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Hateful Citrine Nowag Famous Landscape Painting
  06/27/25
A tiny pink 500k
Chest-beating Cream Orchestra Pit Becky
  06/27/25
that's not that bad
Hateful Citrine Nowag Famous Landscape Painting
  06/27/25
I guess not but the thought of grinding out another 20 years...
Chest-beating Cream Orchestra Pit Becky
  06/27/25
age?
bull headed infuriating halford
  06/27/25
Depends on age. That’s ok for early 30s. Awful for 40s...
Soul-stirring Light Nibblets Library
  06/27/25
Yep, I’m early 40s lol
Chest-beating Cream Orchestra Pit Becky
  06/27/25
lol at a 500k 401k in early 30s. That’s not possible w...
Histrionic persian toaster
  06/27/25
It depend on if that's his primary retirement or if he has ...
Heady Chad
  06/27/25
$130k
unholy university
  06/27/25
that's horrendous
Hateful Citrine Nowag Famous Landscape Painting
  06/27/25
i'm in between these two guys
titillating canary idiot
  06/27/25
Same, I'm in between two guys
crystalline spectacular azn
  06/27/25
The sum total of all my retirement and brokerage accounts is...
unholy university
  06/27/25
lol no it's not. your net worth is probably 200k, and your ...
bull headed infuriating halford
  06/27/25
My mom says I'm special.
unholy university
  06/27/25
even that's not true
bull headed infuriating halford
  06/27/25
LOL
bull headed infuriating halford
  06/27/25
$3.4 million in combined marital plans.
Hideous dull feces
  06/27/25
damn
titillating canary idiot
  06/27/25
Age?
Soul-stirring Light Nibblets Library
  06/27/25
Such a waste of capital.
yapping contagious parlour crotch
  06/27/25
Isn't there like a $14K annual contribution cap? Did you se...
unhinged violet area half-breed
  06/27/25
this discussion happens every 401k thread. partners in bigl...
bull headed infuriating halford
  06/27/25
xo posters lie about everything https://www.irs.gov/retireme...
unhinged violet area half-breed
  06/27/25
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yapping contagious parlour crotch
  06/27/25
The max is $70K per year including your own $23,500 contribu...
sienna razzle stain
  06/27/25
$1.1mm in brokerage accounts, 401k's are flaem
bipolar out-of-control international law enforcement agency
  06/27/25
.
unholy university
  06/27/25
Something like $800-900k for wife and I.
mewling bat-shit-crazy puppy
  06/27/25
~$2m and it's a total waste. Also lol @ all the faggots ITT...
yapping contagious parlour crotch
  06/27/25
If you work in-house matching makes it a no-brainer.
mewling bat-shit-crazy puppy
  06/27/25
just do take a lot of my money and shove it up the ass of so...
yapping contagious parlour crotch
  06/27/25
1) at this point we're old as fuck so a few more decades isn...
mewling bat-shit-crazy puppy
  06/27/25
I want my yacht now.
yapping contagious parlour crotch
  06/27/25
If what's keeping you from a yacht is your 6% 401k contribut...
mewling bat-shit-crazy puppy
  06/27/25
I have $2m in capital tied up in a vehicle I can't access fo...
yapping contagious parlour crotch
  06/27/25
If that's your perspective then sure, stop contributing into...
mewling bat-shit-crazy puppy
  06/27/25
You can withdraw without penalty at 55 if you retire or get ...
wild motley internal respiration chapel
  06/27/25
Why not put it in a Roth?
adventurous love of her life boiling water
  06/27/25
https://youtu.be/njJ41irPjTc?t=15
unhinged violet area half-breed
  06/27/25
180
yapping contagious parlour crotch
  06/27/25
Did you know you're not required to contribute to a 401K?
unhinged violet area half-breed
  06/27/25
(guy who is not a biglaw partner)
yapping contagious parlour crotch
  06/27/25
$700k Wife - $600k
crawly black woman
  06/27/25
43yo, $900k
nubile native coldplay fan
  06/27/25
Early 40s. ~$2.1mm
sooty house double fault
  06/27/25
Late 20s, 250k
adventurous love of her life boiling water
  06/27/25
Good job , young gun
aromatic big-titted forum gunner
  06/27/25
lol at these responses
Histrionic persian toaster
  06/27/25
go on...
bull headed infuriating halford
  06/27/25
30000k
Exhilarant Sandwich Institution
  06/27/25
$399,443.16
Cobalt Diverse Kitty Cat Fat Ankles
  06/27/25
Monday is likely to be a big day for you friend
unhinged violet area half-breed
  06/27/25
🤞🏻
Cobalt Diverse Kitty Cat Fat Ankles
  06/27/25
IDK $150Kish. But I haven't been working long.
sadistic legal warrant
  06/27/25
~$300k, which is less than I have in my normal brokerage acc...
Crimson jew
  06/27/25
Same.
razzmatazz mint whorehouse ladyboy
  06/27/25
350,000 Kinda sad
vibrant lilac genital piercing toilet seat
  06/27/25
all stock/bond investments are like 750k.
Deranged Meetinghouse
  06/27/25
$386k total. $324k in trad, $62k in Roth
multi-colored pea-brained parlor mother
  06/27/25
Zero
Awkward Cuckoldry
  06/27/25
Crrrrrrrrrrrrrr
yapping contagious parlour crotch
  06/27/25
For Benzo reasons or RSF reasons?
sooty house double fault
  06/27/25
$6 million or so. I checked in January.
razzmatazz mint whorehouse ladyboy
  06/27/25
...
unhinged violet area half-breed
  06/27/25
I mean undoubtedly there is a balance but $6 million?
fragrant brass digit ratio
  06/27/25
$0. I don’t have a 401(k).
stimulating submissive theater hominid
  06/27/25


