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UMC Kid Haver. Kid Having Would Be Pretty Miserable As MC.

Not poor enough to get any kind of government aid, but a two...
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100k HHI families have grandparent support. They either li...
Gregor
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Bill DaWall
  11/04/24
lol @ this are country fantasy.
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It’s true
kike account
  11/04/24
lol no. some prole 100k midwestern couple struggling with ba...
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Yea if you want to be dirt fucking broke with no real way ou...
Gregor
  11/04/24
thats the prole american way
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ljl change midwest to east coast and its literally me and my...
bigeastboy
  11/05/24
both of your numbers are very dated.
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median teacher salary a lot of are country states is like 50...
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$90K is the new $60K for office schulbs. Teachers also in m...
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Shitloads of office schlubs make 60k, like the admins at our...
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I mean actual companies, not your faggot law firm. ppl you'...
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Daycares in places like NYC are subsidized up to $200k a yea...
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And kids don't eat a lot and their clothes is cheap. A kid i...
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Sure if you want to plop them in front of a screen all day e...
Gregor
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I was plopped in front of a screen and am a millionaire now....
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Does that have anything to do with the fact that mommy and d...
Trump Wins
  11/04/24
He is terrible
Allan Lichtman's ridiculous hair system
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That doesnt hurt but that's their money and mom aint dead. I...
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lol
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Wang Hernandez
  11/08/24
wtf this obviously isnt true lmao
Bill DaWall
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https://ocfs.ny.gov/programs/childcare/ccap/help.php Inco...
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It depends on where you live and what your expectations are....
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these poors are gonna have to send their kids to shitty publ...
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if you're an indication of the quality of (((UMC people))) t...
cheddar man
  11/08/24
A 2/2 condo or apartment in a good, mostly white and Asian s...
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I honestly can't imagine. The thing with kids is that as tw...
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This is the stupid shit I’ve ever heard. We have 3, ze...
Johnsmeyer
  11/05/24
poor RC? on one income, ur making 2x the dual-income HHI ...
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dude i dont think 200k with a sahm is what op meant by "...
SkaddenArse
  11/05/24
cr. not just what i meant, but literally what i said
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I cant imagine paying tutors and activities and what not for...
https://imgur.com/a/luwP1JN
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Lmao the above was true but it tweaked it. I make $90k and h...
Johnsmeyer
  11/05/24
18000000
Cornel West
  11/08/24
This is the life I lead.
disco fries
  11/05/24
Yeah I don't get how they do it. At least the ones with no p...
LathamTouchedMe
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It’s expensive for 0-3 or 4. Once kids are in public s...
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lol you only make your nigger wife work so she can find new ...
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Honestly, if you have space in your house au pairs are very ...
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Far more low income people have kids than UMC people do. UMC...
Charles Tyrwhitt Dad
  11/05/24
proles have kids and it all works out, but 1) they're misera...
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It's extremely expensive
bee movie superfan
  11/08/24
When has it ever been easier than now to have kids in the US...
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(retarded boomer) oy yes multiple $300 tv's is the big ex...
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2 bed 2 bath houses in the Midwest are quite affordable. Tha...
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no "middle class" ppl ever lived in 2br houses wit...
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its never been easier for a single dad with money to have ki...
does your ass get jealous of your mouth
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100k isn’t middle class imho
borders (retired)
  11/08/24
100K HHI is poverty afaik
Oh, you travel?
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This is just retarded. In like 1975 people adjusted to infla...
borders (retired)
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Date: November 4th, 2024 7:31 AM
Author: ...,,..;...,,..,..,...,,,;..,


Not poor enough to get any kind of government aid, but a two income middle class family making 100k HHI (for example, teacher making 45k and generic office worker guy making 60k) and then having to spend a ton of money on child care and all sorts of child expenses is fucked…. Especially relative to what their boomer parents had. And never being able to afford a house.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5624369&forum_id=2#48279153)



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Date: November 4th, 2024 8:22 AM
Author: Gregor

100k HHI families have grandparent support. They either live in podunk near family or in urban area near family. There is no yuppie family raising kids on 100k combined by themselves. The math doesn’t work.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5624369&forum_id=2#48279305)



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Date: November 4th, 2024 8:31 AM
Author: Bill DaWall



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5624369&forum_id=2#48279331)



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Date: November 4th, 2024 9:05 AM
Author: ...,,..;...,,..,..,...,,,;..,


lol @ this are country fantasy.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5624369&forum_id=2#48279422)



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Date: November 4th, 2024 9:06 AM
Author: kike account

It’s true

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5624369&forum_id=2#48279429)



