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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]10:18, I commend your choices, and my family has made similar choices. But one federal worker plus one not-for-profit worker means HHI in the range of $150K (very low ball) to easily over $200k. If this is "poor" and you are one of the few on this boat at your school, then SES diversity is truly lacking at your school.[/quote]

10:18 said her family was one of the "poorest" of the FULL PAY families at the school, which sounds about right. Families with HHI under $150,000 may get at least modest financial aid.

We are another of those families and our experience is the same. Kids are well-liked, we are welcomed, lots of invitations for the kids. Our kids certainly notice the differences in spending, but also know that it is because of choices we make, which reflect our values. One DC has a pretty wealthy group of friends, the other a pretty middle-class group, so income isn't driving the friendships.[/quote]

10:18 (10:38) here. Yes, we are full pay. I know that we are relative to the rest of DC, the US, and the world *extremely* fortunate. I would never pretend that we are "DCUM middle class"--we are upper middle, squarely. I think that there are a lot of us in this boat at our Big 3, but that this forum tends to skew and emphasize the very wealthy. Like the immediate PP, our children have friends who seem to come from a wide range of wealth. Lots of 2-income families, regardless. The only families that I know with a full-time SAH parent have very young children (preschool and younger).[/quote]

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