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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DH and I both teach full time for a combined HHI of 120k. Both from families where we are the first generation to go to college (let alone advanced degrees). I had no idea of the huge income disparity between professions. Thankful we don't have any student loan debt but wish we had the means to switch to more lucrative careers. [/quote]

I hear you. I went into engineering thing it was a responsible chide but now I realize income wise it's a bad deal.  But too old to get MBA so that's life [/quote]

So what though? DH both cap out at mid 100s, but it's 2 of us. We have 2 401ks both have employer matches. It's a good life and we see a comfortable retirement on the horizon.

This is why we love travel so much, in particular have been all over Africa and South America.  We're so grateful for our life. Weve achieved a level of comfort, safety, and wealth that many people on our planet literally could not even dream up. We've won the lottery feom birth [/quote]

I agree. Without kids it's plenty of money. I only lamented the choice when we had kids and DW wanted I stay home and we are swamped by working parent grind. When I was young kids were cheap bc I grew up in a place where home are $60k (today). Hard lesson too late. [/quote]

We have 2 kids and i still feel lucky.  For us, we live in the burbs, work in the burbs and have some WFH flexibility. We operate as a team. Even if one sposuse made 300k, i wouldn't give up my job. Now that our kids are 7&10, it has become really really easy.

I will say though, [b]we bought our first home in 2000, [/b]so it has been easier on us than others because we have turned over a few homes and have a nice amount of equity and a low mortgage payment. Could have never ever done the housing step upgrades without both of us working. It has been well worth the trade offs.

Again living with security that many people in the world just don't have. Plus being a woman and having been born into a culture where i can earn just as much as my husband is really such incredible fortune when i really think hard about it.[/quote]

Well that explains a lot. You essentially live in flyover country housing cost wise. [/quote]

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