Frugalwoods - Guilty or Not?

[FIPurpose]

They are phonies.  They claim they never had an investment banker's income.  I think they mean they never earned income as an investment banker, but their salary is similar to one.

https://www.glassdoor.com/Salaries/investment-banker-salary-SRCH_KO0,17.htm

They're right! They make more than investment bankers.

[Eric]

I've tipped my hand by asking you to provide examples for your unfounded accusations?  I've tipped my hand by not letting you take things out of context?  lol

Your shit slinging really knows no bounds.  Have you no shame, sir?

You were wrong about something and aggressively doubled down on wrongness as a back door justification to call people (myself included), bitter and jealous losers.

I'm affording you an abundance of politeness right now.

The only thing I was "wrong" about was continuing to engage with you and your negativity.  It's blatantly obvious to everyone that you're bitter and jealous.  I don't have any need to call you that.  Your posts exude it. 

[mathlete]

The only thing I was "wrong" about was continuing to engage with you and your negativity.  It's blatantly obvious to everyone that you're bitter and jealous.  I don't have any need to call you that.  Your posts exude it.

Thanks for your input. I hope you have a phenomenal rest of the day!

[MrBojangles]

They are phonies.  They claim they never had an investment banker's income.  I think they mean they never earned income as an investment banker, but their salary is similar to one.

https://www.glassdoor.com/Salaries/investment-banker-salary-SRCH_KO0,17.htm

They're right! They make more than investment bankers.

WTF! I had no idea!  Not only are they phonies and liars, they are delusional.

[MrBojangles]

2/3 of voters said, Guilty. 

I guess a question I do have is: Is Nate culpable here at all?  I mean, Liz wrote the book and the blog, right?  Wasn't this just her misrepresentation? 

 

Given the way they are, and the mixing of gender roles, I doubt they do anything independently.  At the very least, he proofread most or all of everything and never came to the conclusion that he or they is/are hardly average.

I had meant to point out before that others stated you could do reverse math and determine roughly what their income was.  Yes, true, but if most are like me, they simply did not.  I/we simply took for granted their spiel about how they are average, do not have extraordinary incomes.  And so I read their blog and thought, hey, here's someone with a similar income as I and they accomplished all this!  Let me read this blog and see what I can do differently.

Unlike these phonies, I earn a much more modest income and live well beneath my means (they do not).  If I had to guess, if my stock portfolio relative to income (ratio) was compared, my ratio would be better than theirs.  I have over ten times my annual income invested.  Do they?

[mathlete]

I'd discourage any baseless speculation. And as I said in reply #1 of this thread, I'm uncomfortable with the kangaroo courtish nature of putting people on mock trial.

It should be sufficient to make and prove our point and leave it at that. There's nothing criminal going on here, and the only consequences are that some really nice people are now really nice people who also have engaged in dishonesty in the purview of many.

I think the more interesting discussion that remains is the response of insular communities to introspection.

[MrUpwardlyMobile]

They are phonies.  They claim they never had an investment banker's income.  I think they mean they never earned income as an investment banker, but their salary is similar to one.

Investment banker incomes are a lot higher than theirs.  They have the incomes of two professionals.  Truthfully, I know loads of people that earn similar amounts and would benefit from this advice to shed the golden handcuffs of their careers and lifestyles.

[arebelspy]

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