[tl]

So, let me get this straight. You:

1. You and your girlfriend were making more money individually than the 2009 median household income [1], and you had been doing so since 1999.

2. You ended up on the good side of a stock market that robs as many people as it enriches.

3. You cut expenses whenever possible.

And your end result is a nest egg that might be enough if you stay frugal and work part-time? How is this useful financial advice?

[1] http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/00000.html

[smallegan]

Seems to me that stories like this are much more useful to the masses than stories about the Steve Jobs and Bill Gates of this world and everyone seems to eat those success stories up. I guess it is about perspective and what your ideal lifestyle goal is.