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by lordnacho 2744 days ago
This is a fairly interesting comment for me. I was exactly in your situation.

I had no money in Uni. My parents were boat people with no money either.

Not long after Uni, I had 100K in my account. Comfy, no mansion, no car.

The first thing I spent more than a couple of grand on ever was dental work. Felt great to fix the crossbite.

But here's the thing. You could just be alone your whole life, no wife, no kids. I've got friend who do that, and indeed they can live on near minimum wage and be perfectly happy.

Once you decide you want a wife and kids, the budget changes. By a lot. You'll need a bigger place to live. You'll want to send the kids to private school. You'll need a bigger car.

This can easily add up to several million depending on exactly what you mean.

For the record I did go on to buy an expensive sports car. Not worth it, surprise surprise.

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>You'll need a bigger place to live. You'll want to send the kids to private school. You'll need a bigger car.

Maybe it would be more correct to say You'll want a bigger place and a bigger car too, because there's no real need there.

Depends a lot on the particular place you're in. And that in turn may depend a lot on where your existing network is.
Yeah, because children die of cramping when they don't have individual rooms.
I grew up without my own room too. Slept in an entry hall for many years.

But if you're going to have kids there's at least one other person who will have an opinion about this.

You will definitely reduce your chances of having kids if you insist on finding someone who is totally fine with squishing the kids together.

Depends a classic 911 is arguably a good investment.
Just imagine if you lived in a society that had good public schools, health and dental care.
The weird thing is I come from a place that's said to have all those things.

Not my opinion, but a lot of Americans hold up Scandinavia as such.

And it doesn't?