re: How many oters in here " Were not born into privelge"

It would hard to describe my upbringing as middle class - lower middle class perhaps, but not by much. Things certainly were never "easy" or "good."

I always had most of the things I needed growing up, but never had nice stuff. I was fortunate that my parents (mostly my mom) made sure that I could play sports and socialize some. I was also fortunate that I went to public school in a good school district and was smart enough to get college scholarships to pay for (some) school. Perseverance got me to my undergrad and graduate degrees.

I (alone) probably make close to double what my parents ever did together - and my wife makes more than I do. It certainly doesn't feel like it - but we've managed to make what we consider goofy money. Of course, we put in the time and work to get there.

I'm thankful that my little one won't see some of the hardships I had growing up.