I'm poverty level compared to some of you guys as the wife and I clear only about $190-200k a year combined.
We do fine and can go on vacations every year but they aren't super fancy places. We have a pretty big house, 4 cars, boat, safe full of guns, etc at mid-late 30s so most people would say we are doing ok.
Daycare is the worst, $16k/yr for a potty trained 3 year old. Might not seem like a lot of $ compared to gross income but consider that cost comes after Uncle Sam takes his substantial bite from the paycheck.
We do fine and can go on vacations every year but they aren't super fancy places. We have a pretty big house, 4 cars, boat, safe full of guns, etc at mid-late 30s so most people would say we are doing ok.
Daycare is the worst, $16k/yr for a potty trained 3 year old. Might not seem like a lot of $ compared to gross income but consider that cost comes after Uncle Sam takes his substantial bite from the paycheck.