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[–]Farseli 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I came from a family like that. Somehow I got lucky (though a large part of that was cutting off most contact with my family as the requests for money started pouring in once I got a decent job) to meet the right people and get referred for a nice job.

It's shocking because we have savings but can't comfortably afford getting a 2-bedroom in Seattle. I don't see how anyone else is managing...