No, the plan was to buy a woman then start a family. I'd want my kids home-schooled and my wife a stay-at-home mother of course. I literally had one woman I've known for 3 years who I would marry and start a family with tell me if I could give her $120k/yr then she would have kids and start a family with me. At $150k/yr, I cannot afford this. The women I like are too expensive. I've always known this. I don't have a big dick or an ideal personality for a marriage from a woman's perspective for the kinds of women I like (I've had more than enough women I'm not interested in express their undying love for me).

At $300k/yr, I know for a fact I'd have a wife + kids. Back when I was in IB, there used to be IB Bunnies like Puck Bunnies (girls who specifically seek out men in IB because they're seeking out money but like all girls, they only want to pick men who've passed the finish line rather than invest in the men in hopes they do). Nearly everyone of my peers who progressed to the $300k/yr+ income has wife+kids or super serious GF because at this income it's crazy how many women just pop out of no where and fall in love with you or you get introduced to family friends rather quickly. And it's not because of the men's amazing personalities. Just trust me on this one... I know myself and I know women well enough to know at $300k/yr, I'd have what I want.

You could be right about the "faintest clue what to do next" part though which is why I don't necessarily regret anything. A lot of the guys who faced 0 adversity were/are taken advantage of and don't necessarily understand/see it. I probably would have ended up like them and sort of did in my first marriage that I ended once I understood that.

To say it was 100% on me is false but to say it wasn't on me at all is also false. I had 0 direction from my parents growing up. They wanted me to be a lawyer, I don't really think that's any better but at least I could have started my own practice. I realized at a young age that it seemed like bankers made a bunch of money and bankers controlled the world so why wouldn't I want to go into this? At the time, I actually thought banking was a good institution and the people in it were good and I wanted to do good for the world. I really drank the koolaid growing up.

No, the plan was to buy a woman then start a family. I'd want my kids home-schooled and my wife a stay-at-home mother of course. I literally had one woman I've known for 3 years who I would marry and start a family with tell me if I could give her $120k/yr then she would have kids and start a family with me. At $150k/yr, I cannot afford this. The women I like are too expensive. I've always known this. I don't have a big dick or an ideal personality for a marriage from a woman's perspective for the kinds of women I like (I've had more than enough women I'm not interested in express their undying love for me).

At $300k/yr, I know for a fact I'd have a wife + kids. Back when I was in IB, there used to be IB Bunnies like Puck Bunnies (girls who specifically seek out men in IB because they're seeking out money but like all girls, they only want to pick men who've passed the finish line rather than invest in the men in hopes they do). Nearly everyone of my peers who progressed to the $300k/yr+ income has wife+kids or super serious GF because at this income it's crazy how many women just pop out of no where and fall in love with you or you get introduced to family friends rather quickly. And it's not because of the men's amazing personalities. Just trust me on this one... I know myself and I know women well enough to know at $300k/yr, I'd have what I want.

You could be right about the "faintest clue what to do next" part though which is why I don't necessarily regret anything. A lot of the guys who faced 0 adversity were/are taken advantage of and don't necessarily understand/see it. I probably would have ended up like them and sort of did in my first marriage that I ended once I understood that.

To say it was 100% on me is false but to say it wasn't on me at all is also false. I had 0 direction from my parents growing up. They wanted me to be a lawyer, I don't really think that's any better but at least I could have started my own practice. I realized at a young age that it seemed like bankers made a bunch of money and bankers controlled the world so why wouldn't I want to go into this? At the time, I actually thought banking was a good institution and the people in it were good and I wanted to do good for the world. I really drank the koolaid growing out.