Discuss Latest POF Blog Post: The Danger of Assuming You Can Out-Earn Your Bad Spending Habits

[The White Coat Investor]

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[Eye3md]

Physicians are notorious for trying to “keep up with the Joneses”. At the hospital, I had another doc comment to me “the nurses here drive a better car than you. When are you going to buy a Porsche?” I was driving an old Nissan Xterra at the time, and it still ran great.

[Lordosis]

Physicians are notorious for trying to “keep up with the Joneses”. At the hospital, I had another doc comment to me “the nurses here drive a better car than you. When are you going to buy a Porsche?” I was driving an old Nissan Xterra at the time, and it still ran great.

Oh, so you drive an X-earth? Yeah, that makes sense. I'd rather drive a classic Trans Am than an X-earth

[Eye3md]

I used to have a Pontiac Firebird, does that count?

[Tangler]

Who gives a rodents rump what another dude drives?

[Eye3md]

Most of society cares about what some other dude is driving. Or wearing. Or house they live in. It’s just how most of society is. That’s why the term “keeping up with the Joneses” came about.

Personally, I have no desire to keep up appearances but there’s a lot of docs that do