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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don’t actually know anyone like that. But we’re kind of middle class. [/quote]

OP here. We are not "kind of" middle class. We are middle class. We own a tiny home we bought for under 500k when rates were really low and cannot afford to fix it up or to move. We have extremely normal jobs with no power or prestige. Public schools, modest backgrounds. I work in a field with a lot of jobs in the DC area due to the federal government and all the universities, which is how we wound up here, but it's not a glamorous field at all.

My perception is that a lot of the people I encounter like this only make slightly more than we do, but either have a spouse making a lot or have money from family. We don't live in NW DC or one of the pricy suburbs. I assume this issue is even worse in those communities, but I'll never find out because we could never afford to live there, nor will we ever send our kids to any of these elite privates (or any private school) or get them involved in any super expensive EC. But even in our very middle class existence, I encounter people like this a lot.[/quote]

This kind of shocks me. Your post sounds like you are upper middle class. I am the poster who has lived here since 1999. My kids are elementary and middle school. I am divorced. My ex's (our former) home is worth 1.3 and mine is worth a little over $1 million. Ex and I independently are "the millionaries next door" (not flashy). I have never met any of these women that you describe, but honestly my life is only work and kids and I work more than the average person. Be polite and don't be friends. Focus on your kids (and/or work); there is no reason to engage with these types of people.[/quote]

The PP knows the other families makes far more $$ because the wives chose wisely:  there is no virtue in marrying down or choosing a man who doesn’t earn well over six figures.[/quote]

It’s even better to make your own money. But not all women/people are capable. [/quote]

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