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Date: November 4th, 2024 9:08 AM
Author: ...,,..;...,,..,..,...,,,;..,


lol no. some prole 100k midwestern couple struggling with babies has no grandparents around bc their prole boomer parents moved to the villages

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5624369&forum_id=2#48279441)



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Date: November 4th, 2024 9:30 AM
Author: Gregor

Yea if you want to be dirt fucking broke with no real way out. Sure you can do it. But you won't get government assistance and you are setting the kids up for a life time of debt and poverty.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5624369&forum_id=2#48279568)



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Date: November 4th, 2024 9:32 AM
Author: ...,,..;...,,..,..,...,,,;..,


thats the prole american way

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5624369&forum_id=2#48279579)



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Date: November 5th, 2024 9:57 AM
Author: bigeastboy

ljl change midwest to east coast and its literally me and my wife.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5624369&forum_id=2#48285526)



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Date: November 5th, 2024 10:03 AM
Author: .,.,....,.,.;,.,,,:,.,.,::,...,:,..;,..,


both of your numbers are very dated.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5624369&forum_id=2#48285578)



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Date: November 5th, 2024 10:51 AM
Author: ...,,..;...,,..,..,...,,,;..,


median teacher salary a lot of are country states is like 50-60. now do 25th percentile, and you're sometimes below 40k even. with a young woman teacher who is having kids, i'd assume they're closer to the 25th percentile

https://study.com/academy/popular/teacher-salary-by-state.html

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5624369&forum_id=2#48285909)



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Date: November 8th, 2024 8:50 AM
Author: .,.,....,.,.;,.,,,:,.,.,::,...,:,..;,..,


$90K is the new $60K for office schulbs. Teachers also in my exurb of a 4th tier city school district pull more like $75K now.

the lower percentiles in your link are probably all catholic schools. they make dick.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5624369&forum_id=2#48309875)



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Date: November 8th, 2024 9:34 AM
Author: .....;;,,.........;.;.;.;.,;,;,;.;.;,;


Shitloads of office schlubs make 60k, like the admins at our office other than the paralegals.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5624369&forum_id=2#48310009)



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Date: November 8th, 2024 11:16 AM
Author: .,.,....,.,.;,.,,,:,.,.,::,...,:,..;,..,


I mean actual companies, not your faggot law firm. ppl you're describing made $35K not too long ago. lol at paying whatever the fuck a "paralegal" is anything above min wage.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5624369&forum_id=2#48310431)



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Date: November 4th, 2024 8:29 AM
Author: .- .-. . .-. . .--. - .. .-.. .

Daycares in places like NYC are subsidized up to $200k a year or some ridiculous number. Up to 85% of median income it's 100% free.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5624369&forum_id=2#48279325)



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Date: November 4th, 2024 8:30 AM
Author: .- .-. . .-. . .--. - .. .-.. .

And kids don't eat a lot and their clothes is cheap. A kid is like a $5k a year out of pocket expense for proles. It's not hard.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5624369&forum_id=2#48279328)



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Date: November 4th, 2024 8:43 AM
Author: Gregor

Sure if you want to plop them in front of a screen all day everyday. That is fantastic for their development. Any activity costs $$$ now.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5624369&forum_id=2#48279361)



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Date: November 4th, 2024 9:28 AM
Author: .- .-. . .-. . .--. - .. .-.. .

I was plopped in front of a screen and am a millionaire now. Activities are BS.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5624369&forum_id=2#48279551)



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Date: November 4th, 2024 9:29 AM
Author: Trump Wins

Does that have anything to do with the fact that mommy and daddy gave you a bunch of houses in brooklyn that they bought in the 1980s, and you didnt actually earn it yourself with your 156 lsat score that got you into tulane university school of law?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5624369&forum_id=2#48279561)



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Date: November 4th, 2024 11:14 PM
Author: Allan Lichtman's ridiculous hair system

He is terrible

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5624369&forum_id=2#48284065)



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Date: November 5th, 2024 8:11 AM
Author: .- .-. . .-. . .--. - .. .-.. .

That doesnt hurt but that's their money and mom aint dead. I made my money in the medical lab business and hustling with some legal work on top.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5624369&forum_id=2#48284977)



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Date: November 5th, 2024 10:30 AM
Author: https://imgur.com/a/luwP1JN


lol

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5624369&forum_id=2#48285763)



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Date: November 8th, 2024 9:33 AM
Author: Wang Hernandez



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5624369&forum_id=2#48310004)



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Date: November 4th, 2024 8:32 AM
Author: Bill DaWall

wtf this obviously isnt true lmao

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5624369&forum_id=2#48279334)



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Date: November 4th, 2024 9:05 AM
Author: ...,,..;...,,..,..,...,,,;..,




(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5624369&forum_id=2#48279424)



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Date: November 4th, 2024 11:12 PM
Author: .,.,...,..,.,.,:,,:,.,.,:::,...,:,...:..:.,:.::,.




