The comments are telling, but I wanted to point out something from a different perspective. I have friends from school who never really made it anywhere. One m

The comments are telling, but I wanted to point out something from a different perspective. I have friends from school who never really made it anywhere. One makes $12 an hour moving boxes around in Pennsylvania, another is stuck living at home and hasn't held down a job for more than a few months at any point in his life. I have heard from this friend group, on many occasions, statements that prove they have no concept of relative value or of how money works at all. The guy making $12 an hour would be frustrated to hear you say that you make 40k and can barely afford minimum living. The cost of living differences between you would go completely unconsidered. This is a roundabout way of saying that most people have a very narrow view of the world. Unfortunately, in my experience, it doesn't matter how educated, intelligent, or wealthy an individual is; they still resist expanding their world-view.