aaronc879
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I agree with you. It's amazing how they manage to live under a tight budget. We are debt free (no loans or mortgage). We hardly eat out. We take one vacation a year (less the $4K). We hardly spend much on anything else. Our expenses are in the $50s.
It's all relative. I make 43K per year pre tax but I live on only $1500/month the rest is saved. My borther, 7 years out of college, has never made more than $24,000 in a year. He says if he made my money he'd "live like a king". Seems like most people on here spend my yearly income on just the mortgage and eating out. My parents never made more than 30K year until after I was 18 my dad finaly got a job in the 50K range. So we never knew anything but how to live on under 30K so it doesn't feel like deprivation to us. It almost seems easy. I would have a hard time finding ways to spend $80K per year. Although I wouldn't mind trying!