(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5624369&forum_id=2#48284058)



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Date: November 5th, 2024 8:14 AM
Author: .- .-. . .-. . .--. - .. .-.. .

https://ocfs.ny.gov/programs/childcare/ccap/help.php

Income cap is $109k with 2 kids or $126k with three kids. Basically -- nobody in NYC is allowed to bitch.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5624369&forum_id=2#48284990)



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Date: November 4th, 2024 9:39 AM
Author: .,.,...,..,.,..:,,:,......,;:.,.:..:.,:,::,.


It depends on where you live and what your expectations are. Most MC families were living in 2 bed 2 bath tiny houses back in the 50s. You can still find those kind of homes in some cities. Sending kids to public schools and using something like YMCA for free after school care means you just need to scrape enough together to provide 9 meals a week per kid and cover summers. It’s not easy but it’s doable.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5624369&forum_id=2#48279608)



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Date: November 4th, 2024 9:41 AM
Author: ...,,..;...,,..,..,...,,,;..,


these poors are gonna have to send their kids to shitty public schools filled with dangerous minorities because they live in horrible school districts bc they're poor. but hey, depends on what your expectations are. not saying its not doable. it's doable - just miserable and their kids are gonna have worse lives than them. not saying they're justified in being genetic dead ends, but it's not hard to understand their choices.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5624369&forum_id=2#48279621)



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Date: November 8th, 2024 9:04 AM
Author: cheddar man

if you're an indication of the quality of (((UMC people))) then they're probably better off around niggers

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5624369&forum_id=2#48309919)



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Date: November 8th, 2024 9:40 AM
Author: .....;;,,.........;.;.;.;.,;,;,;.;.;,;


A 2/2 condo or apartment in a good, mostly white and Asian school district would not price out a 100k HHI family in any city in the U.S. other than SF or NYC and sort of LA, although there are still some places in LA county that work. And in those places your goal before/as soon as you have a baby would/should be to move out to the BFE suburbs where it is easily affordable and where non SPS public schools are more plentiful.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5624369&forum_id=2#48310027)



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Date: November 4th, 2024 11:14 PM
Author: .,.,...,..,.,.,:,,:,.,.,:::,...,:,...:..:.,:.::,.


I honestly can't imagine. The thing with kids is that as two working parents what you lack is time and you can compensate with money or hate your life.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5624369&forum_id=2#48284070)



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Date: November 5th, 2024 8:17 AM
Author: Johnsmeyer

This is the stupid shit I’ve ever heard. We have 3, zero grandparent support, wife a SAHM and I make $200k.

We’re living fine. When I lower the income 401k I’m well within a range to get a lot of money back, pay little taxes and universal preK in our 180 school district.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5624369&forum_id=2#48284995)



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Date: November 5th, 2024 9:45 AM
Author: ...,,..;...,,..,..,...,,,;..,


poor RC?

on one income, ur making 2x the dual-income HHI of the OP

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5624369&forum_id=2#48285454)



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Date: November 5th, 2024 10:01 AM
Author: SkaddenArse

dude i dont think 200k with a sahm is what op meant by "middle class". count your blessings and get the fuck out of this thread...

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5624369&forum_id=2#48285568)



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Date: November 5th, 2024 10:11 AM
Author: ...,,..;...,,..,..,...,,,;..,


cr. not just what i meant, but literally what i said

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5624369&forum_id=2#48285623)



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Date: November 5th, 2024 10:30 AM
Author: https://imgur.com/a/luwP1JN


I cant imagine paying tutors and activities and what not for three kids on that income. Much less saving adequately for college for all three and retirement. You are probably okay at the moment but you are going to need an income increase that well outpaces inflation in the next few years.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5624369&forum_id=2#48285760)



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Date: November 5th, 2024 10:52 AM
Author: Johnsmeyer

Lmao the above was true but it tweaked it. I make $90k and have 5.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5624369&forum_id=2#48285915)



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Date: November 8th, 2024 9:01 AM
Author: Cornel West

18000000

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5624369&forum_id=2#48309911)



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Date: November 5th, 2024 10:00 AM
Author: disco fries (no more via ferratas or Teewinot for me, brothers)

This is the life I lead.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5624369&forum_id=2#48285558)



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Date: November 5th, 2024 10:07 AM
Author: LathamTouchedMe

Yeah I don't get how they do it. At least the ones with no parental support. I think they just load up on debt (mortgage, car loans, credit card) and hope that the house appreciates enough in the future to pay everything off. I don't care if you're in a low COL. Childcare is expensive.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5624369&forum_id=2#48285595)



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Date: November 5th, 2024 10:16 AM
Author: .,.,...,..,.,..:,,:,......,;:.,.:..:.,:,::,.


