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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A guy who checks all the boxes but is only in the top 10% of earners?!? Kick him to the curb OP and make sure he knows that you’re a 1% gal.

Christ on a cracker you’re horrible 
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Well yes, I was married to a 1% guy and am top 5% myself. Most of my friends and family are 1%ers so I have a distorted perspective. I am proud to be with him. However, he will be the lowest earning of all my circle’s male spouses and I don’t want him or me to feel judged or out of place when we socialize. I guess we could find new friends who are less wealthy.[/quote]

Or you could stop evaluating people by their salaries. Find people with interesting conversation. People with values, a sense of humor, a passion for something other than expensive shit.

If that means finding new friends, wouldn’t you rather do that now than when circumstances change outside of your control? Have you learned nothing from reading this forum? Layoffs, health crises, market losses… do you think that can’t happen to you? Building your life and your personality around money is just so incredibly risky. [/quote]

Everyone I associate with is interesting and has built their lives around meaningful work that makes a positive difference in the world. They just earn a lot doing it. It’s a myth that wealthy people are somehow always superficial and fatuous.[/quote]

It’s exceedingly unlikely meaningful work in the way you intend yields tippety-top income here, and most of us can acknowledge that.[/quote]

My career is in humanitarian assistance and I’ve worked for orgs of all sizes. The CEO never made more than $600k, even at the giant global groups. And there are only a handful of those people.

What else could be considered meaningful work that makes a positive difference? Teaching? Medical research?

No, the big bucks are for corporate types, hedge fund managers, etc. Hardly a positive effect on the world. I’d rather live on ramen than harvest wealth from the least fortunate.

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OP. There are plenty of roles outside of hedge fund managers that make money. And yes at this point most friends have ascended to be prominent professionals, entrepreneurs, heads of organizations or quite high up in their fields. [/quote]

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