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Phone/Internet will be more than $50. I have just Internet and its $50 and the cheapest I could find. Do you have a cell phone bill? Are you planning to get cable? You don't mention a car payment. Even if you own your car, you need to start saving for a new one and/or repairs on your current one. Are you putting anything towards college? What about birthday/holiday gifts for your kids and other family. Do you receive child support?[/quote]
I did stop by one of the apt this spring with assigned Sherman ES. 2 bedrooms was little than 2k before utility. The same apt is now for 2.5k
My kids are only 3 yrs. I do not need  ES for 2 more yrs. I knew daycare in McLean is not cheap. There are not many apts with Sherman ES.
Rent goes up every yr but income does not. I don't want to tell my kids one day that they have to move to new ES because mom can't keep up with the rent. I have flex works that I can pick up the kids from school bus stop. Therefore, no child care cost before and after school ( I do pay for daycare at this time and the cost is not the problem ). My kids wear hand down clothes. I only buy 4 pairs of shoes per child (2 tennis style landsend brand, 1 open toes summer shoes landsend brand, 1 close toes water shoes kmart for $10 each. I stocked up all the way to size 3. I hope they will like the shoes ), new under pants, new socks. Wash clothes every other day. I have Comcast Internet for $39.95. Cox should has the same price ? I use pay per minute cell phone. My kids are 3 yrs =&gt; I don't use phone except for schedule yearly checkup. No car payment. I alway pay for new car because I don't know how to buy used car. Each car last for 10 yrs. I do have some money but I don't want to spend it. $100 per child for birthday. Friend's should be $20. But so far my kids got only 2 parties. Other family members, just cards and no money.  Thank you everyone. I will think very hard before I move[/quote]

All this sacrifice for your kids and when they go to school the run of the mill McLean kid will make fun of them for not having a McMansion, a BMW and designer shoes / clothes. True story.[/quote]

I don't buy this, since the parents of the kids who fit that profile in the Sherman ES district usually send them to private schools such as "Little" Langley, Potomac, etc.  [We come close, but we send our kids to public school and don't spring for any designer shit, so our kids are probably mockees rather than mockers.]  There may not be a lot of apartments in the Sherman district, but there are plenty of townhouses.

But if it worries you so much, why not look at an apartment off Magarity zoned for Westgate.  It's even closer to Tysons/McLean, the school is good, and the demographics skew less affluent.  Problem solved.  [/quote]

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