Yeah, my parents were from a small village without reliable running water and toilets and I’m an computer microchip engineer that lives in a house I own with clean filtered water and a bidet.
Hell no, but physical disability… I live in the USA where disability seems like a homelessness death sentence
My parents had a mortgage; car loans; and 4 children at my age, while I struggle to maintain employment and don’t qualify for any type of financing because of it and all this despite having a very high demand skillet in tech; I’m not only doing worse than my parents, but worse than most of my peers.
To be fair: I don’t fit the stereotype of an autistic person so people presume I’m neurotypical that that keeps long term employment out of reach for me.
Kind of? My dad died before he was my age and my mom told me “he died and I’d never had that much money in my life and all I wanted was him.”
So financially I’m worse off than my mom was, but in other (and probably more important) ways, better off. And certainly better off than my dad.
I cannot own my own house. Something about I don’t earn enough.
I am allowed to pay rent at nearly double what a mortgage would be and this is financially allowed.
I would say same standard of living but the difference is they had a kid and my wife and I don’t. We simply could not have the same lifestyle if we had children.
Yeah, kids are darn expensive. I’m damn happy my parents decided to have me despite that fact. :)
To answer OP’s question, also doing better than them at the same age. Big part of it was investing early (time-value of money is a massive deal) and keeping the same car forever. My parents have spent quite a bit on cars over the years, it is probably their largest reducible expense. I bought a lightly used crossover a long time ago, and it’s got a long life ahead of it.
Lol, no. They were able to have a house and multiple kids on one salary.
Better in what regard? Fiscally all things adjusted and accounted for? Fuck no,
Progress as a person and self growth and development? Absolutely.
Also I will never breed, so always will be one up in my parents there,
Absolutely same
When my parents were my age, they left their country to move to the US in search of opportunities. Now that I’m that age, I’m leaving my country to move to another because of literal Nazis
That’s sad. My dad got molested by a priest when he was a kid. Back in the 70s, nobody took it seriously enough and people didn’t want the shame of it so it got brushed under the rug. Nobody ever helped him growing up so he became a severe alcoholic and drug addict. Constantly getting taken by the cops, unable to hold a job for long. But he still gave a fuck about me enough to actually make sure I did the right stuff as an adult and get a decent job. I’ll finish by saying this, the priest that did it got shipped off by the church to the Phillipines. They tried hiding him. But he did it again there and they fucking killed him. Mutilated him while he was still alive and fed him his own dick then tied his corpse to a pole in the center of town. At least according to my aunties.
Yes.
I have a home, a good job, and am able to save enough that it’s possible I may be able to retire in my fifties.
The only responsible decision my parents made was to pay off their house. They had over a dozen kids and my dad literally roofed houses until he couldn’t anymore physically. They’re now in their 80’s and driving for DoorDash, in a car they’ve “borrowed” from me for almost a year, that I’m certain I’m never getting back.
And, somehow, despite having no mortgage or car payment, they still aren’t paying their bills on time. (But, to be fair, that’s also a referendum on the US economy and capitalism in general, and none of us can get actual progressives elected.)
Yes and no. I probably am a bit better off than my parents, but they raised 4 kids and I raised none. My Mom was mostly stay at home (went back to work after all us kids moved out). My spouse has a good career, which is an added bonus.
Nope.
Nope.
Financially yes, psychologically, no.
