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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A career shouldn’t be just about money.  If you’re lucky, you will live a long life.  Do something you love.  It makes life much more pleasant.[/quote]

Says those born with money.[/quote]

I was born mid-lower class.  I still believe this.  Not everyone needs a mansion, fancy car, multi year vacations, designer clothes.  I hate that everyone is considered wealthy or worthless.  I had a great childhood.  My adult children are very successful in their jobs, and own nice homes and cars.  But none are wealthy, but they are happy.[/quote]
dp.. if you live in a hcol area, you need to earn a good living to just live a MC lifestyle.   I grew up LMC, and I never want to live that way again. I  (and my kids) are grateful that they live a MC/UMC lifestyle.

We don't drive fancy cars, or wear name brand clothing.  Heck, I shop  the sales racks if possible at stores like Marshalls.  But, we have financial security.  That means a lot to me having grown up financially insecure until I was 28.   I don't fret about having to pay for fixing something broken in the house; I pay for a regular car in all cash.  My kids have some medical issues, and we have crap health insurance. I don't have to fret about paying medical bills.   I have always wanted to travel, and I'm super grateful that I can do at least one international travel per year.

My kids know how I struggled earlier in my life, and they never want to experience that, nor do I want them to.  DC is in college right now studying STEM. They had an internship last year that paid $40/hour and had a great time.  They aren't interested in humanities even though they got a 780 on the SAT English portion (and 800 on math), and always scored very high (98+ile) on MAP-R.

I was just telling my spouse that DC is super lucky to never have to worry about paying for college. They are having so much fun without any financial worries like I had. They see some of their friends worrying about finances, and they told me how lucky they were.

They have a 4.0 as a dual STEM major, and will graduate with two degrees, in 3 years. Probably going for a masters in STEM. They'd rather chew their arm off than have to take another humanities class. They don't want to be wealthy, but they want the kind of MC/UMC balanced life that we have with no financial worries, and that costs money.[/quote]

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