s/o: Are you middle class?

[WOT?*]

SAH option for me. Which means DH would have to be above middle in order to afford me.

[closertofine]

Alone, I am very solidly middle. Together, we were well above, according to this chart.

[Deleted]

In MT H and I were both solidly middle class. We move to WA and I took a pay cut while he took a big increase. Now I fall below middle class ($40k salary, just below the line) and H's income pushes our household income above middle class.

[pinkdutchtulips]

I am but it doesn't feel that way to me in the VHCOL SF/Bay Area. Buying a home is a pipe dream, saving up for college a pipe dream ... an annual vacation is doable but it's got to be domestic and ideally w/in driving distance ....

[irishbride2]

Feb 28, 2016 11:03:05 GMT -5 pinkdutchtulips said:

I am but it doesn't feel that way to me in the VHCOL SF/Bay Area. Buying a home is a pipe dream, saving up for college a pipe dream ... an annual vacation is doable but it's got to be domestic and ideally w/in driving distance ....

So being middle class means being able to take annual trips abroad?!?

[explorer2001]

I checked it treating Boyfriend as spouse. It's hard to tell with him because on paper he doesn't make much but that's only because he's been reinvesting in the business so much (equipment, increased inventories, etc). So he's middle class. I'm above and together we're above.

[grover]

I'm in middle, H falls slightly below, together we are in middle.

[quesyrah]

I am a lurker but I don't think I'm reading this right. In CA we would have to make $123,266 (2X $61,933) to be middle class?

I apologize if this is an extremely dumb question. Perhaps I should hang out on MM more

[daisyn]

Feb 28, 2016 19:54:25 GMT -5 quesyrah said:

I am a lurker but I don't think I'm reading this right. In CA we would have to make $123,266 (2X $61,933) to be middle class?

I apologize if this is an extremely dumb question. Perhaps I should hang out on MM more

No
if you make over $123k you are above middle class

[quesyrah]

Feb 28, 2016 20:00:26 GMT -5 daisyn said:

Feb 28, 2016 19:54:25 GMT -5 quesyrah said:

I am a lurker but I don't think I'm reading this right. In CA we would have to make $123,266 (2X $61,933) to be middle class?

I apologize if this is an extremely dumb question. Perhaps I should hang out on MM more

No
if you make over $123k you are above middle class

Okay thanks.

I was thinking "wow, I always thought we were pretty solidly middle class!"

[lolalolalola]

Feb 28, 2016 22:01:59 GMT -5 @pdq said:

I'm above. But culturally - solid middle class. I could make millions and not feel upper class on the inside. Maybe that's part of the $250k "not rich" syndrome.

This. Upper class to me means etiquette, nice clothes, small talk, how to throw a party, the arts/culture, etc. None of these things my plumber dad and EMT mom taught me to appreciate. (Past a certain basic level of course).

[bronxgirl]

Together we are in the upper range of middle. Individually DH is middle and I am a little below.

[llamamama]

We fall right smack in the middle of our state's range for middle class. We are both teachers.