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[quote=Anonymous]i stayed home with our first when my husband was only making 75K. We rented a nice 2 bed apartment near the Vienna metro in Fairfax, owned 2 cars, including one we bought new when baby was born (after I had already quit working). We paid off all student loans before baby and we had no debt besides the car. After paying rent, utilities, grocery bills, car payments, insurance payments, cell phone/internet bills, we were still able to put a couple hundred into savings/investments each month. Yes, we had to cut back on things like eating out, going on vacations, buying clothing or other items for ourselves, cable, etc. but these were all pretty small sacrifices to make since we had a baby and weren't going to be spending a ton on, for example, entertainment or vacations anyway.

Ultimately, we moved out of the area so my husband could take a higher paying job elsewhere and we now live in an area with a much lower COL and are much more comfortable but I say all this to say it can be done in the DC area (not in DC, probably, but in the suburbs). 
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