Reply #278: wow. my dad makes a little over 50k a year

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and my mom is an independent aflac agent who is in her first year and has yet to see a profit.

before that, she was a waitress making about 4k a year, just doing it part time to stay busy.

and we have never had a problem with money. i'm 18, going to be in my second year next year at the University of Minnesota, i'm an out of state student, so I pay full tuition (18k). My parents cover 10k a year of it.

How the hell does someone make 100k and feel a pinch? I consider my family rich. And we make half that much.

Granted, we don't live in an especially pricey part of the country. Pennsylvania, about 2 hours north ears of philly. But I go to school in the Twin Cities, and don't recall everything costing twice as much. Rent is higher, yeah. 650 for a one bedroom, but I'm near campus, so its' more than normal Twin Cities. Here a one bedroom is like 500.

And my parents have perfect credit. My dad drives a park avenue, my mom drives a buick lesabre. I drive a Honda Accord that used to be my dads.

I'm not trying to brag. I'm just saying my dad makes 50k. We have nice stuff. They have great credit. We are pretty damn well off.

I honestly don'tunderstand it.