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[quote=Anonymous]I’m not surprised by this, based on my experience at Columbia. Of my closest group of girlfriends, I’m the only one who has spent the last 15 years since graduation really working.  Everyone else has a combination of family money, a wealthy spouse (with or without family money), or low paid passion projects. They’ve been SAHMs for the early childhood years and are just starting to get back into the job market now that their kids are going into elementary school. (So at 34, they would have been unpaid parents, bringing down the average.) Earning a salary to truly support themselves or their family has never been necessary or the goal.

Incidentally, I’m the only one from a low income background. No one is going to support me or my family but me. I outearn my husband (though he earns good money and makes above average for Brown, his alma matter). And although his family is rich, they’re the millionaire next door type of rich - a couple million in retirement savings because of their deep work ethic coupled with a lifetime of frugality. They are able to help in a pinch, but could not offer substantial, long term support if we weren’t self supporting. [/quote]

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