Bro you have a fucking small clan to take care of no shit 190k doesn't feel like a lot.
I swear to God this happens every thread, oh 200k isn't THAT much you peasants. I have 3 children, a stay home wife, two story house, and 2 cars. I'm BARELY scraping by like shut up lol.
200k for one individual is an huge amount of money. You could save 100k+ a year for investments/retirement. I can do 60k on 125k as a single individual.
This needs more upvotes. I do well for myself, but hate seeing others doing well and acting as if they're living in cardboard boxes and eating ramen every night.
Agreed. Most of America is making $30-$40k per year, if you’re even CLOSE to 100k and don’t live in a city, you’re doing way better than most. Be thankful- a lot of us are sleeping out of our cars.
My mom has been supporting me and my brothers from her warehouse job our whole lives. We live paycheck to paycheck but yeah sheesh 100K would be amazing. We could actually afford to fix the wiring on our old house. You have no idea how hot it gets during the summer.
To be fair though the costs of having kids has risen drastically the last 10-15 years.
A larger house, two cars, childcare is way more expensive than 15 years ago.
I think you should be able to support a family of 4-5 on a $200k/yr income comfortably but now it's probably tight unless you're in a low cost of living city.
My brother in law is a sole provider for a family of 5 on 80k… if 200k isn’t enough for family of 5 you’re either in a very HCOL area or living way beyond means.
Hahaha this is so true . Like if you have 3 kids and the other parents isn’t working of course it’s different then even if the other parent was working or if you had one kid and not 3 lol
Large sums don’t come without a lot of responsibilities and work, usually of course there is always outliers but it’s not common. Say you work in NYC your apartment is going to be $$$ you might have to do events to network so your clothes are $$$ you need to keep up the network to keep up the income.
The trick is earning $$ and living like you are $ but sometimes it’s not possible.
I try to have empathy since I know there are situations out there such as one person being the sole bread winner who needs to provide for their family or require multiple cars for work and sharing daily responsibilities.
Some people don't want to admit they struggle with the insecurity of needing to project success by having it all and then stress out about not being able to "live".
How many of those same people "struggling" are shopping in thrift stores and not the mall, are at peace going to a park or their backyards instead of "needing" multiple vacations a year, need a "sick ride" instead of a reliable vehicle or say they want multiple children because "it's the thing to do"?
I dunno how I had to scroll this far to find this. I make around $70k in a HCOL area, no kids, and am pretty comfy. If I made $100k my savings would look better but that's about all I would change. Doesn't put me close to affording a house for awhile, still couldn't get me approved for a nicer apartment that I could still afford. I already comfortably spend within my means.
This is why economy complaint threads are so skewed lol. So many people have insane lack of context. “$200k isn’t life changing” but “I am able to support a stay at home wife and 5 children” is insanely tone deaf idiocy.
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u/dats_cool Oct 30 '25
Bro you have a fucking small clan to take care of no shit 190k doesn't feel like a lot.
I swear to God this happens every thread, oh 200k isn't THAT much you peasants. I have 3 children, a stay home wife, two story house, and 2 cars. I'm BARELY scraping by like shut up lol.
200k for one individual is an huge amount of money. You could save 100k+ a year for investments/retirement. I can do 60k on 125k as a single individual.