It’s expensive for 0-3 or 4. Once kids are in public school and subsidized after care it’s much more doable. If neighbors could trust each other then they’d pool resources to watch kids while some parents are working and rotate coverage. It’s rare that people even know who lives around them much less could trust them to take care of their kids these days. It’s sad

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5624369&forum_id=2#48285676)



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Date: November 5th, 2024 10:48 AM
Author: .,.,....,.,.;,.,,,:,.,.,::,...,:,..;,..,


lol you only make your nigger wife work so she can find new bulls to cum in your asshole. also you pee sitting down.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5624369&forum_id=2#48285882)



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Date: November 8th, 2024 12:41 AM
Author: .,.,...,..,.,.,:,,:,.,.,:::,...,:,...:..:.,:.::,.


Honestly, if you have space in your house au pairs are very economical.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5624369&forum_id=2#48308909)



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Date: November 5th, 2024 10:54 AM
Author: Charles Tyrwhitt Dad

Far more low income people have kids than UMC people do. UMC deliberately don't have kids because they say they can't afford it but proles don't think that way. They just have kids and it all works out.

It's people's decision to make kids expensive, not kids themselves.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5624369&forum_id=2#48285931)



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Date: November 5th, 2024 10:56 AM
Author: ...,,..;...,,..,..,...,,,;..,


proles have kids and it all works out, but 1) they're miserable because they're constantly living in the misery and stress of one missed payment away from utter financial ruin, or 2) they're too dumb to care and worry about #1

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5624369&forum_id=2#48285956)



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Date: November 8th, 2024 8:50 AM
Author: bee movie superfan

It's extremely expensive

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5624369&forum_id=2#48309878)



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Date: November 8th, 2024 8:57 AM
Author: .,.,...,..,.,..:,,:,......,;:.,.:..:.,:,::,.


When has it ever been easier than now to have kids in the US? Before this era, more women stayed at home but living standards were much more humble. Kids often shared bedrooms and the entire family had one maybe two bathrooms. Most families didn’t have cable or multiple TVs. Families willing to give up modern luxuries and high consumption can have that type of lifestyle.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5624369&forum_id=2#48309897)



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Date: November 8th, 2024 8:59 AM
Author: ...,,..;...,,..,..,...,,,;..,


(retarded boomer)

oy yes multiple $300 tv's is the big expense in modern life

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5624369&forum_id=2#48309902)



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Date: November 8th, 2024 9:02 AM
Author: .,.,...,..,.,..:,,:,......,;:.,.:..:.,:,::,.


2 bed 2 bath houses in the Midwest are quite affordable. That’s what the middle class used to live in not these McMansions that everyone feels entitled to now. These same people complaining about expenses are also driving brand new pickups and ordering DoorDash. Modern consumption is a plague and people need to be reminded that their expectations are ridiculous for their station

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5624369&forum_id=2#48309913)



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Date: November 8th, 2024 9:20 AM
Author: .,.,....,.,.;,.,,,:,.,.,::,...,:,..;,..,


no "middle class" ppl ever lived in 2br houses with multiple kids you russian weirdo. even prole rust belt duplexes all are like 4/5 bdr though they may only have one shitter.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5624369&forum_id=2#48309967)



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Date: November 8th, 2024 9:26 AM
Author: ...,,..;...,,..,..,...,,,;..,




(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5624369&forum_id=2#48309984)



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Date: November 8th, 2024 8:59 AM
Author: does your ass get jealous of your mouth

its never been easier for a single dad with money to have kids, i think once they figure out surrogates that is what really fucks with women - plus the outcomes for the kids are pretty much same as if both parents, just need to figure out breastfeeding

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5624369&forum_id=2#48309905)



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Date: November 8th, 2024 9:04 AM
Author: borders (retired)

100k isn’t middle class imho

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5624369&forum_id=2#48309921)



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Date: November 8th, 2024 9:17 AM
Author: Oh, you travel? ( )

100K HHI is poverty afaik

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5624369&forum_id=2#48309957)



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Date: November 8th, 2024 9:23 AM
Author: borders (retired)

This is just retarded. In like 1975 people adjusted to inflation and no one thought as $5,000k a year as a solid income anymore. There’s something about crossing into 6-figure hell that people just can’t wrap their heads around. $50k is literally what a Mexican who hand dries your Car at the Carwash takes home. More with Tips. $100k household is ridiculous. This is not 2011 in Akron. Wtf is wrong with OP?

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