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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. We didn't overpay for our house. Our mortgage is actually one of the more manageable expenses and we don't intend to move until kids are in college and by then (using DC price history) we should have seen a really nice appreciation. It's just that people see us and they think we're rich, marketers always contact us, ugh! And DH does dumb stuff sometimes like impulsively buying 2 new computers a laptop and a desktop (Macs) because "they were on sale". [/quote]

Well, maybe it's not your mortgage. But there is a simple reason you feel like you don't have much extra money. You spend too much money. It's simple math. Money is fungible. If you spend less on one thing, you'll have more for something else. We make 1/2 what you make, with a nice house but 2 kids in public. We take 2 very nice week-long vacations each year, plus trips to see family.

Do you have leased cars or car payments? If so, this and the private school are the culprits. Not a couple of computers.[/quote]

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