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So...You want a woman who is traditional, motherly, and nurturing, who pulls down 60K a year?

60k a year is chump change.

You've surely heard the description of the perfect wife... no flames please, it's a kind of joke...

She's a combination of a best-friend, mother and wh*re. She doesn't have to bring home any money. That's my job.

60k a year is chump change.

It must be nice to be able to say that.
No flames here, I just wasn't sure what your 'idle hands' comment was all about.

60k a year is chump change.

My husband is in the military and has been for almost 20 years and that's around what he makes. He puts his life at risk for people like you every time his submarine submerges. He busts his a$$ for that "chump change" that you referred to so condescendingly.

We are going to get a little off topic here, but I do NOT think I am the only FReper, that thinks that "60k a year is NOT "chump change". maybe to you, but I could do VERY well on 60k a year, after all it is around $30 an HOUR, for a 40h/wk.

In my own life, I have ALWAYS known the "real value of money", since I have had to make my own, since I was a teen. So, I have NOT had the luxury, to EVER say to someone" cost is not an issue", and instead, tend to look for the best deal, for the things I purchase. For example, I have several stereo systems, and many separate pieces of stereo equipment around my house and storage areas, BUT, in virtually EVERY case, I paid a few cents on the dollar, for them, BY LOOKING A LITLE, such as finding things on sale, on-line, at sales, auctions, flea markets, and so on, and getting non-working electronic things, and fixing them, for little of nothing.Some will look at this and say"Ewwwww... I would NEVER lower myself, to get a (fill in the blank) that another person owned, or to buy a used car, house, tv, stereo, Air conditioner, etc, I am too GOOD for that, i'll just buy new!! well, that kind of attitude is foolish and dumb. Fox example, I have a small air conditioner, i use in my room. Someone was throwing it away, in 97 , IIRC, and I got it. Nothing wrong with it, they were moving out, and did not want to take it along. It works very well , easing the burden on the Central A/C, and hence the electric bill. To me, this seems logical, but Rich folks look down on people who have to make do, with other peoples "left-overs" .

Let me give you another example, of "rich people tossing away money, without even thinking about it". Here in the Cincy area, we have an event called "homerama", where about a dozen or more (this year, it was 14) Million dollar- plus, homes host an "open house", to showcase the builder's talents, different kinds of decor, etc. In these homes, all of them have a HT system,. with a Dolby digital surround system, and a big screen(usually a front projo), and a screen from 80-100 inches. Now, in EVERY case, these Home theater systems were installed, by pros, and the result was a system, that LOOKS good, to the "average" buyer, BUT is truly inferior, considering the price paid. I did a little looking, and in EVERY case, had the buyers did a little looking themselves, and got the "best deal" on the HT components, it would had cost them about a THIRD of what the pro charged them, for the SAME stuff. Sure people say, "it's only money, but WHY BE SO WASTEFUL WITH IT??T To me, this is its own kind of selfishness, when some says something like that, to a poorer person, and makes fun of their situation

If my "ship ever comes in" so to speak, I do NOT intend to change my frugal ways. I will continue to seek the best deal for anything I buy, even if I can afford to do otherwise. Having had to make do with what I could afford, or do without for so long, it is the way I know.

$60K a year is well above the average. It might pale before what you make, but it's far from chump change. To a Democrat elitist who pays lip service to the working man, it's chump change. Don't join that crowd.