How much is enough to keep two people happy?
Photo-Illustration: by Stevie Remsberg; Photo Getty Get That Money is an exploration of the many ways we think about our finances — what we earn, what we have, and what we want.
Of course, we were not truly poor. We were immensely privileged compared to many, but my bubble was very small and the other people in it all had better stuff — they had American Dolls that looked like them, cable, pink Power Wheels. Their living rooms had too-nice furniture I never quite felt comfortable or clean enough to sit on. And somehow it all matched, like a Good Homes magazine, like the pieces were bought at the same time, together, on purpose, from the same collection. Utterly alien.
I think about this in my own relationships as an adult. How much to keep a family? How do you accurately convey the importance of financial security to someone who might never have experienced taking an unexpectedly cold shower before school? Some of my friends made their money, some of them were born into it — parental death being their only retirement plan as they walk around without any real savings account. They seem to get some rich-person signal that tells them where to travel every year. In 2015, an alarming number of people I know who make good money went to Japan. In 2016, it was Iceland. 2017 brought them to Cuba, and 2018 to Africa.
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