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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No. No regrets that I spent time with my kids and they have done well in life.  And I am a frugal person, living in a nice house in an average neighborhood and my kids went to public schools and state flagships - so I do not need a whole lot of money.   I have a happy marriage and my DH makes a decent amount of money upwards of $400K.

I have enough for our needs and some wants too.

BUT if I won the lottery, I would fly everywhere in business and first class. I hate travelling in cattle class, especially flying for 20 hours in cattle class.  I am too old for this crap!!![/quote]

Your post seemed sane until you mentioned that your husband makes over 400 goddam thousand dollars a year and you can’t figure out how to fly business or first class.

DCUM posters, a serious question: what in the actual hell do you guys do with all your money?[/quote]

Look, 400K does not happen for the entire duration of your working life. DH started with 35K. This  400K+ earning has happened as we have inched closer to retirement age. So your instinct is to bank as much as you can. Besides after all the taxes and deductions you are not getting a whole lot in your hand.

And if you are extremely, extremely lucky, you live an average life without any unwanted expenses - illness, elderly parents, infertility, SN kids, divorce, therapy, natural disasters, victim of crime, addiction, legal troubles, home repair etc.   Who can guarantee that these expenses  won't happen?

I fly to Asia to see my family once a year.  Duration of flight ranges from 15 hours to 30 hours depending on the layover, typically. Yes, business class makes you feel less like a jet lagged corpse, but the price of the ticket is also enough to give you a heart attack.  Choose how you want to die!

I feel that most people flying in business or first class to Asia,  are not paying out of pocket for it. Either they are flying on company's dime or they have enough frequent flyer miles. [/quote]

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