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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am a young boomer at 65.

Most of my college friends worked throughout their careers. They are accountants, nurses, journalists, HR pris, teachers, lawyers. They used daycare, [b]they lived close to their jobs.[/b] They had [b]modest houses[/b], sometimes a biweekly cleaning service, and their kids all watched a lot of TV and played with other kids from their schools without a ton of supervision.  There was not a lot of travel sports. Just school sports.

In short we lived much more middle class lives and weren't micromanage the hothouse flowers you are bringing up today.

My DH played it differently. We postponed kids until our [b]early 40s,[/b] doing a[b] bunch of travel and house projects[/b] then one of us switched to part time after they were born. By that time we had power in our jobs and could set up our schedules to suit us.
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You are out of touch.  There are no modest homes close to most people's jobs.

Starting at 40s for kids, statistically that means fewer people even get to have kids as its a huge gamble, and on average kids get to have parents for a much shorter part of their lives and likely won't get any grandparent help with childcare.

You real secret was making more than average and buying when houses were cheap[/quote]

My home is modest and it is close to my job. You need to move away from DC and you’ll find older homes near where you work. I live in eastern Baltimore County in a small 3 bedroom brick home with smallish front and back yards in a neighborhood built in the 50s. I bought it in 2018 for $235k. I’m a single parent and a teacher. [/quote]

Very similar Baltimore story. Not a single parent, but housing is way more affordable, and[b] we were fortunate to find good jobs here[/b] too. Bought a house in 17 years ago that has gone way up in price. Easily paid the mortgage off a few years ago.

There ARE jobs outside of the metro DC area, you just have to be willing to live somewhere else. Maybe give up some lifestyle perks. [/quote]

Yes there are jobs. Yes there are good jobs. There is also a LOT of luck involved. You also bought a house 17 GD years ago.

Get some self awareness and stop being so smug.[/quote]

Maybe you should stop posting on a message board in the middle of the work day?

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It’s not the middle of my workday, sweetie.[/quote]

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