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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I find it hilarious how many posts in this thread there are where the real answer is “I’m rich” but the poster still includes a lot of details about how virtuous they are as cope. “We have a 7 figure HHI so we can afford basically any kind of travel BUT ALSO I rollerblade to work so that’s somehow relevant”[/quote]

Eh, we have a HHI north of $350, but we have a very low mortgage, stuck with public schools, drive our cars until they die, don’t redecorate for fun, etc. Basically, we don’t blow money on a lot of things others do so we have more money to spend on travel.

Honestly, we don’t drink, and I believe we’ve saved thousands each year because of it. I’m shocked by how much people spend on beer, wine, and booze each week—whether they drink at home or at bars. I challenge drinkers to do the math and see for themselves. [/quote]

Speculating you save “thousands” through the virtue of not drinking? Wow great work being an even worse example of what I’m saying 😂[/quote]

If you know people who buy multiple bottles of fancy wine each week plus whatever fancy beer and booze for their DH AND however much they spend going out Friday and Saturday night, then you realize how much some people blow on drinking. I know this because I have friends and family like this who openly comment on how nice it must be to have money to travel as much as we do, and I’ve helped them run the numbers. In short: it’s an eye opening exercise for many people.

Sorry if I hit a nerve, pp. [/quote]

You did not “hit a nerve.” Of course there are endless ways to blow a fortune—including international travel. But the key is to start with a fortune. [/quote]
dp.. I think you are missing the point.

You get to the fortune by not spending so much on other things.  Many of us don't come from family money.  When I started making $200k back in 2000, I still lived somewhat frugally.  My mom made a comment about how cheap I am on myself because I didn't buy myself nice things making so much money.  My sister made less than me, but herself lots of jewelry and name brand bags.[/quote]

Making $200k in 2000 was already affluent. So the answer is: be quite affluent. Yes, also don’t be a complete idiot. But the first step is to be rich. [/quote]

I traveled when I earned $30K in 2003.  I was a legal assistant at a white shoe DC law firm, and one comment I still think about to this day, is when I was leaving on a vacation to hike Macchu Picchu, one of the partners asked me where I was staying in Cusco.  I said: A $5 a night youth hostel, and he laughed and said - "I forgot that when you have time to travel, you don't have a lot of money, and when you have a lot of money, you don't have as much time to travel."  [/quote]

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