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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We have $100k with 3 kids in Arlington. It's not terrible at all.

-We live in a small house rental but also own a small condo in College Park that DH lived in and paid off before we met.
-Vacations 1-2x year within driving distance, renting a cottage in the country for a few days. More often day trips like yesterday to Luray Caverns + dinner at a diner.
-Food is never Aldi. To get the good stuff but within out budget, I buy heirloom beans, grains, spices, meats from smaller suppliers - Rancho Gordo, Anson Mills, Polyface Farms. 
-Clothes for kids only well made bought on end of season sale, mostly Hannan Anderson and Tea because convenient to be on their mailing lists and just wait. DH and I dress less well but I won't have my kids mistreated for looking poor.
-For recreation, cheap hobbies - exploring local parks, gardening, trips to little regional museums, etc.
-Older daughter takes 6 extracurriculars (1 sport + 4 arts, reading tutor) to supplement what I think is bland APS
-old car fully paid of with regular maintenance

I've no idea how but we live within budget. No debt, credit card set to auto-pay the balance in full monthly. Somehow we have enough cash for car repairs and legal emergencies. I've no idea how it's some kind of math magic. But so far so good.

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I make 50k and my kids only wear Moncler and Golden Goose. Won't have them mistreated for looking poor!!! We also do 10 extracurriculars per kid. [/quote]

Hannah and Tea cost $10-$15 new on sale, nothing especially extravagant about that. Worth the wait for sale because fabrics are sturdy and don't sag like target, old navy, etc.

And yes - extracurriculars are a tradeoff - put $ into college savings or spend on training while child is young? I thin training while young makes far more sense. I expect my kid to have competent  marketable skills by the time she's 16 and largely on her own for college payments. [/quote]

Lmao your kid still looks saggy. The sadness of being a poor kid with a striver mother. [/quote]
Better than having a boorish, ugly harpy like you for a parent. [/quote]

You think kids prefer Hannah and tea when they are too young to know or care over a college fund?[/quote]
Look, you picked a weird point to bash the PP over. Hannah and Tea cost $10-15 maximum during their end of season sales, and the clothes last much better than Carter’s and can be resold or handed down. Her kids are not going to lack for college funds simply because Mom’s buying them a nicer brand (on sale).[/quote]

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