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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Make over 400k but:

1.  One car 
2.  Bring lunch to work 
3.  Make coffee at home 
4.  Take the bus 
5.  Cook often at home 
6.  Groom our own dog
7.  Clean our own house [/quote]

Dontnthink this list is frugal or cheap. We make a bit more than yiu andnit has never even occurred to me to pay someone to wash our dog and clip her nails. Taking the bus seems frugal though, but all other things are pretty normal. [/quote]

Sadly I think they aren't that common.  Always every couple we know at our income level sends their dog to the groomer and has a cleaning lady.  They also buy their lunch at work. [/quote]

How in the world do people know what their friends income level is? I've never divulged my income level to my friends, nor have I asked or been told what income level my friends are at. It is just not a topic that we sit around and talk about.

Just got our w2s and i brought in 293K and DH 164k. We live in the same house for 10 years, we drive japanese cars, mine is 9yrs old, and I've never had someonw groom our dog. I bring my lunch to work to keep my weight down and save time. I cannot imagine how someone could guess or know what we make.[/quote]

It's pretty easy to guess.  [/quote]

How?  Tell, me how would you guess? For example, this is my family: we live in a row house in Shaw worth about $900k.  I work as a director of public relations for a large well known non-profit.  My spouse is a journalist.  We have two kids age 7 and 9 who go to charter schools in DC.  We have one car, a Honda CRV which we bought new three years ago.  We go on a lot of vacations and eat out regularly.  What's our income?[/quote]

Around 280k.

That being said I'm not familiar with your industries.  For some of my friends I roughly know what their jobs pay. There is no way they are earning more ban 400k.   I also know they live in 1.5 million dollar homes, have car payments, cleaning service, vacations etc.  I know they are spending all of their money and possibly getting money from family.  [/quote]

Ill ask the oracle this. How much is my HHI? DH sales, me controller. Both IT. Live in Reston, work in Reston.  House worth about 800k, public schools, 10 & 7yr old cars, one nice vacation a year. We have an AuPair.[/quote]

Hard to tell with a sales job. [/quote]

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