LogFAQs > #975823760

Serious question. I grew up in a really low income home (single mom, barely over minimum wage, two jobs, four kids), so I know what being poor is like.

This year, my SO and I are making a combined 118k, and were expecting that to grow by at least 8% next year. We have no kids or pets. When I look up average incomes for married couples, I know that were doing pretty well, especially for our age and area (25/27, rural Texas). On top of that, my credit score is about 770, and we have about 20k in savings not including stocks and retirement savings.

So I knowwww were not in a place where I should worry constantly about the exact amount of money we have in the bank or whether I can afford a cup of coffee, but I feel like Im constantly on the brink of poverty. We dont eat out often. My car is 15 years old, hers is 8. We live in an apartment that is way too small for us. We dont really take holidays. A lot of that is because I feel like any superfluous spending will bankrupt us. I think part of it might be that most of my friends from college are making significantly more than us, and always seem to be doing cool stuff on social media.

How do you stop worrying about money all the time? why do I constantly feel suffocated and like Im on the edge of having to move back in with my mom?