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[quote=Anonymous]Op, you're really rich, but I feel you. We make a fraction of what you make. this year, only my DH is earning, and he's making $120k and we live in DC and have two kids. I grew up upper middle class but with immigrant parents who were mostly but not completely frugal. I went to an expensive boarding school and private college and university, as did my sibling, because education was put at a premium. We're sending our kids to public, probably all the way through, and drive a RAV4. But yeah, I dream all the time of vacation houses or bigger houses in DC, and when I come on this board for a reality check I'm blown away by people at your income or higher who balk at a vacation house for the same reason your DC does. Life isn't all earning and saving. In my mind it's our only life and our only chance to have fun. If I were in your shoes, I'd definitely be upgrading my house, having sweet vacations, buying lots of $200 sweaters and shoes, and splurging on things that my family enjoys. If that's a $1K ski lesson, so what? If it's doing distance learning from a castle in Europe with hired help for a month, do it! The biggest thing in my mind is if you do these things, realize that you're lucky and appreciate it. Don't apologize for it, but please enjoy it. The rest of us working and unemployed stiffs may be jealous, but in your shoes we;d do these things in a heartbeat. [/quote]

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