Anonymous
Post 11/20/2025 07:09     Subject: “We’re retired”

I make sure to mention that I’m retired whenever I meet an insecure striver dope who is very proud of their $600k income
Anonymous
Post 11/20/2025 05:01     Subject: “We’re retired”

OP is a UMC striver who is bitter that other families are more successful.
Anonymous
Post 11/19/2025 23:34     Subject: Re:“We’re retired”

Anonymous wrote:When my dd was about 5 or 6, she had an imaginary family: husband and 7 kids. Her imaginary family always one-upped whatever was going on in real life with our family. If I served two vegetables at dinner time, she was feeding her imaginary family three vegetables. If we went to HersheyPark, her family went to Disney World

Because my dh, an attorney, worked long hours and was really only around on weekends, dd said her husband p, also an attorney, was home all week and only worked on weekends. Eventually, she told us he retired at age 35. He still had passive income from a car dealership he owned. It always sounded fishy.

Ha!
Anonymous
Post 11/19/2025 23:23     Subject: “We’re retired”

Anonymous wrote:Crypto. Sold several properties and bought crypto and individual stocks in 2020.
An inheritance in coming in few years. It sits in estate account right now. We are not big spenders.
Already worked nearly 30 years.


Sounds like your gambling paid off.
Anonymous
Post 11/19/2025 22:44     Subject: Re:“We’re retired”

Anonymous wrote:Why is this very stupid thread in the elementary school section?


It's a good troll twist. If it's a high school, maybe the parents had kids late and are in their 50s. It's not inconceivable some of the parents would be retired. In elementary it's pretty whack.
Anonymous
Post 11/19/2025 22:12     Subject: “We’re retired”

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:You’re not retired with elementary school aged kids. You’re a stay at home parent.


Meh, my dh is retired from the military and our youngest is in middle school. We had kids late. It happens.


Same. Our kid will be 2 when my husband retires
Anonymous
Post 11/19/2025 22:08     Subject: “We’re retired”

Anonymous wrote:Same where we live. They are primarily smart tech people who were founders or early employees of startups that had an early exit.


Same except none of us even have kids yet and they’re already retired (early / mid 30s). Know 3 couples like this. The magic number for many of them was $10M so they could draw 4% annually ($400K) w/o touching the principal. 1 made their $ via high finance and the other 2 were a combo of tech + 2022 crypto gains.
Anonymous
Post 11/19/2025 21:35     Subject: “We’re retired”

"Let them."

It doesn't involve you.

Anonymous
Post 11/19/2025 20:10     Subject: “We’re retired”

Anonymous wrote:So you're rich and surprised to be living among possibly richer people? I haven't met any retired parents in their 30s in my kid's school!

-$180k HHI in W2


Same.
Anonymous
Post 11/19/2025 20:03     Subject: Re:“We’re retired”

Why is this very stupid thread in the elementary school section?
Anonymous
Post 11/19/2025 19:56     Subject: Re:“We’re retired”

When my dd was about 5 or 6, she had an imaginary family: husband and 7 kids. Her imaginary family always one-upped whatever was going on in real life with our family. If I served two vegetables at dinner time, she was feeding her imaginary family three vegetables. If we went to HersheyPark, her family went to Disney World

Because my dh, an attorney, worked long hours and was really only around on weekends, dd said her husband p, also an attorney, was home all week and only worked on weekends. Eventually, she told us he retired at age 35. He still had passive income from a car dealership he owned. It always sounded fishy.
Anonymous
Post 11/19/2025 19:09     Subject: “We’re retired”

Anonymous wrote:I guess I can say I’m retired after working a couple of years before I got pregnant at 25? Much fancier than saying I’m at home full time.

No. You’re being supported by someone else.
Anonymous
Post 11/19/2025 18:36     Subject: “We’re retired”

Anonymous wrote:Likely trust funds


+1
Anonymous
Post 11/19/2025 18:03     Subject: “We’re retired”

Same where we live. They are primarily smart tech people who were founders or early employees of startups that had an early exit.
Anonymous
Post 11/19/2025 18:02     Subject: “We’re retired”

Anonymous wrote:What does your income have to do with their retirement?


DP

A chance to brag, of course!