I make $70k per year. I think that puts me at about the 80th percentile. But we have negative cash flow because of past debt (mostly my wife's).
It looks like my wife is leaving me though (see other thread) which will actually make me fairly wealthy again. Even if she takes my house, car, and half of my 401k and $800 per month in child support... I will be much better off financially by this time next year.
Maybe the divorce will be a blessing in disguise. A single guy living in a $500 per month efficiency, no car payments, no other debt except for child support and his college fund. I'M RICH, BEYATCH!
Everything not forbidden is compulsory and eveything not compulsory is forbidden. You are free... free to do what the government says you can do.
Not wealthy, but definitely middle class. Both wife and I work and are comfortable, we are able to save for retirement, take a couple trips a years, attend concerts and sporting event and do plenty of of other stuff. We know what it's like to scrimp and save for things we want.
Bingo.
Firmly in the middle. Wife and I both work. Have a decent house and a couple of kids. Save for retirement, but still have to scrimp and save if I want something discretionary. Get to see Pearl Jam a couple of times a year and take a vacation. Nothing too fancy.
Sure there are things we want and can't have, but there is nothing we need and can't have if that makes sense.
"Wealth consists not in having great possessions but in having few wants."
~ Esther De Waal
perfect sense.
and right there with ya. actually we are probably 'better off' financially b/c we don't have children. life would probably be a LOT tighter if we had kiddies. we'd still be ok, but definitely not have the same discretionary income. life is all trade-offs. either way tho, i overall feel VERY fortunate. besides, rich in love.
honestly, every single one of us here...typing away on a message board, are amongst the "wealthy" in the world, overall. sobering perspective. we all should be thankful we are so well-off and fortunate.
I got that and that is all that matters... Really appreciate what my wife gave to me when I was sick for 2 years and I have had to take care of everything the past two weeks. She really stepped up and will be paying her back in aces for the rest of my life...
Not wealthy, but definitely middle class. Both wife and I work and are comfortable, we are able to save for retirement, take a couple trips a years, attend concerts and sporting event and do plenty of of other stuff. We know what it's like to scrimp and save for things we want.
Bingo.
Firmly in the middle. Wife and I both work. Have a decent house and a couple of kids. Save for retirement, but still have to scrimp and save if I want something discretionary. Get to see Pearl Jam a couple of times a year and take a vacation. Nothing too fancy.
Sure there are things we want and can't have, but there is nothing we need and can't have if that makes sense.
"Wealth consists not in having great possessions but in having few wants."
~ Esther De Waal
perfect sense.
and right there with ya. actually we are probably 'better off' financially b/c we don't have children. life would probably be a LOT tighter if we had kiddies. we'd still be ok, but definitely not have the same discretionary income. life is all trade-offs. either way tho, i overall feel VERY fortunate. besides, rich in love.
honestly, every single one of us here...typing away on a message board, are amongst the "wealthy" in the world, overall. sobering perspective. we all should be thankful we are so well-off and fortunate.
Oh, yeah. From the world's perspective, if you have a computer a few minutes to type a message on a board, you are wealthy. Great point.
honestly, every single one of us here...typing away on a message board, are amongst the "wealthy" in the world, overall. sobering perspective. we all should be thankful we are so well-off and fortunate.
Every time I fret about not having the money to do something or buy something, my prince reminds me of this.
Jeez, people, any of us could have been living in Haiti a few weeks ago. I'm unemployed but we are incredibly wealthy compared to most of the people living there.
honestly, every single one of us here...typing away on a message board, are amongst the "wealthy" in the world, overall. sobering perspective. we all should be thankful we are so well-off and fortunate.
Every time I fret about not having the money to do something or buy something, my prince reminds me of this.
Jeez, people, any of us could have been living in Haiti a few weeks ago. I'm unemployed but we are incredibly wealthy compared to most of the people living there.
absolutely.
it's all what you choose to focus on. sometimes it's difficult to stay focused on how fortunate you are, but yea....we ARE. and hey, don't even have to live in an area just hard-hit by a natural disaster....can just live in a 3rd world nation with little access, if at all, to so much of the 'wealth' we ALL have and often take for granted.
anyone here upper class/wealthy in economic status? As a sociology major, it is of course, of major interest to me. Its fascinating how our society views wealth and upper class individuals. I have good friends who are very wealthy, while I come from a middle class family, very modest family.
Anyone summer in the Hamptons or Connecticut, or Martha's Vineyard?
Anyone have a yacht?
Anyone go to Yale, Brown, Columbia, Harvard or Princeton?
Ever attended a high society gathering or gala/ball?
And why do you want to know this?
So you can affect some kind of moral superiority because you're a member of the proletariat?
Stupid idea for a thread.
+1 (even thought I had to look up proletariat )
But to join in the fun, my wife and I are middle class... We both work, have a son, a house, two cars, can go out to eat and stuff, but we have to save for any big purchases/vacations, etc.
