home.

The point is yes, she can be upset, but the farther away your fantasies get from what normal people around here can afford, the less sympathy you will get.  Like, should I be sorry someone else can't afford a private jet when I can barely afford once a year plane tix for vacation?[/quote]

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