I live in a pretty nice neighborhood, where average houses go for well over $1M, and typically both the husband and wife are working, usually one (often both) of them is a doctor or attorney or a DC lobbyist. I retired from the Navy about a month ago at 44, and am in no rush to find a civilian job.
I was out walking the dog yesterday, and one of my neighbors was home, and commented how lucky I was to not need to go to work, and how he couldn't do it because he to keep working to pay all his bills. The reason I saw him in the first place is because he was outside talking to his lawn service guys when I walked by. As we started talking, he showed me all the great things another contractor did with some drainage pipes installed in his lawn, and we talked about all the work a different contractor did in gutting his upstairs and re-doing his kitchen. I pointed out that he needed to work not by mentioning any of these things, but by half-joking about his 2 recently-purchased Audis in the driveway.
Just thought it was interesting, because we take care of our own lawn instead of using a service, and our cars are from 2003 and 2008, both made in America. Neighbor is a super nice guy, and has a nice home and nice cars, but I sure love every day being a Saturday.