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Housing Bubble 2: Return of the Ugly
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Tf, how are you getting multiple vacations a year and to where? You may not be at 190k but you've gotta be well into the 100k range and have zero bills/debt/etc. Not trying to be an ass about it, that just seems highly unlikely.
I said quite far, but yes, over 100k. As a household maybe around 130? Bought a house after the housing got crazy, still paying student loans off. Those are the biggest bills. Both our cars are paid off and 10+ years old. We're lucky in that we found a free preschool so our childcare costs are low.
We haven't been to an all-inclusive or anything, but we flew as a family to the west coast last fall and to DC 6 months prior to that. Just rented a cabin with the family and in-laws for a week about 2 months ago.
IDK man, I feel like we're pretty well off.
Are you saying you got free daycare, like from 3-months - 4 years? Cause that shit cost me like $300K for 2 kids.
Oh God no. Preschool only. Ages 3 to 4. And we only found it for our second kid. For our first one and until the second child was 3, we worked alternating shifts and only saw each other on the weekends. When my wife couldn't find a job that allowed her to work around my schedule, she stayed home and drove herself crazy.
Childcare until the kids are in school is tough and expensive.