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efil4stnias said

I truly dont know how a family of 4 earning less than $100,000k DOESNT live paycheck to paycheck. It has to be quite hard to earn a decent wage and still feel that your accomplishments are "less than" because you dont have a blasted Can-Am, set of 3 Yeti coolers, 3 pairs of Maui Jims for diff occaisions with the frat wraps that float ( just in case you drop them from your pleasure craft )

I live in an area where this is RAMPANT. Had an old neighbor that took up tennis. Within 2 weeks of STARTING, he had 2 $300 racqeuets, the $200 Babolat bag, the gear, the $150 kswiss shoes....and couldnt hit the broadside of a barn 3 times in a row.

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LOL. Bit of a tangent but I couldn't agree with this more. My wife is super irritated because her sister and her husband informed her this weekend that they are building a custom home that costs significantly more than ours and will be uber-modern Chip and Joanna Gaines approved.

They are on actual food stamps right now. She is unemployed currently and he is a not very successful realtor. And even at full employment, they make probably 30% of what we do combined.

My wife was on the warpath this weekend - they have a $50,000 truck, a $50,000 conversion van (they have four kids), and will have a more expensive house than us. We drive Hyundais - both are paid off. LOL.

There was no listening to reason; that our house is in a much, much more desirable location (MUCH), that they will likely not end up being successful in that house as history has shown, amongst other huge gaps in lifestyle and future lifestyle that I won't specifically call out because I don't want to be a douche. She just knows that her sister will have shiplap and a modern farmhouse look and she can't see past that. Cracks me up.

I mostly hung out with the dog in the game room and drank booze for all of Saturday. 5 years of marriage. It took me awhile, but I'm learning.