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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Did any of you actually read the fucking article? They don't had savings because he was in medical training. It's is typical and the norm for doctors. His income will now ramp up significantly and he could probably start to sock away as much as most of you make in a year into their investments. Unless you're a doctor or spouse of one you're out of your league here and just blowing hot air. I hate DC women. You're all such know it alls. [/quote]

Did you read the article? She's 42. He didn't just get out of medical school. They aren't poor they bought and renovated a nearly $800K house. It's pretty obvious they don't have retirement because they spend money like crazy not because they are poor. She just gives excuses to make them appeal more to the middle class rather than wealthy.[/quote]

Uh no. Again you're just spouting wrong info. When you graduate from medical school [b]you just don't start making a lot of money at a practice. It takes about another 10 years or so.[/b] Also he came over from Italy not too long ago. You sound like a hateful person. Who moved your cheese? [/quote]

Different PP here. OK, now you've really, really got some explaining to do. If they have barely any income, how can they afford an $800K house, plus renovations and expensive furniture? And the crux of the matter: how does hiring contractors and an interior designer on nearly zero income (if you say so) constitute "frugality"?

I think the story is more complicated, though, and there's room to be kind here. If you go to the blog, they've lived together in NYC and Syracuse, so he's not just off the boat from Italy, and he's probably been working a bit. She has had some gigs with TLC and has done some writing for various places. So they do have income, although none of this adds up to a mortgage on an $800K house. So to make this picture work, either they have debt or family money. Either way, the Post did her a disservice when they presented her as living on a shoe-string, because the debt or family money both make the shoe-string image implausible. I agree, if she reframes this as advice for upper-middle class SAHMs of young kids, then she has a useful blog. I liked it, myself.[/quote]

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