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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My husband and I earn $250K combined but live well below our means.  Our kids feel pretty socially isolated.[/quote]

That's because you are choosing to live below your means. That's fine, but I wouldn't blame your kids isolation on others but on your choice to live like paupers when you don't have to. *shrug*[/quote]

This is such a bizarre perspective to me. We have a hhi of about 180 and purposely live in an affordable house. This is for security, to keep our options open on paying tuition, and because we don't really need a large house. Maybe we'll trade up some day; or maybe we'll just invest the extra. In any case, right now we're leaving margin because its a sound situation to have.

It's a bit irksome to hear that we're supposed to spend up to our means JUST to win social respectability. I won't dispute that it could be true, but it's a bit wacky that it might be.

My inclination is not to worry about it. But if this is the 'social message' picked up in an environment where a lot of wealth is taken for granted, this certainly is an unpleasant side-effect.[/quote]

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