I fully understand, but my point was simply that not everyones needs are the same. I never said that we were comfortable, but that we did raise 2 teenage boys (also known as eating machines) on significantly less than the $5,000 per month mentioned in that previous conversation.
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I find it interesting to see things like this. With my wife and a household income of under $55,000 per year GROSS, we raised 2 boys to ages 18 and 21. We were under $55,000 a year with us both working full time.
If I had 5K a month coming in, I'd have been ecstatic. And this wasn't that...