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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]And who are these men, exactly? If you took everyone I know from elementary school to a graduate degree and/or have worked with, maybe 4 or 5% hit it big. Meaning million dollar salaries or WSJ stories, etc. The rest have had mediocre to good careers.

So let me guess, that 4 or 5% magically married DCUM posters who are in shape and run around in yoga pants? [/quote]

Are you asking about men who make over half a million with SAHM? Hedge fund managers, real estate developers, tech sales, partners at law firms, built and sold own businesses etc. but these men are fine with SAHM wives their marriages last until men cheat , on average

The worst are these 200k guys with wives who also make 200k. This is when the woman is exhausted to the brink of insanity as they tend to be cheap and controlling with resources on home aide and the wives are that cheaper “second shift”  [/quote]

I’m a $230K woman and although a second income would be nice [b]I wouldn’t marry anyone who made less than me. [/b]I have made a ton of career mistakes so I figure any competent guy should be out earning me by now.[/quote]
Exhibit A[/quote]

Sorry this bothers you. But I’m highly educated, worked hard and sacrificed a lot to get to this income. And most of my female friends make more. So I figure any intelligent hard working guy from similar background could have done the same. If he didn’t something is wrong and we are not compatible.[/quote]

That is like the top 1% of US salaries. What on earth do these people do? Everybody can't be a lawyer or hedge fund manager.[/quote]

No, it’s top 5% of US salaries. In DC area the number of men making 200k is much higher than 5%. It’s pretty much everyone past age 40, for example, and not a lot of money [/quote]

+1. I am in another major city and in my 40s and don’t know a single household below $300k. Most of our friends are high 6-digits. It’s still not a ton with kids, taxes and inflation. DH and I bring in $1mm and after we spend half on taxes and then mortgage, school activities and child care, and college and retirement savings, we don’t have a ton left. $200k with kids is middle class in a big city.[/quote]

Yeah, those numbers aren't even close to being accurate. Median household income is somewhere around 100k in DC and 140k in Fairfax County. If you're a striver working in tech or big law I can see why you would think that though. [/quote]

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