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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As a PP said, it really depends on your budget. Break it down.

We are paying about 40k in tuition on an income of 190k, planning to be closer to 50k in a few years when a younger child moves to a school with higher tuition. They way it breaks down for us, we are living on one income for housing, basic operating expenses, and retirement plans. The second income is going to student loan payments and the kids' tuition/childcare. This works for us, as we acclimated to housing and lifestyle choices while we still lived on a smaller income. Once education became a question, we've decided to invest in school rather than upgrade in other areas.

This works *for us,* but your situation may well be different, based on what you want, where you live, and what will place you in a feeling of sacrifice that will get under your skin. It is so individual.

Break it down, and evaluate closely if there are debts or expenses you can eliminate that you are currently ignoring. Don't promise to cut things that are deeply important to you.

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Wow. You got some pretty rude follow up comments. Everyone prioritized differently. On the flip side of one of the nasty comments, some people would rather prioritize small class size and fewer classroom disruptions over a “good” public school with 800 kids in a middle school and over 2,000 in a high school. And some people don’t care about living in a fancy home. Different strokes for different folks...it doesn’t make anyone a moron.

We don’t spend half our HHI on private school, but we definitely spend 35-40 percent of one person’s after tax income. We drive paid off cars, live in a modest (but still nice) home in one of the “undesirable” Fairfax County pyramids and don’t take expensive vacations. We still save for college and retirement though. To each his own....

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