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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What I don't like about this thread is its lack of reality.  There are only so many high level jobs in the US, and that amount has been shrinking.  Yet expectations for these women seem to be increasing.  Not everyone with a Harvard MBA is going to be a Fortune 500 exec.  Not everyone with an Ivy undergrad is going to be a white shoe lawyer or investment banker or Pulitzer Prize winner. Not everyone from a top 5 law school is going to make partner.   Are the people who don't make it losers or someone to feel disappointed in?  Absolutely not.  Whether you want to be a cabinet member or NFL player or start the next Google, we are talking about very few people.  [/quote]

What bugs me about this thread is how some of the previous posters are coming across as jaded because they don't have a HH income of over 400k.  I make 200k, DW makes 170k.  We are both mid-career in our mid 30s and feel very lucky to be where we are.  Neither of us have masters level degrees and are in sales and finance respectively.  You do not need a top MBA or fancy law degree to make a good living.  The golden ticket is how much you are SAVING; not how much you make.  We are on track to a very comfortable retirement but again you never know what life is going to throw at you so our philosophy has been to live off her paycheck and save mine.  We may need it in the event of a catastrophe.  [/quote]

I can't find a single poster on this thread that is upset their HHI is not over 400k. Where are you reading this?[/quote]

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