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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]After taxes DH and I live on twice what you earn, hence 140K, with two teen kids, both eating a ton, doing several sports, having a nice house we bought with a huge down payment. One kid just finished private school, no not the 40K per year one, but still a private, the other wanted public. With vacations to Europe every year, paid off condo in CO, unrented, fully furnished for our pleasure. And DS who traveled around the US for a sport competitions and even around the world. I assume you are younger, hence we saved more over time for these other things. Quite frankly, I have no idea what are you so smug about. We seem to be doing way better with comparably way less money per person per year. Three cars too, and car insurance for a teen. The question is not how are you managing well enough on your salary, the question is why aren't you doing better?[/quote]
I'm not bing smug. You aren't getting the point. (And it isn't necessary to put me down.)[/quote]

Nobody was putting you down, my comment on doing better has to do with your discretionary expenses, what exactly is that much money per month for?[/quote]
OP here. First, you are actually proving the point of my thread - that it doesn't take $250k to manage even an ordinary,middle-class life, and anything less is a struggle. You are living an affluent life.

Second, about my discretionary expenses - I assume you mean $600/month. That's $150 a week, and that lunches at work, going out with friends for dinner once a week or so, ticket prices for different social events, a movie once or twice a month, gifts for parties (and family birthdays), stuff like that. [/quote]

[b]Discretionary expenses: $1250[b][/b]

I don't actually care, but in your OP it says 1250. 1250 per month is a lot of money for fun. How did you come up with $600 now instead of 1250 from your original post? [/quote]

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