> I don't know how you end up in a paycheck to paycheck situation making this much money. I guess it wasn't brains that got them there. I'm inclined to agree.

> I don't know how you end up in a paycheck to paycheck situation making this much money. I guess it wasn't brains that got them there. I'm inclined to agree. I make even less than you do and for the most part money just sits in my bank account until the number is uncomfortably high and I move it to the savings account. They can come up with all sorts of explanations about HCOL areas and what not, but there are simple solutions to those problems, like "don't live there".