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[quote=Anonymous]I think OP generally has a valid point - many people, and perhaps many of us, don't properly save and are managing our finances irresponsibly. Feds are not exempt from this national trend - a freakish amount of employees aren't even putting in the 5% needed to get all their matching funds. It's irresponsible and yes, I do think dropping $60 on a happy hour get together is the perfect time to show OP's friends some tough love.

I see most people in DC living on the edge of their budget, likely teetering over the edge some months, and that propensity is the only explanation I can come up with to explain the housing market in this area. How are there really so many people who can afford to buy their first home at 700-800k while also paying for a nanny or au pair on a gov salary? These buyers must be on the upper limit of what the bank will loan out and they probably are just one paycheck away from being totally in the red. That's scary.

That's not to say people don't deserve sympathy. Life is hard sometimes and we all need some friends we can lean on but a real friend would look me in the eye and say "I'd love to meet up with you again but let's do a potluck at my place next time since HHs seem to be out of the budget for now."[/quote]

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