PF Shock: Older Does Not = Wiser

I had a bit of a shock the other day as I watched my manager jot a note to herself to pay her rent. I was a bit shocked to know that an HBS grad who makes 3x my salary and who is so much older and wiser than I am – is still renting. In the Midwest. We’re not in New York, people. Her husband makes the same six-figure salary she does. This seems unconscionable to me. I know that I rent and this bums me out… but she is in her mid-thirties, not mid-twenties. I know there are extenuating circumstances but I still felt like giving myself a little pat on the back that I hopefully won’t be in the same situation at that age.