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[quote=Anonymous]OP, I graduated from an Ivy League school and get to read about all my classmates and other grads in my alumni magazine doing these amazing things and no doubt making lots of money.

I, however, make about $60K (after 15 years, mind you) teaching at a private school.  My spouse works at a nonprofit and makes about $70K, so combined, we're making considerably less than you.

And listen, I'd be lying if I didn't sometimes feel like, "what in the world have I done with my life?"  I'm never going to crack $100K.  Never.  I could have gone a different direction and be making bank right now.  I know, because my friends/classmates are doing it.  Not to mention that I'm surrounded by wealthy people in my job.  It would be great if I didn't notice that a parent comes in with a purse that costs more than I make in a week, probably a month.  Most of the time I don't care.  Sometimes I do.

But to answer your question-- no.  No way would I double (or triple, or quadruple) my salary if I had to work twice as much.  I get every break and summer off with my kids.  And yeah, I drive a Chevrolet.  I like my Chevrolet, actually.  :)  But my kids are also getting a top notch education at the school where I work because I get a faculty discount and financial aid.  Because schools were not a concern, we moved out to a bigger house in PG County and have a very reasonable mortgage for the area.  Our kids have a yard to run in, and we have a membership at the local pool in the summer.  And I am able to take my kids there, not the nanny.  We don't go on fancy vacations but we can spend a week at the beach and walk on the boardwalk and eat ice cream and ride the Ferris wheel…. because I have the time to do it.

Over Christmas we were sitting by our tree, fireplace crackling, watching the kids play with their new toys, and I said to my spouse completely without irony, "We're living the dream, aren't we?"  It's cliche but money can't buy those moments with your family.  You make plenty enough to have a comfortable life-- cherish it.  You're living the dream, friend.[/quote]

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