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Date: June 27th, 2025 2:53 PM
Author: Hateful Citrine Nowag Famous Landscape Painting



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743846&forum_id=2).#49054326)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 2:56 PM
Author: Chest-beating Cream Orchestra Pit Becky

A tiny pink 500k

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743846&forum_id=2).#49054332)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 2:56 PM
Author: Hateful Citrine Nowag Famous Landscape Painting

that's not that bad

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743846&forum_id=2).#49054336)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 2:59 PM
Author: Chest-beating Cream Orchestra Pit Becky

I guess not but the thought of grinding out another 20 years in the law mines to retire is depressing

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743846&forum_id=2).#49054353)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 2:59 PM
Author: bull headed infuriating halford

age?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743846&forum_id=2).#49054357)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 3:18 PM
Author: Soul-stirring Light Nibblets Library

Depends on age. That’s ok for early 30s. Awful for 40s+

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743846&forum_id=2).#49054409)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 4:06 PM
Author: Chest-beating Cream Orchestra Pit Becky

Yep, I’m early 40s lol

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743846&forum_id=2).#49054585)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 5:34 PM
Author: Histrionic persian toaster

lol at a 500k 401k in early 30s. That’s not possible with normal contribution limits.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743846&forum_id=2).#49054777)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 11:13 PM
Author: Heady Chad

It depend on if that's his primary retirement or if he has other holdings.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743846&forum_id=2).#49055431)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 2:56 PM
Author: unholy university

$130k

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743846&forum_id=2).#49054335)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 2:56 PM
Author: Hateful Citrine Nowag Famous Landscape Painting

that's horrendous

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743846&forum_id=2).#49054338)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 2:57 PM
Author: titillating canary idiot

i'm in between these two guys

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743846&forum_id=2).#49054340)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 6:31 PM
Author: crystalline spectacular azn

Same, I'm in between two guys

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743846&forum_id=2).#49054899)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 2:58 PM
Author: unholy university

The sum total of all my retirement and brokerage accounts is around $1.3M

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743846&forum_id=2).#49054350)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 2:59 PM
Author: bull headed infuriating halford

lol no it's not. your net worth is probably 200k, and your intrinsic value as a human is 0.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743846&forum_id=2).#49054355)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 4:06 PM
Author: unholy university

My mom says I'm special.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743846&forum_id=2).#49054586)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 5:57 PM
Author: bull headed infuriating halford

even that's not true

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743846&forum_id=2).#49054810)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 2:57 PM
Author: bull headed infuriating halford

