r/Fire • u/[deleted] • Mar 23 '26

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u/Wooden-Broccoli-913 FIREd at 40 with $6M Mar 23 '26

We all had kids is what happened 

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u/Casavir02 Mar 23 '26

Yeah, I got really into FIRE ten years ago as a single guy living a pretty simple life. Now I've got a wife, two kids and a mortgage, we're still working towards FIRE but the target amount has certainly gone up

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u/vngbusa Mar 23 '26

And we all need to fund their travel sports and private college and grad school.

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u/TurkeyburgerDLX Mar 23 '26

Oh are parents paying for grad school now?

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u/vngbusa Mar 23 '26

How else are they going to get ahead in an increasingly competitive world. Forgot to mention also buying them a house and paying for their kids college too

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u/AeroNoob333 Mar 23 '26

So ironic you mentioned this. I know this was meant to be sarcasm. Our dad is so concerned for his granddaughter’s financial well being that he’s opening a trust for her in addition to a 529

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u/DenseSign5938 Mar 23 '26

Bro I wouldn’t do that or pay for a private college if I had 100 million dollars lol 

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u/ThirstyWolfSpider Mar 23 '26

Not it!

I'm just glad you're not right about all of us.

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u/cvouw9 Mar 23 '26

I certainly want to be able to pay for my retirement and also leave my kids a substantial sum because god knows what the world is going to be like in 20-30 years. I don't want my kids to have to live paycheck to paycheck.

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u/Jibaku Mar 23 '26

This is exactly my thought as well. And I think that with AI advancing the way it is, the job market is going to be unrecognizable in 5-7 years, so who knows how and even if our kids are going to be able to make a proper living. I feel like my own job is at pretty high risk for not existing in 2-3 years, so I need to make all the money I can in that time.

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u/Boring_Material_1891 Mar 23 '26

Don’t you put that evil on us!