Originally Posted by
NowCorporate
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I gave my list of the basics in my 2 posts...anyone can figure out what they cost, and to what level they want to fund them....or just leave them out an call them luxury/frivilous items...
You know, minor stuff in life like retirement, savings, college, medical, auto repairs, gasoline, clothes, holidays, vacations, emergencies, hobbies, etc etc....nevermind the fact that you will never own a home there. Call me old fashioned, but I want to raise my family in a home, not a freaking apartment. Some call that extraneous I suppose...
Since when did thinking about the future, preparing for the downturns, and god forbid getting ahead a little (none of these were considered here) become "keeping up with the Joneses"
Martyr pilots...no thanks, they can keep it. I have worked too hard to accept that....but to each his own. No shortage of experts on the internet, right?
I just wanted to hear your thoughts about requirements of income that met with your expectations. You asked the other poster to throw down some numbers so I asked the same. This is not bickering, I'm wondering if you have the numbers that you asked for. House or apartment? Why does that matter? You've been to many big European cities - you know that people are raising families and very happy in some apartments. I know of apartments much larger than the house I grew up in.
So........would you like to throw out some numbers that make sense and add to your point of view? You seem to be taking my post as some sort of an affront to yours'. It isn't.
I do view it somewhat in this manner though. If I were a multi-millionaire and read a post from you detailing your expenditures - bills, mortgage, savings, investments, vacations, cars, etc.... and then told you that you weren't living in a home/apartment that I would be satisfied living in, driving a car that I wouldn't give to my 16 year old daughter, sending my kid to a school that wasn't in the top 10 in the nation, going to vacation only in the US, or saving NEARLY enough for the future (but your obviously do), how would you answer such a reply?
Yes.....experts on the internet really do come in every size and flavor!
USMCFLYR