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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Crazy

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Why do you care?[/quote]
Because it bugs me when people go to Europe on vacation, have their kids in private, and then cry that they're middle class.[/quote]

We're middle class in the sense that we don't have any family money or inherited wealth. So while we make a decent income (750k) and have some nice things that you mentioned (like the house in a "nice" suburb and the annual trips to Europe and the Caribbean and so on), we don't have the "things" that other private school parents have. Namely boats, second (or third) homes, exclusive country club memberships, etc.

Our kids aren't going to get a 60k car when they turn 16.

We'll pay for college but we're not going to be able to give them 2k a month in spending money. Things like that.

[b]Compared to them, we are middle class.[/b][/quote]
$750k is NOT middle class. You're qualifiers - hey, our kids won't get $60k cars, no inheritance, and we don't have a boat - doesn't mean you are middle class. You are in the too fraction of 1%, with private schools and annual trips to Europe.looking to multimillionaires with third homes and co aren't yourself to them still doesn't make you middle class.

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Right. Comparing upwards is not how it works. You are better off than at least 95% of Americans so there is no way that you are "middle class."[/quote]

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