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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]One way to think about it is to imagine the opposite scenario.  We bought a house that is much less expensive than we could have afforded - definitely what many DCUMers would call a shit shack.  On the one hand, we take great vacations, have solid savings, sent our kids to private school, have well funded 529s, don’t freak out when the car breaks down, etc.  On the other hand, I really hate our house.  My husband doesn’t hate it.  I don’t know that we’d do things differently if we had it to do over, but I do find our house awkwardly arranged, in an inconvenient neighborhood, etc.

I think there are always going to be trade offs - figure out what works for you.

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Hey, I could’ve written this post. It’s nice to know other people have made some of the same choices. I love that we never fight about money, and that when there’s an emergency we don’t think twice about how we’re going to pay for it. The private school our kid is in is light years better than the “excellent” public schools I attended. Kid gets whatever classes and lessons he wants.

But we live in a shit shack with one bathroom, so I don’t think many here would envy us. I would kill for another bathroom. [/quote]

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