Early Retirement Extreme Forums

Hi all! I am joining the fray here on the forums after about 4-5 months of lurking and having read the ERE book in November.

Basic background:
28/M living in the southern U.S. in a MCOL city with DW (30F) and two cats, married for 3 years and together for almost 9 now. I am not from the U.S. but ...