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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP.  Thanks for all of the comments, and for giving me some perspective.  Sounds like I need to appreciate what I have and continue my slow and steady approach.  Sometimes it just seems that everyone is out there vacationing away, and having these fab lives, but perhaps it isn't always what it seems.

I think part of our problem is that we used to save a lot more. We had a goal of having a 20% down payment for a house (850K).  We finally bought the house, so now just scary to not see that money in the account anymore, plus we have a bigger house payment that I would like.  We have a healthy emergency cash fund, we save for college each month, and we max out retirement accounts, so guess we need to just buckle back down, and start saving again for the next phase...

Thanks DCUM friends.[/quote]

Well now it is clear why you are not feeling well off ... you are carrying a $600k+ mortgage on $225k HHI.  If you are also maxing out retirement and saving for college, then there isn't going to be much leftover.  Not everyone with that income chooses to carry that high of a mortgage, and conversely, not everyone with that high a mortgage makes $225k (i.e., they make more).  So while you may not be vacationing away and have other fab stuff, you presumably have a nice, close-in house with good schools that others at your income level do not have.[/quote]

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