re: Who is middle class? Their income is lower than you might think

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She doesn't work so my 1 year old isn't sitting in a daycare not developing like he should. She's go back to the workforce when he can go to school.

Carry on ridiculing everyone Pecker. We get it, be single, slay strange, make money.

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Sad, isn't it? My wife doesn't work for the same reason. We have an almost three year old. She temporarily gave up her career to take care of our son until he starts school.

We live a comfortable life on my $70k salary. I choose to work for the county government because it's what I enjoy, so I take less than I would in private practice.

We own a 5br/2.5ba house that we put $95k down on, so our payment is cheap. We own our two vehicles outright. We go on vacations, have babysitters for nights out, have no student loan debt and we pay our one credit card off each month.

Some people don't need to be single with no kids to manage their money and live happy lives. I'm glad that my wife would rather stay home with our son and take care of our family and home. She'll go back to work when he's off to school, but we aren't hurting for money and we're in no hurry for him to grow up so fast since he's our only child.