LOL

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743846&forum_id=2).#49054339)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 2:57 PM
Author: Hideous dull feces

$3.4 million in combined marital plans.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743846&forum_id=2).#49054341)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 2:58 PM
Author: titillating canary idiot

damn

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743846&forum_id=2).#49054349)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 3:19 PM
Author: Soul-stirring Light Nibblets Library

Age?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743846&forum_id=2).#49054411)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 3:30 PM
Author: yapping contagious parlour crotch

Such a waste of capital.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743846&forum_id=2).#49054446)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 6:00 PM
Author: unhinged violet area half-breed

Isn't there like a $14K annual contribution cap? Did you serial murder a whole bunch of wives, or what?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743846&forum_id=2).#49054816)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 6:11 PM
Author: bull headed infuriating halford

this discussion happens every 401k thread. partners in biglaw can contribute like 120k.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743846&forum_id=2).#49054839)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 6:16 PM
Author: unhinged violet area half-breed

xo posters lie about everything https://www.irs.gov/retirement-plans/plan-participant-employee/retirement-topics-401k-and-profit-sharing-plan-contribution-limits

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743846&forum_id=2).#49054860)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 9:43 PM
Author: yapping contagious parlour crotch



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743846&forum_id=2).#49055284)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 6:40 PM
Author: sienna razzle stain

The max is $70K per year including your own $23,500 contribution (i.e., the employer can give you a "match" of up to $46,500).

Also, I assume 401(k) is being used colloquially here and that people are including IRAs too. You can put up to $70K in one of those every year.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743846&forum_id=2).#49054921)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 3:22 PM
Author: bipolar out-of-control international law enforcement agency

$1.1mm in brokerage accounts, 401k's are flaem

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743846&forum_id=2).#49054417)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 3:28 PM
Author: unholy university

.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743846&forum_id=2).#49054434)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 3:29 PM
Author: mewling bat-shit-crazy puppy

Something like $800-900k for wife and I.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743846&forum_id=2).#49054441)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 3:30 PM
Author: yapping contagious parlour crotch

~$2m and it's a total waste. Also lol @ all the faggots ITT counting their wives' anything.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743846&forum_id=2).#49054448)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 3:33 PM
Author: mewling bat-shit-crazy puppy

If you work in-house matching makes it a no-brainer.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743846&forum_id=2).#49054457)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 3:37 PM
Author: yapping contagious parlour crotch

just do take a lot of my money and shove it up the ass of some vehicle I can't access without significant tax consequences until I'm 60 because who would want to enjoy money now when they can pay thai nurses with it later to change your diapers, tp

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743846&forum_id=2).#49054465)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 3:43 PM
Author: mewling bat-shit-crazy puppy

1) at this point we're old as fuck so a few more decades isn't even long at this point

2) we all have tons of money to access now too

3) we would have to put away money for retirement regardless

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743846&forum_id=2).#49054491)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 3:43 PM
Author: yapping contagious parlour crotch

I want my yacht now.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743846&forum_id=2).#49054493)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 3:46 PM
Author: mewling bat-shit-crazy puppy

If what's keeping you from a yacht is your 6% 401k contribution then you can't really afford a yacht.

I suggest a boat club.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743846&forum_id=2).#49054501)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 3:47 PM
Author: yapping contagious parlour crotch

I have $2m in capital tied up in a vehicle I can't access for another 20 years. That's baot money bro. It's idiotic. Let me spend my money now and I can always shoot myself at 65 if needs be.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743846&forum_id=2).#49054507)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 3:49 PM
Author: mewling bat-shit-crazy puppy

If that's your perspective then sure, stop contributing into 401k. However, it turns out that 65 year olds generally don't want to just killself and if they're broke end up regretting blowing it on dumb shit like a yacht.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743846&forum_id=2).#49054520)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 3:52 PM
Author: wild motley internal respiration chapel

You can withdraw without penalty at 55 if you retire or get fired (current employer plan only)

You can withdraw without penalty at any age if you take substantially equal periodic payments

