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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We make a quarter of what you make. Probably less than that. We have everything on your list and live quite comfortably. We’re in the DC area with a kid in private school and [b]another in college OOS[/b].

What are you doing with all your money? [/quote]

NP. If you have a kid in college already you probably started all the life things like buying a house and car when they were more affordable and it was easier to get your adult life started.

I live a pretty nice life inside the beltway with kids on a 350k income, but I totally know that being able to buy a starter home in 2012 (when prices were still somewhat low) and then a move up home in 2018 (refinanced to a 2.75% mortgage during COVID) has been a huge part of us being where we are. Also as a longer time fed I’m contributing 1% to FERS vs 4.4% for the newer employees. Also, we had a gap between kids and childcare went WAY up even just between 2017 and 2022.

In general, I think it’s really unhelpful when people with older kids are flippant about expenses today. [/quote]

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