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Did you skip what I wrote? You say you're all about parents sacrificing for their kids. But why would they bother if their kids won't get any benefit from it?


It's a matter of degree. Some sacrifice = great. Extreme sacrifice = bad.


Is not eating out or taking vacations too much sacrifice?


Yes. Really.

Your family is not model to be aspirational of. Yours is a warning to others.


To be clear, my family did not make those tradeoffs. I'm not the original commenter. But why do you think such a thing is a warning?


Ok my mistake.

> But why do you think such a thing is a warning?

Because it's a bad way to spend your life.


It is when combined with "commuted 4 hours daily."


I agree. I wouldn't have traded 20 hours a week of time spent with my dad for a better neighborhood.




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