Seriously. You live frugally for 10 or so years and then look up and between

Jan 15, 2021
9:55:52am

DC12 Contributor

Salary increases, debt reduction, and house appreciation (and other investments potentially) and realize how far you have come and are now in a position to choose more of the ‘wants’ and to provide meaningful financial help to others

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Crazy to me how many people refuse to acknowledge the expectation gap

Gustav

1/15/21 8:52am

I've heard it called 'Dr's Wife Syndrome' - She put him through school

macdizzle

1/15/21 8:55am

+1 on that human nature thing

TNT

1/15/21 8:59am

It’s soul crushing to go thru grad school and then be poor again.

Mrs Featerbottom

1/15/21 9:00am

Social media has to make it worse

Gustav

1/15/21 9:06am

It’s crazy how much faster you can build wealth by living cheaply

Mrs Featerbottom

1/15/21 8:56am

People compare their lifestyle to their colleagues is the problem.

ReyOso

1/15/21 8:59am

Seriously. You live frugally for 10 or so years and then look up and between

DC12

1/15/21 9:55am

True - but a lot of the dissatisfaction especially within medicine has little to

cougfanz

1/15/21 8:57am

To be fair, though, I think doctors forget that a) most other people hate their

kos

1/15/21 9:04am

I agree... I think it depends on whether you are the type that would likely

cougfanz

1/15/21 9:11am

Ya, good points, I think you're right on.

kos

1/15/21 9:20am

Revealed preferences and golden handcuffs. Docs love to moan, but hardly any

valleus

1/15/21 9:15am

Agree. I don't know any who actually did and I know a lot more working in their

cougfanz

1/15/21 9:28am

Borrowing is like a drug and it’s easy to get a fix with a DR or DDS after your

Jersey hunter

1/15/21 9:12am

But when you’re 50 you won’t enjoy your 6” lifted monster truck.

valleus

1/15/21 9:16am

Stop attacking me!

Revolution

1/15/21 9:17am

Comparing us to the dentist in the WSJ hurts. That guy needs a reality check.

diluigifan

1/15/21 9:26am

The reality is that a lot of people have those same questions.

Eddie

1/15/21 9:34am

Agreed, Eddie.

diluigifan

1/15/21 9:44am

Even if you do it right, the debt burden can be pretty substantial

Medute

1/15/21 10:30am

Good examples. But when you say, "imagine you don't have a wife with a second

kos

1/15/21 1:13pm

In Utah, we are struggling with our materialism and don't know it

Coug Dude

1/15/21 11:05pm

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