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That's a bit nit-picking. Most of the cost of the kitchen stemmed from essential building works for the electrics, plumbing, boiler, etc. Given that I choose not to have children, and this is the first and only home I've ever owned, doing work to a decent standard isn't something I'm going to feel guilty about. Fuck it, I earned it!
But even if I had done that job cheaper, I still doubt that I could've afforded private school. Because it's not just the fees (which I could have stretched to) but there's the associated lifestyle that goes with it (which I cannot stretch to) lest your child be a bullied bottom of the class outcast, i.e. "haha, we're going skiing and screw you", etc.
Not that I would put anyone through it either.
Velocio
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Wouldn't the cost of your kitchen alone basically pay for a kid to go through private secondary school?
Everything is relative and huge respect for making a success of a difficult sounding background. You have clearly had to work super hard to get to where you are, and that's of course different to having it all handed to you for nothing. But if your income is off the scale, you are rich, regardless of anything else. Enjoy it!
I still wouldn't send my kids to private school.