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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 07:05 PM Original message |
Let's play a game: Are you really middle class if you can't afford to... |
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Cronus Protagonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 07:08 PM Response to Original message |
1. Buy real estate |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 07:17 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. i think location has something to do with it too. nt |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 07:09 PM Response to Original message |
2. Yeah, the standards are different. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 07:19 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. we also had one tv, one landline telephone, no cable, no fast food |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 08:17 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. And that ONE worker should be either a man OR a woman. |
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Berry Cool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 08:23 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. I am with you. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 08:39 PM Response to Reply #8 |
16. who is arguing with you here. hence why i did not say mom stay at home, to make clear |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 08:44 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. I didn't mean to suggest you were arguing. nt |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 09:06 PM Response to Reply #4 |
25. not true abt the vacations, in the 50s and 60s vacations were a standard |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 07:35 PM Response to Original message |
5. Have to worry if and when your car needs major repairs..... |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 08:15 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. That's a very telling one. |
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JackintheGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 08:35 PM Response to Reply #5 |
15. I'll do you one better |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 08:45 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. Ouch! That is rough! nt |
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freeplessinseattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 09:06 PM Response to Reply #5 |
26. yep, got both car and teeth issues right now |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 07:36 PM Response to Original message |
6. ...support a family on one income. |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 08:24 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. That rules out a lot of us. |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 08:28 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Yup. |
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TygrBright (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 08:22 PM Response to Original message |
9. ...trust the education you can afford to give your children will give them a better life than yours? |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 08:32 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Good one! |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 08:34 PM Response to Original message |
14. KnR |
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MrSlayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 08:42 PM Response to Original message |
17. Take a family vacation once a year. |
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n2doc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 08:45 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. +1 n/t |
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kevinbgoode (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 08:49 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. It has been six years for me now. . . |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 08:57 PM Response to Original message |
22. Are you really middle class if you have to consider selling your ten year old car ........ |
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blueamy66 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 09:00 PM Response to Original message |
23. I dropped my dental insurance |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 09:04 PM Response to Original message |
24. middle class and they owned boats, erm, don't think so!!!! |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 09:12 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. Well this was almost 40 years ago. |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 09:30 PM Response to Reply #24 |
28. My best friend's family owned a boat. |
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1monster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 09:45 PM Response to Original message |
29. I have dental insurance for which I pay $100 per month and I can't afford to get mine or my family's |
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