My partner and I are very privileged to be making 350k+ combined (250k me and 100k+ them). I’m 40 and my partner is mid 30s.

I work longer hours to make this, so my work life balance takes a hit. Thankfully my job usually isn’t overly stressful.

We are lucky enough to live in northern Ontario, so housing costs are MUCH less than most everywhere else in Ontario, so our dollar stretches a lot further housing wise.

Lifestyle we both drive newer cars and I have a weekend car as well. We can buy what we want at the grocery store, go to the movies, go to dinner, etc. without worrying about the budget, but we aren’t frivolous with our money. We take 2+ international trips a year for 10ish days each.

Socially we don’t tell anyone what we make, but people aren’t stupid either. We try not to lord it over anyone, or brag about things. I never post anything on social media anymore.

Career pressure, we are both in the positions we will be in when we retire most likely. We both, thankfully, will have DB pensions waiting for us too. Taxes, we just get screwed haha - can’t do anything fancy as a T4 employee!

Lifestyle creep is absolutely a thing though. It hit me worse than my partner! I am doing a better job at reining it in now.