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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think OP makes a very valid point. People here are obsessed with the rat race, getting their kids into the best colleges etc.

But what is the prize of all this effort, should it pay off?

A job where you work like a dog, every hour that god sends, to pile up money that you can never enjoy, and to find a partner who can do likewise. You can then live a harrassed, miserable life together, sacrificing everything on the altar of prestige, money and status, and never tasting true happiness.[/quote]

DH and I married young and worked extremely hard - Ivy League education with all that work, long hours, tiny city apartment, no family help or money beyond education (but still had loans to pay off), cut short vacations, sacrifices.  But you know what?  It absolutely did pay off, and no in our mid 40s with teens we are starting to really enjoy the fruits of that hard work.  Yes, the earlier parenting years without family help were extremely tough but we wouldn’t do it any other way looking back.  Who knows why OP’s daughter is making the choices that she did, including living a way from family - but suggesting that she and her husband should cut back just because OP thinks she should isn’t good advice.  They should make their own life choices.[/quote]

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