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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It is also reasonable to want to be able to provide for your kid. Your kid doesn't need new clothes when there are hand me downs but no one wants to be able to tell their child that they can't play on a soccer league with their friends because the family can't afford the fee. Also, the stress of never having enough money is all encompassing. Yes, people do it all the time but that doesn't make it good. Always having to choose between the things you need but cannot afford to have it all? It's heartbreaking. And it is really hard on a marriage and children respond to stress in the home. Yes, of course you have have a baby without a lot of money. But do you want to?[/quote] This is a true eye-roller. Sorry Johnny, I was too old to give you any brothers or sisters because I wanted to make sure you could play League Soccer for a year! There’s a term for what you’re describing and it’s lifestyle creep. Yes it’s entirely possible for your kids to have a happy and rewarding childhood while making a retail salary. It sounds like you run in the wrong circles and are making wrong choices for your income level (IE maybe consider Silver Spring over Chevy Chase) if money stresses you out that much. [/quote] The fact that you think everyone who can't afford Chevy Chase can afford Silver Spring just shows how truly DCUM-style out of touch you are. You don't know anything at all about poverty - which is not, btw, "oh noes, I had to settle for an unrenovated split-level in a GS6 neighborhood instead of a $2M colonial in a GS10 district" - so you just need to shut up.[/quote]
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