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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Reading this board, I feel way "behind" and it actually stresses me out to the point I brought it up to my therapist, who told me that people often lie on such boards (no shock but still). Seems like everyone here rakes in 500k and calls it middle-class. Is this the new normal? Is this board comprised of like a dozen big law people? What the heck?
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As has been mentioned countless times on this board, a lot of it is dual income. Take two capped out GS-15s and you have a HHI of $350k with great benefits and two pensions.

In our family, my DW is a capped 15 and I am a senior exec in financial services, making $500k-ish. We both went to top 10 schools, and whenever I meet new neighbors in McLean, they inevitably went to Dartmouth, Columbia, U of Chicago, etc.

Amongst our local friend group, we’re solidly middle-of-the-pack. There are some CEOs, some pharma folks, lawyers (of course), lobbyists, other corporate and government people like us, and some consulting partners.

The big thing is almost everyone is dual income, which creates high HHIs. However, the flip side is that many of us are time poor and stressed out. I don’t hate my job (I like lots about it), but I work long hours, am constantly put into stressful situations, and have to constantly play the professional game of thrones to keep from being laid off.

Take all that, add in 3 kids, a nanny, college savings, braces, multiple travel soccer teams, aging parents who live thousands of miles away, and the money goes quickly.  That’s not because we’re pissing it away on Porsches, Gucci bags and Prada clothes, but because much of our life is spent paying others to do things many families do themselves (watch our kids, cook our meals, clean our house, maintain our yard), because one / both of us is working outside of core hours / traveling internationally for work.

Golden handcuffs and all that jazz. [/quote]

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