• KoboldCoterie@pawb.social
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    1 day ago

    There’s different kinds of “no worries lines”. My family is above 100k, and we’re not in the “If we miss a paycheck we won’t be able to eat this week” range, but we’re certainly in the “An unexpected medical bill or necessary home repair could wipe us out” range.

    The true no worries line - where unexpected expenses aren’t an issue and you expect to be able to comfortably retire some day - is considerably higher, at least where I live.

    • aim_at_me@lemmy.nz
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      16 hours ago

      Yeah same. We’re comfortably a 200k house hold when both of us are working. We’ve got enough. But rich to me would be being able to take some time off and spend time with my kids and not worry about setting my retirement back meaningfully.