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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP should find a woman within the FIRE movement. They’d have common values, goals, and interests. [/quote]
I’m the one who wrote this. I think you’re all giving OP too much of a hard time. He’s told us about his ideal life. Why not let him try for it? FIRE people are obsessed with this retirement stuff, much like Bogleheads. They like to think about it a lot, talk about it a lot, and even have a healthy(ish) competition about it. My advice to zozo is to start trying to find a FIRE-minded woman now, make sure you’re compatible, and to build on your goals together. The older you get, the harder it is to meet someone of either gender, because the good ones get snapped up. Better to reset your expectations (if needed) while you’re younger. Then you won’t build up this ideal life but have no partner to share it with. [/quote]

OP needs to realize that 1) his FIRE math is wrong, $90k is not enough; and 2) Women who want children on his FIRE timeline are few and far between. [b]OP needs to start dating NOW, within the FIRE community, to really understand and accept this fact.[/b] [/quote]

He should also start dating now because if he does luck out and find someone like-minded, they can save more living in his paid-off condo together than living separately.  But I think he's in for a bit of an awakening.  $1M by 30 is a very high achiever, even in the FIRE community.  Assuming he'll find someone he's compatible with who has also faced zero hurdles in their FIRE journey (free place to live for years, no break in employment, no student loans, etc) is really unlikely.  His defensiveness about how perfectly reasonable his idealized outcome is comes across as immature.[/quote]

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