Happy End of Summer (for those that celebrate) !!
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Solstice Superiority Guys heard from
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Technically, Fall is an equinox.
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Same difference. They are all astronomical cycles. For seasons I go off the vibes.
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Go make enough money so that your wife can stay at home and take care of them then?
There's a fucking school strike going on where I live and I don't even care.
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We got A LOT of overhead, bud.
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Yeah I'm familiar with the "We have a massive house in Happy Valley with a bunch of kids and now we both have to hustle until we're 70" couples.
It's really great to be around that and hear that kind of complaining.
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Oh we'll be retired by our early 60's god willing. And our housing cost is pretty low relative to household income in spite of living in an expensive zip code. Just saying life starts to get expensive when you factor in 2 kids, college savings, travel sports ball, 4 x skiing season passes, all the gear, fancy vacations, etc.
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If I still lived in Oregon, which I was forced out when I got married, I'd probably be living in some shit hole like Lebanon or Damascus so I can both talk shit to quooks at Bent Shovel Brewing and not kill myself in the hamster wheel for the next 30.
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There's more than one way to skin a cat here @haie . It's just a matter of priorities.
For our family to live off my income alone, we'd be living in Redmond, OR and not Bend. MrsSnow would be driving a gently used Libaru instead of a new Audi. Family vacation would be the Oregon Coast vs Copenhagen and Tahiti (we've done both in 2025). I'd be listening to music on shitty Sonos system like @CFetters_Nacho_Lover instead of spending my all my dough on vinyl.
Hamster wheel of death it is for the Yella Clan!!
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Got damn, this thread has lifted my spirits immensely…I do not envy what you youngsters are going through. I was in the grinder for 30 years (as was my bride), got the girls thru grad school, damn near have the house paid off. There were several lean years, no vacations, almost no discretionary spending, everything pretty tight.
I am turning 65 next week, and in November we will begin a 6 month walk on the beach, hopefully gaining some much needed perspective along the way.
I do not come here to brag, but to confirm that it can be done. We lost our asses (twice) in RE, and once in the market. I still can’t believe we made it to this point, but here we are…csb
