[Dids]

1) Are you a Have Not, Have, Have Lots?

I guess I feel like a "have" if you removed the $ amount from that. I've got a decent life relative to poor folks, but I'm technically a "have not". I've got cool toys (thanks poker!), a nice place to live, nice-ish car, etc. Of course, I also have a ton of consumer debt as well...

2) How important is this to you going-forward?

Not very. I've never HAD to have cool new toys. I grew up reasonably poor (although thanks to my folks, was never really aware of that until that changed). I would want to maintain my currentl lifestyle, which does impact some choices I might make career wise.

3) Will this impact your decision to have a family, number of children?

It shouldn't. Although I couldn't really afford to have kids etc if my wife didn't work.

4) Is your sense of what I wrote above true? Is this true only in expensive metropolitan areas?

I think middle class still very much exists. I feel like that's exactly where I fall. Is that something that's considered ideal, or ok? Not by most, but I'm ok with that.