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Understanding the Pressures Beneath Your Financial Stress Consider Sarah and Marcus: Sarah and Marcus both work full-time and earn more than either of their parents ever did. Yet every month, their paychecks seem to evaporate. Childcare costs as much as rent, groceries feel like they’ve doubled, and their savings account never seems to grow. They keep asking themselves, “How can we be earning this much and still feel this behind?” It’s not mismanagement — it’s that the price