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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes!! This is so spot on. I honestly didn't even understand what was happening, [b]my husband and I reached 35 or so and suddenly felt so broke, which we had never felt in my life. We are in solid jobs (combined HHI $320) [/b]but our friends who were in law school, or went into tech, have just... Shot ahead of us while we weren't looking. I feel so blindsided and honestly, naive for how much I thought it didn't matter in our 20s.

We're both on the job market now trying to squeeze another $25k apiece. We'll never have Big Law salaries but honestly we've been a little lazy about maximizing our own potential. [/quote]

How do you feel broke with an HHI of $320?? What are you needing that you can't afford?[/quote]

Oh we're fine and we do all the responsible things - retirement, 529s for the kids, etc. It's totally a comparison /keeping up with the Joneses thing. It feels like suddenly my friends are buying $2m houses and taking several very luxury vacations a year with their kids, and I am just like... What on earth, I didn't even realize that was in the scope of what was possible. Mostly lawyers or big tech salaries. So HHI $320k is fantastic, but compared to my friend who makes twice that by herself, before you even consider her husband's salary... Yeah, the scale changed quickly. [/quote]

This is us exactly. HHI about $330. Modest roof over our heads, two mid-level cars that are paid off, retirement and 529s basically on track, and we don’t have to scrimp to meet daily needs with a few little luxuries. But when we want to go on vacation we have to save up and budget, and our “stuff” (furniture, clothes) is really basic. To 99% of the world we are very wealthy. In the DMV I feel like a scrub.[/quote]

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