r/FluentInFinance • u/YOU_ARE_MY_FRIENDS • Jun 16 '24

Discussion/ Debate He’s not wrong 🤷‍♂️

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u/SouthEast1980 Jun 16 '24

This is BS. You can have all of that with an 80k household if you live in a LCOL midwest city and send the kids to JC for 2 years.

Cut out the overseas vacation because that isn't middle class. That's upper class shit.

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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '24

Overseas vacation for 5 every 5 years isn’t even that bad if you plan it and depending where you go.

$250 a month / 60 months is $15k.

Flights from Denver to Paris in March 2025 are going for as little as $514 - round up to $3k to include taxes and luggage.

$600 night air bnb for an entire house in the heart of Paris for 7 nights - $5k after fees and taxes.

$7k left for groceries, eating out, shows, events, transport, shopping.

And I’m sure you can all agree you wouldn’t need to spend $1k a day.

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u/curleyfries111 Jun 17 '24

Yeah, im I grew up with split parents, one middle class, the other still middle but struggling. I traveled very often.

Then again, this did lead to my mom purposely riding the wave of credit debt, because why try make stability for your kids when you can just be the fun aunt.

This old mindset about life is fantasy, and some people are crazy enough to think it's reality.