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Anonymous wrote:It's not an amount, it's a lifestyle. Enough money to life the life that's important to them without the worry of paying for it.

This is the perfect definition, IMHO.

+1 I made $17,500 in 1975 and I was comfortable. I make a lot more than that now but I feel the same way. Yes, my overhead is much higher but I don't worry about paying for it.

Anonymous wrote:It's not an amount, it's a lifestyle. Enough money to life the life that's important to them without the worry of paying for it.

This is the perfect definition, IMHO.

Anonymous wrote:Agree with PP. our HHI is about 230k and I would say we are comfortable because we live at or below our means.

I am also around here (maybe 245) and would use that word.

It means rolling my eyes at a $200 ticket followed by a $500 repair bill. I am still like...aware of costs and a lot at once can hurt but it would take a lot to wreck us or even a lot to get us to cancel our biweekly $150 date night.

When you have everything you need and a whole lot of what you want. I feel comfortable with a HHI of $115k, but there's no extravagancy here. Quite content with a nice apartment and good food, taking advantage of the free and low-cost experiences this city has to offer. Zero desire for the big fancy suburban house and private schooling and whatnot.

It's not an amount, it's a lifestyle. Enough money to life the life that's important to them without the worry of paying for it.

Agree with PP. our HHI is about 230k and I would say we are comfortable because we live at or below our means.

Anonymous wrote:I would never use that expression, but I would understand it to mean that one was living within their means and meeting all their savings goals.

This. It doesn't have a dollar value, because it will vary based on circumstances and cost of living.

Generally, I think of it as meaning that they don't have to carefully budget in order to have their basic needs and wants met. Doesn't mean they have a yacht or take exotic vacations every year, but they don't have to scrimp and save or watch bank account balances like a hawk.

I would never use that expression, but I would understand it to mean that one was living within their means and meeting all their savings goals.

When someone describes themselves as comfortable or well off, how much do you think they make? Someone told me this yesterday and it got me thinking. I understand that it's the polite thing wealthy people say. but I feel like there's such a wide variance of people who say this.