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Re:Being Poor (2005) by nly on Saturday May 22, 2021 @05:28AM (#27244950)
> We became rich overnight a few years ago when my wife got a job

How would you fare if she lost that job though?

It's your business, so a rhetorical question really, but a "few years" at a high income rarely produces any lasting fortune.

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Re:Being Poor (2005) by Fargren on Saturday May 22, 2021 @07:32AM (#27245514)
Wouldn't that be moving the goalpost? They are rich now (by their definition, which happens to be mine also). Many people stop being rich. Doesn't mean they weren't so in the first place.
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Re:Being Poor (2005) by skrebbel on Sunday May 23, 2021 @04:29PM (#27258302)
1. My startup is doing pretty well now

2. If somehow it didn't, we'd go back to being poorish. Or I'd get a regular job or be a contractor. Either way, we'd live.

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