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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]Sorry, OP, no one ever said (again) bring single on 100k gross or 70k net was hard[/b]. I did well with a net of 30k here when I was single.

But it is a completely different ball game when kids are in the picture. You want net dollars. My over 200k salary nets me around 130k. From there I have to pay health insurance out of pocket, child care, housing,  groceries, etc. I also had to buy a new car when my second was born so I now have car payments again. It's a big difference now, and yes, it's not easy.[/quote]

Honestly there have been threads where people have put down those making 100k (single people)....   But no its not hard to live on that amount -- because I have as well.[/quote]
Agree. There was a thread where people were telling an older single woman that she was a loser because she earned only $100,000. Called her a failure and even said she almost qualified for welfare. [/quote]

I don't think that's a majority DCUM position.  [/quote]

I agree.  And if it were true, there'd be no problem citing multiple positions and posts with links that state such.  I haven't seen it.

I think that the OP started by saying that it's easy to live on $70k, and then when people said "That's because you're single!" OP backed into the position that DCUM paints people who make $100k as poor and are barely getting by when that's not exactly the case.  [/quote]

Did you read that thread? She was slammed, it was an all in pile on. Involving multiple people. She was pretty much told she was a loser for not earning more than $100k. The view that $100k or less is "poor" is very common on DCUM.[/quote]

Nope. No idea what thread that is.  [/quote]

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