Ah, I was confused by the parent post, I thought we were discussing 401k and "savings" as separate things. I'm not sure what others have saved in theirs, but i

Ah, I was confused by the parent post, I thought we were discussing 401k and "savings" as separate things. I'm not sure what others have saved in theirs, but in my case, it was more like $200,000 in my 401k when I got divorced at age 40. I didn't always earn the same income as I do now, and also had times where I have needed to decrease my contributions, etc.