We don't need for anything, so I guess in relative terms to the rest of the world, that makes us quite wealthy.
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“We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses.”
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anyone here upper class/wealthy in economic status? As a sociology major, it is of course, of major interest to me. Its fascinating how our society views wealth and upper class individuals. I have good friends who are very wealthy, while I come from a middle class family, very modest family.
Anyone summer in the Hamptons or Connecticut, or Martha's Vineyard?
Anyone have a yacht?
Anyone go to Yale, Brown, Columbia, Harvard or Princeton?
Ever attended a high society gathering or gala/ball?
And why do you want to know this?
So you can affect some kind of moral superiority because you're a member of the proletariat?
Stupid idea for a thread.
+1 (even thought I had to look up proletariat )
"Proletariat" is a term I could imagine musicismylife78 using. :P
I'm just wondering if all us middle class folks are as interesting to study. :roll:
We got enough cigarettes to last me and my family the rest of our lives! I just bought this baby straight cash!
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My family has a cottage on the Cape....and I do mean a cottage. At the most 1000 sq feet and I think that is a stretch. So while I may spend weekends and a week's vacation there, I am far from upper class or wealthy. I work hard at my job and own my home (well, me and the bank).
A thing to remember about the filthy rich and celebrities? They all shit the same place you do - right behind their boots. They're all human and subject to human frailties and faults.
iv'e got enough money in the bank to buy tickets to 2 pearl jam concerts if they have any within 100 miles....that makes me rich enough in my eyes lol!
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It looks like my wife is leaving me though (see other thread) which will actually make me fairly wealthy again. Even if she takes my house, car, and half of my 401k and $800 per month in child support... I will be much better off financially by this time next year.
Maybe the divorce will be a blessing in disguise. A single guy living in a $500 per month efficiency, no car payments, no other debt except for child support and his college fund. I'M RICH, BEYATCH!
"Wealth consists not in having great possessions but in having few wants."
~ Esther De Waal
perfect sense.
and right there with ya. actually we are probably 'better off' financially b/c we don't have children. life would probably be a LOT tighter if we had kiddies. we'd still be ok, but definitely not have the same discretionary income. life is all trade-offs. either way tho, i overall feel VERY fortunate. besides, rich in love.
honestly, every single one of us here...typing away on a message board, are amongst the "wealthy" in the world, overall. sobering perspective. we all should be thankful we are so well-off and fortunate.
Let's just breathe...
I am myself like you somehow
Oh, yeah. From the world's perspective, if you have a computer a few minutes to type a message on a board, you are wealthy. Great point.
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Jeez, people, any of us could have been living in Haiti a few weeks ago. I'm unemployed but we are incredibly wealthy compared to most of the people living there.
absolutely.
it's all what you choose to focus on. sometimes it's difficult to stay focused on how fortunate you are, but yea....we ARE. and hey, don't even have to live in an area just hard-hit by a natural disaster....can just live in a 3rd world nation with little access, if at all, to so much of the 'wealth' we ALL have and often take for granted.
Let's just breathe...
I am myself like you somehow
+1 (even thought I had to look up proletariat
But to join in the fun, my wife and I are middle class... We both work, have a son, a house, two cars, can go out to eat and stuff, but we have to save for any big purchases/vacations, etc.
We don't need for anything, so I guess in relative terms to the rest of the world, that makes us quite wealthy.
was like a picture
of a sunny day
“We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses.”
― Abraham Lincoln
Going to those schools do not make you wealthy/upper class.
I went to an Ivy League school (U Penn) and my dad was a school teacher (retired now) and my mom was a bank teller (retired.)
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rhode island perhaps....but connecticut?
Let's just breathe...
I am myself like you somehow
I'm just wondering if all us middle class folks are as interesting to study. :roll:
i always think so!
this board is great for people-watching!
life in general.....people of all walks of life, fascinating!
Let's just breathe...
I am myself like you somehow
How about for us classless folks?
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you totally are. after all youre the accumulative class going possibly from nothing to possibly something.. :P
take a good look
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Excellent point.
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Providence rules!
Sorry, but is does.
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Bridge School-10/23/2010,10/24/2010
PJ20-9/3/2011,9/4/2011
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SEA-12/6/13
TUL-10/8/14
We got enough cigarettes to last me and my family the rest of our lives! I just bought this baby straight cash!
Prov is great...lived there a few years back...
but...
hartford has better PJ shows!!!
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Big mistake, 'specially since all the birds flew away!
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bingo. my dad has money but i don't. he's rich, i'm poor. enough said. and, yes, we're close.
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I make 40k, my soon to be wife makes 30k. if i lived in Mississippi we would be upper class. where i am in mass it is lower middle class.
But we eat breathe and sleep. Couldn't be more blessed
exactly. perfect response, in my opinion.
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