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743846&forum_id=2).#49054534)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 5:32 PM
Author: adventurous love of her life boiling water

Why not put it in a Roth?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743846&forum_id=2).#49054770)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 6:03 PM
Author: unhinged violet area half-breed

https://youtu.be/njJ41irPjTc?t=15

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743846&forum_id=2).#49054824)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 9:42 PM
Author: yapping contagious parlour crotch

180

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743846&forum_id=2).#49055282)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 6:01 PM
Author: unhinged violet area half-breed

Did you know you're not required to contribute to a 401K?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743846&forum_id=2).#49054820)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 9:39 PM
Author: yapping contagious parlour crotch

(guy who is not a biglaw partner)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743846&forum_id=2).#49055267)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 3:44 PM
Author: crawly black woman

$700k

Wife - $600k

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743846&forum_id=2).#49054494)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 3:48 PM
Author: nubile native coldplay fan

43yo, $900k

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743846&forum_id=2).#49054510)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 5:28 PM
Author: sooty house double fault

Early 40s. ~$2.1mm

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743846&forum_id=2).#49054761)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 5:31 PM
Author: adventurous love of her life boiling water

Late 20s, 250k

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743846&forum_id=2).#49054765)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 9:41 PM
Author: aromatic big-titted forum gunner

Good job , young gun

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743846&forum_id=2).#49055276)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 5:35 PM
Author: Histrionic persian toaster

lol at these responses

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743846&forum_id=2).#49054786)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 6:12 PM
Author: bull headed infuriating halford

go on...

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743846&forum_id=2).#49054841)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 5:58 PM
Author: Exhilarant Sandwich Institution

30000k

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743846&forum_id=2).#49054814)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 6:15 PM
Author: Cobalt Diverse Kitty Cat Fat Ankles

$399,443.16

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743846&forum_id=2).#49054855)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 6:17 PM
Author: unhinged violet area half-breed

Monday is likely to be a big day for you friend

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743846&forum_id=2).#49054861)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 6:29 PM
Author: Cobalt Diverse Kitty Cat Fat Ankles

🤞🏻

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743846&forum_id=2).#49054891)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 6:33 PM
Author: sadistic legal warrant

IDK $150Kish. But I haven't been working long.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743846&forum_id=2).#49054903)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 6:45 PM
Author: Crimson jew

~$300k, which is less than I have in my normal brokerage account. And less than I have in crypto.

I've only ever put in in $6k / year, which is all my company will match.

Used to put money into an IRA separately, but stopped that a while back. I'm going to inherit 8 figures, so make more sense to stack up liquid assets now I can use to invest in real estate, private credit funds, etc.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743846&forum_id=2).#49054938)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 9:58 PM
Author: razzmatazz mint whorehouse ladyboy

Same.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743846&forum_id=2).#49055302)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 7:03 PM
Author: vibrant lilac genital piercing toilet seat

350,000

Kinda sad

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743846&forum_id=2).#49054964)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 7:06 PM
Author: Deranged Meetinghouse

all stock/bond investments are like 750k.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743846&forum_id=2).#49054976)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 7:09 PM
Author: multi-colored pea-brained parlor mother

$386k total.

$324k in trad, $62k in Roth

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743846&forum_id=2).#49054981)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 9:40 PM
Author: Awkward Cuckoldry

Zero

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743846&forum_id=2).#49055273)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 9:43 PM
Author: yapping contagious parlour crotch

Crrrrrrrrrrrrrr

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743846&forum_id=2).#49055285)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 10:58 PM
Author: sooty house double fault

For Benzo reasons or RSF reasons?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743846&forum_id=2).#49055403)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 9:58 PM
Author: razzmatazz mint whorehouse ladyboy

$6 million or so. I checked in January.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743846&forum_id=2).#49055301)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 10:52 PM
Author: unhinged violet area half-breed



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743846&forum_id=2).#49055392)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 10:55 PM
Author: fragrant brass digit ratio

I mean undoubtedly there is a balance but $6 million?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743846&forum_id=2).#49055397)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 11:05 PM
Author: stimulating submissive theater hominid

$0. I don’t have a 401(k).

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743846&forum_id=2).#49055414)