Right next to that is: but we haven’t always earned 200k. Or 300k. Or more.
Right now, I’m up to here with the posters who write long missives based on quantitative details, (with some speculatve point,) when the question was qualitative.
What’s really annoying are posters who feel holier-than-thou because they lived an austere existence to be able to afford full pay privates. For someone to say that it’s another family’s fault for making $200k+ and not being able to afford $70k a year private is simple-minded thinking, judgmental, and often way off base.
Parents who want to compare their kids achievements. Let the grandparents do that, they have the time and energy.
It’s not the holier than thou among the frugal, imo. It’s the way those wealthier folks often express it. Ime, it’s often a flat statement that, with their discretionary choices, there’s nothing left over, no way/no how. And the implication that their financial struggles are same as those earning well under 100k. Or 60k. Yup, really.
But it is. I can’t tell you many of those threads evolve into the frugality contest - each poster trying to prove that they are more frugal than the last poster.
I thought that was a typo at first, but then realized the argument was serious.
Threads about money where the 2% complain about money.
Threads about money where the 40% complain about money…( Can anyone guess I am in the 41st percentile?)
Threads where anyone not in my percentile complain about money!
The threads where posters blast others for forming an opinion based on partial information- yet they are doing so with even less information.
@dfbdfb That reminds me of the old definition of “what is a yuppie?”
Answer: Anyone who makes more money than you do.
The threads that say parents should “land the helicopter” if they do ANYTHING to help their kid out. Relatedly, those posters that jump down the throat of anyone saying “we” got into Podunk U.
Not all parents are doing the science fair project themselves, or writing the college applications themselves, or editing college papers themselves. Some are just plain old helping their kid out (innocently and legitimately!).
Sure. But I will jump on any parent saying “we got into…” just like I will give a hard time to any dude who says “we are pregnant.” 
And often it’s not just one “we” slip. The whole tone shows the parent is over-invested in the admit results.
That’s different than being supportive, sharing perspective.
The frugal bunch! For sure! “Why can’t you save more” seems as NOYB as “Why can’t you just earn more?”. 
On the whole “we” thing, doesn’t the fact that we parents are posting on CC kind of, all by itself, imply a bit of overinvestment, at least as compared to the general population? :-?
^Sure, but could you imagine if the parents weren’t on here, and all there was were kids’ “Chance Me” posts? :-&
@mjrube94 “With your stats you will definitely get admitted to Harvard” etc.
There are chance me threads now with adults here. And many of the most annoying threads/posts here are from adults. At least the kids can blame youth.
Too funny, sail.
No, if you couldn’t get into a good college then, did nothing academic since, just bringing up your SAT won’t get you into an Ivy.