As guy with a few daughters I have to say a single guy making 200k at 29 is way better.

She has to worry all the mooch men cling in to her wanting her cash

Anonymous wrote:I think having children is important. Otherwise all that life becomes a dead end branch on the family tree. FWIW I am one of 3 kids, only one with chikdren myself. My siblings wont have any descendants to sing their praises or marvel at their exploits, like I do with my grandparents, etc. food for thought

Are you serious? highly unlikely your kids will be singing your praises.

Anonymous wrote:I think having children is important. Otherwise all that life becomes a dead end branch on the family tree. FWIW I am one of 3 kids, only one with chikdren myself. My siblings wont have any descendants to sing their praises or marvel at their exploits, like I do with my grandparents, etc. food for thought

Good point. How can you be happy if no one’s there to tell you how great you are?

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Anonymous wrote:That has to be a good feeling, OP.

I live a similar life to your daughter, but with kids. I'm 32yo, married, 2 kids, own a business making mid 6 figures. DH and I both work remotely so we travel and explore a ton as a family while the kids are little. I'm really hoping to set a good work/life balance for my kids and I cannot wait to see what they do when they grow up!

That’s… not really similar at all.

It's a "one-up"...

You mean “one down”…

Not to be negative. But if she works in something like big law or finance I would be careful to not assume that it is only up from here. A lot of people semi-burn out and take a big QOL pay cut. Encourage her to save for retirement and not overspend on RE etc.

I think having children is important. Otherwise all that life becomes a dead end branch on the family tree. FWIW I am one of 3 kids, only one with chikdren myself. My siblings wont have any descendants to sing their praises or marvel at their exploits, like I do with my grandparents, etc. food for thought

Anonymous wrote:She’s 29 and just crossed 200k total comp. No kids, unmarried, no debt. Travels all over the world. This was not a thing when i was younger!!!

What do you mean this "wasn't a thing" when you were younger? Having a job? Not getting married? I don't get it.

Anonymous wrote:That’s great! It sounds like she made some really good choices along the way.

+1 no debt is awesome.

Happy for her, OP, and you. As a parent, you don't want your kid to be struggling. Ignore the haters.

It must be a relief to know your kid can make her way in the world independently.

Some people never achieve this.

Job well done OP!

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Anonymous wrote:Not lonely? Omg, just because she’s not married??? Hope you aren’t putting this kind of weird pressure in your own kids!!!! Geez.

??? Question was about loneliness, not marriage. The surgeon general is currently raising the alarm on a loneliness epidemic among young people. When talking about how someone in their late 20s is doing, it's a reasonable enough question to ask.

Check out the relationship page. No one sounds more miserable than the DMV's married women!

Anonymous wrote:she should get married soon or risk the barren child age od 30s

Barren????????????

OMG please stop.

Women are not baby-making machines, and that one aspect of their biology should not dictate how they live their lives.

IF she wants children, she has time and options. And if she does not, it sounds like she will be "doomed" (haha) to a life of discovery, freedom and endless options. Not too worried!

Anonymous wrote:Not lonely? Omg, just because she’s not married??? Hope you aren’t putting this kind of weird pressure in your own kids!!!! Geez.

Would you say that if it was a son????????????

I think not.

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Anonymous wrote:What's ger job at 200k? No student debt?

Do you live under a rock?

Corporate law, consulting, sales, any number of professions offer that earning potential at a relatively young age.

But all if thosecrequire an extra degree, no?
Hence, more tuition (and miscellaneous) college costs.

So who is paying for that?

Mom & Dad

It’s ironic that OP writes “no debt” as if that’s an accomplishment on her DD’s part

"No debt" is great, but may be due to family finances that paid for her education and suggests that she is not a homeowner so there is a lot of income thrown away for rent--unless, of course, she still lives at home.

Cool!

What’s her job?