<p>I didn’t take clg’s comments as whining. Our family, for example, is a military family. My husband’s retirement bumps us up quite a bit. However, after 27 years of moving (we moved nine times the first 13 years we were married) and the expenses involved with that, plus my having to start over with a job every time we moved, we have finally been in one place for more than ten years. With jumping from job to job to job, I have very little saved for retirement. Now that we are in a little higher bracket, we are trying to play catch-up.</p>
<p>We have nice life. We as a family have made lots of sacrifices. I don’t want anyone to feel sorry for us. However, when the average cost of college X is $26,000 and for full pay it is $56,000 it doesn’t sit quite right. Fortunately, neither kid has a big desire to attend a top-dollar school.</p>
<p>And when people make flip remarks about giving it all up, I might suggest that everyone else put 25 years in the military because that is at least part of what bumps our income. Rant over.</p>