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Jan 15, 2021
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DC12
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So true
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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
Delayed gratification is the path to success and riches.
Jericho
1/15/21 8:56am
So true
DC12
1/15/21 9:56am
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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