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tularetom

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31. I thought we were after we bought our first home
Fri Dec 28, 2012, 11:50 AM
Dec 2012

We were able to do so with no money down under VA financing. It was 1967 or 68 and I would have been 26 or 27 years old. We paid $18k for the house and our payments were about $150 per month. We drove a 10 year old car that we didn't owe anything on. We had two kids under 4 and my wife didn't work.

Our annual income was probably less than $12,000 a year.

We weren't really very well off but we were to dumb to realize that. And there were a lot of people who were worse off than we were.

A Whole Different World... KharmaTrain Dec 2012 #1
Middle Class means you are comfortable financially and socially. liberal N proud Dec 2012 #2
+1000 orpupilofnature57 Dec 2012 #10
I watch these young couples buying their first property on HGTV CrispyQ Dec 2012 #3
Not only updated, top of the line appliances, etc. we can do it Dec 2012 #27
No granite countertops???? SoCalDem Dec 2012 #33
Now...GET OFF MY LAWN! tjwash Dec 2012 #4
Your parents sound like my parents :) kentauros Dec 2012 #5
Primarily, I think owning a home IDoMath Dec 2012 #6
More and more Americans today are in the lower straits of society financially, but many think RKP5637 Dec 2012 #7
In my family, we consider middle class rich... nt Comrade_McKenzie Dec 2012 #8
Bought my first house in 1977 Sherman A1 Dec 2012 #9
We bought our first one then too..and we lost sleep worrying SoCalDem Dec 2012 #11
Same here Sherman A1 Dec 2012 #12
Growing up we were the middle class wanabee's. appleannie1 Dec 2012 #13
Our cable spool dining table... trof Dec 2012 #14
Oh my.. you were fancy!! SoCalDem Dec 2012 #18
Cable spool tables are awesome! Odin2005 Dec 2012 #20
I still have one slackmaster Dec 2012 #21
We thought of ourselves as middle class growing up Proud Public Servant Dec 2012 #15
How funny you should bring this topic up. I was thinking this morning and telling my southernyankeebelle Dec 2012 #16
My next door neighbor was a blue-collar worker... KansDem Dec 2012 #17
I'm that age right now and to me "middle class" means... Odin2005 Dec 2012 #19
I always thought "A Raisin in the Sun" was a good example of moving the middle Heather MC Dec 2012 #22
my family was sorta upper middle class hfojvt Dec 2012 #23
I'm 51. When I was 15 dotymed Dec 2012 #24
What Makes You Middle Class Is Your Net Asset Value (NAV) Yavin4 Dec 2012 #25
People who were secure LWolf Dec 2012 #26
My parents grew up in a time when one could abelenkpe Dec 2012 #28
This message was self-deleted by its author ann--- Dec 2012 #29
To me being Middle Class meant you worked hard, and were compensated. DaveJ Dec 2012 #30
I thought we were after we bought our first home tularetom Dec 2012 #31
Things are like they are now b/c the rich and corporations bought their politicians. Dustlawyer Dec 2012 #32
Middle class? Left Turn Only Dec 2012 #34
Married in 78 mgardener Dec 2012 #35
I'm struck by an amazing thought reading this thread dickthegrouch Dec 2012 #36
My father's family was dual income in order to live more middle class Nikia Dec 2012 #37
right now I'd consider being middle class being able to pay my insurance premiums and copays liberal_at_heart Dec 2012 #38
I would add something to that Skittles Dec 2012 #40
My story is hoo-hum, but my grandparents did not believe in mortgages LeftInTX Dec 2012 #39
A new modest car every three years. closeupready Dec 2012 #41
I was brought up by a depression era survivor and a WWII survivor Skittles Dec 2012 #42
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