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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Nothing less than two high-powered business executives, white show law firm attorneys, or surgeons for my son or daughter AND their spouse! That way they can both be stressed out, work relentless hours, and pay strangers to raise their kids! If my child or their spouse becomes something "pink" like a $100k nurse or $75k inner-city public school teacher with summers, holidays and weekends off, I will NOT pay for the wedding! :roll: [/quote]

Now we've come back full circle. The way to do it is to be two high powered executives until the couple are in their mid 30s. Then the wife starts having kids, and downshifts to making less money at a lower stress job with fewer hours, while still working full time, at age 35.  The work experience and savings accumulated by the couple who waits to have kids until their mid 30s allows them to send their kids to college debt free. Then the husband retires at 58 while the wife keeps working, since after all she is an empty nester now.[/quote]

So you are clearly status-obsessed striver complete with a "I have it all mapped out" perfect playbook. Good for you, dear. But stop acting as if everyone is wired like you. And even those wired like you often fall short or are diverted. Further, most with successful parents just aren't obsessed with the status and income generation by any and all means necessary; they are confident and comfortable and don't give a damn about an extra $50k or $100k a year. It won't change their life, if anything, it'll just come with less free time, more stress and demands. As long as they make enough for a comfortable lifestyle, the rest is gravy. They also know they have a half-decent inheritance to look forward to, likely from both sides of the family. Thus, family and children are at the top of the hierarchy, not that must seek the most money, most status, most prestige striver social climber grind.[/quote]

So you're bragging that you were born into a rich family and look down your nose at a couple who earned their money? Huh.  No wonder people hate the old money.[/quote]

This is nonsense - NP here. Brunch grandma is poor and she's not educated. More $ is ALWAYS better. We both work, make 1/2M a year and we get to invest the dividends; we are building a bigger nest for our children. Brunch grandma is crazy if she thinks that having more money brings stress and less free time. The biggest luxury of having $$$$$ is being in charge of one's time and having good options - for outsourcing menial housework, for picking good jobs and homes - trust funder here. We don't look down at earned income, our $ started as earned income too. Just social strivers.  [/quote]

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