folivier
Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
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We went to a wedding this weekend for one of my DW's best friends daughters. I've been impressed throughout the years I've known them. He was a welder in the 70's & 80's until he hurt his back and couldn't work. She quit college when she was pregnant for her first and went to work as a clerk until she went back to nursing school a few years ago. They raised 6 kids, put all 6 through private school where he was a janitor. 4 of the 6 finished college, 2 are in medical school. They still live in the same house trailer. A truly close and loving family, but a family that has always struggled to pay the bills. Whenever I hear young'uns complaining that they can't make it on their $100k salary I think of them who have raised their kids on much less than that. I don't know if they have any retirement savings but am sure that they will be able to live quite well on SS since their budget is so low. Quite an amazing family who have done so much with so little.