• MinnesotaGoddam@lemmy.world
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    10 hours ago

    You have nice boomers. Mine understand the inherent changes in the market since they were our age, but they still blame us for not doing what they did.

    • BCsven@lemmy.ca
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      41 minutes ago

      There’s a middle ground somewhere between the extremes… I was lucky that I got out of school at a still good time. But it still took sacrifice to get what you wanted.

      Like sometimes I was cutting mold off the bread to make a sandwich for work, and only home cooked food, and no budget for entertainmentn expenses. It got us a two bedroom house for the, baby, plus car and motorcycle. That was on one salary, but I realize that ain’t happening today.

      But also I have seen family members of the young generation order a smoothy on skip, purchase $300 concert tickets, while racking up debt…while complaining of cost of living.

      They aren’t getting a 2 bedroom house on one salary with 5% down, but they certainly could be saving for one by making some spending adjustments.