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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]comparisons and expectations, of course.

they're not poor, but they don't have everything they want or expect.  we have a hhi of around 200k, usually plus an annual bonus, debt of around 400k (mostly mortgage and some remaining student loans) and I would never be so clueless as to call myself "poor".  I am not.

Sometimes I struggle, however.  with two incomes and kids, time is the most precious resource of all and its one of those things you can't really buy, at least not directly.  so, we struggle to piece together bits of time and make tradeoffs that I never really would have expected at my income level. (outsource house cleaning instead of having FIOS; never buy coffee or lunch so that I have $100 or so to stick in a college account every month; get groceries delivered, but stop buying organic or name brand; cancel beach house this summer so that we can get the AC fixed; keep my 6yo phone with the busted screen because buying a new one is crazy expensive; keep the shitty 30-yo washer/dryer that smells a bit and get repaired once/year because we had to get the car fixed; get Christmas presents for the kids, not for each other; kids live in hand-me-downs from their cousins; we're going to need a new car sometime in the next few years and I'm not sure what budget that is coming out of yet.)  The consequences for me of such tradeoffs are obviously minor.  No one's going without healthcare or food or housing.  So, no,  people like me should never describe themselves as "poor."  Doesn't mean we never get to complain.[/quote]

Doesn't sound much like rich to me though. [/quote]

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