[grundle]

After he was laid off from his $65,000 job, all these two had to live on was her income of $70,000, which she seems to think is small. They don't have any children. Most families who do have children live on less than $70,000 a year. Also, these two have been "dating" for 14 years, and live together, but are not married. I think the writer seems whiny and spoiled.

[Paladin2]

“Our cable bill was close to $350 every month “

[madprof98]

This woman is way too old to have a “boyfriend”/shack-up lover. Don’t these people EVER grow up?????

[workerbee]

In the 14 years I've been with my boyfriend, Nick, we've weathered a lot of storms ..... Nick and I started dating in 1999 as poor 19-year-old college students.

If you're 33 yrs old and "can't commit" yet, you're both a mess. And I don't mean the financial issues.

Good grief. Grow up, already.

[Domandred]

Wife and two kids and I barely cleared 30K last year. This lady is nuts. I’d swim in 70K

[Intolerant in NJ]

Writing in “The Week” - isn’t that one of the left wing rags Yahoo News is always citing for its stories about how well Obamacare is doing and how nasty Republicans are.....

[SaraJohnson]

Income is relative. If you spend all that you make, you never have enough money.

I have lived on next to nothing and was fine and have lived wealthy and was fine. Money does not make me full in activity, happiness and spirit. When I was limited in income (and will be again some day) I just do different things for entertainment and live without a bunch of stuff to move around and maintain. We put way too much importance on materialism.