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OP here. I was making 100k before I got married, or just around there. Maybe more like 90. I was living with three roommates in a townhouse in south arlington with one car payment and a dog and not having to budget or really think about spending at all but not really accumulating savings. I certainly have nothing to complain about, I've been very fortunate and our current HHI is like 230 so we're doing great. But I guess in the past you'd think of that as like, wealthy. And here its like, enough to own a home, have a kid in daycare and live comfortably without tightening the purse strings. [/quote]

Well, then this is really about expenses going up, especially if you have kids.[/quote]

Then don't have kids. [/quote]

My op and this post weren't really complaining just thinking. I think in my mind growing up a six figure salary meant you could comfortably raise a family.[/quote]
Sure, for a kid $100K sounds like a lot especially when a kid's allowance is like $20/week or something.  But, hopefully, as you grow up, and realize the cost of things, you realize that even $50k/yr isn't that much around here.

I had a conversation with my 10 yr old about cost of living.  I laid it out for him; how much our mortgage was, food bill, utilities, taxes, etc... He conceptually understood, but he won't really "get" it until he becomes an adult and has to pay for things himself.[/quote]

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