If you can AFFORD to save that much of your income, I'd call that pretty well to do. But then I have a weird concept of rich. In my view, if you never find yourself worrying about money you're rich. I therefore find myself rich having pretty much the exact average income for the country I live in. Most people with my income would not consider themselves at all rich. But then again they probably have never been poor -- estranged from one's parents, having to make the difficult decisions on whether to pay the water bill or eat this week, having to sleep with someone in order to have a place to stay that night, NOT having a place to stay that night, being too underweight to donate plasma for $20. Compared to my 18-year-old self I am swimming in money -- and damn grateful for it.
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Date: 2008-01-02 12:51 pm (UTC)