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[quote=Anonymous]These conversations are designed to make me angry, I don't know why I always read the comments.

I mean, really, "boo hoo I had sticker shock from the cost of flying my family of 5 to the Caribbean for Christmas, I'm basically poor"????? That must be trolling, right?

Anyway, I'm actually middle class. HHI is around 140k with two working parents. We live in a HCOL area (DC) but only had one kid to make that feasible. I think being middle class is fine and not some horrible hardship. I do stress about money but not in a "will be able to buy food?" way and for that I am grateful. We definitely go without a lot of "nice to haves" -- no housecleaners, we only do one vacation by plane a year, we don't spend much on clothes or tech, when we eat out it's less expensive places. It's fine. The best things in live really ARE free or not that expensive -- family and a good partner, having free time, getting enough sleep, a well cooked meal (becoming a good cook is a real gift to yourself), reading a great book. Yes, a month long vacation in the Maldives sounds amazing. But most of what I would enjoy about it, I could do closer to home for a lot less money. I'm missing out, but not on that much.

I think this is why millionaires feel "middle class." Because they also can't afford that month long vacation to the Maldives -- they can't get the time off. Or they are so maxed out on housing and retirement/college savings they can't afford the plane tickets or the resort. And it makes them resentful because they have so much money but they can't do those luxe things they think of rich people doing. But my feeling is that they just made the wrong choices. Move to a lower COL city like Philly or Chicago, buy a fixer upper, have no more than 2 kids, don't blow money on expensive takeout or updating your wardrobe and all your tech every year. Then take two weeks in June for the Maldives.

I'm sorry so many millionaires are stupid about money I guess? Grow up.[/quote]

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