I was once at a dinner with a second year analyst, consultant, and partner, and the analyst said he planned on retiring by 30 and the partner and consultant laughed. Little did they know, the analyst owned his own home and rented all the rooms out so he payed no rent, never ate out, only grocery shopped, and very very rarely bought anything new. He saved most of his income, and was perfectly content with just his video games. That man was serious about not being stuck working forever.

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Had a partner laugh in my face about that too. I’m single, no kids, don’t go out to Nobu every weekend and save 80% of my income. He’s married with 3 kids who I’m sure he thinks are entitled to private school, has a McMansion in TX, etc i say nothing about the obvious golden handcuffs but people roast me for living a quiet and frugal life

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If I didn't get married young this would be similar to me lol I miss my simple life of video games and roommate's.

Ended up buying a house at 24 and getting married and now have 2 kids. My wife really enjoys spending money as a stay at home mom! I live in Austin so not LCOL.

I read: “an analyst, consultant, and partner”… walks in to a bar…

Great, but is he happy?

What a sad life! Playing video games all day, and being a slum landlord

So girls pay for his dates?

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