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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I laugh at the people who get snippy on here when posters are explaining why they FEEL middle class, when they make more than middle class money.  Snip this...I FEEL middle class but make UC money.  I am not a 1 percenter but a comfortable top 5 percenter of earnings.  I am happy with where I am but realize nothing is guaranteed in life and have worked hard to get where I am today.  I know people of all income levels work hard, I would never discount this. But how one 'feels' is relative to this discussion.[/quote]

Sure, it is relative but most of the posters on here conflate how they feel (“l don’t feel rich”) with what they actually are (they are rich).

Listen, lots of people have imposter syndrome. Lots of people FEEL like their money doesn’t go as far as it should. I am actually, legitimately middle class (family of 4 on 115k, dual income). Sometimes we want to do something, like go to a baseball game, and we can’t afford it, and it makes me FEEL effing poor. Like I personally think it’s insane that it costs over a hundred dollars just to take a family if four to a regular season baseball game (and sit in the upper level )— that’s crazy, and middle class people used to be able to do that for a reason able amount.

But I’m not an obtuse jackass, and while I don’t like that feeling,  don’t walk around lane ring to people (and especially not actual poor people) that my family is poor because I sometimes feel that way. We have two incomes. We own our home. We rarely go to baseball games but we can do it very occasionally if we plan carefully. We don’t eat at fancy restaurants but I also don’t stress about buying groceries (generally), because we’re not actually poor.

Your feelings are relevant but they aren’t facts.[/quote]

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