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Originally Posted by La lamy
I know I've been very fortunate to have been employed doing what I wanted until I chose to retire at 55. But I WORKED MY ASS OFF to train for it and keep getting better. I came from a middle class family where all was paid with cash, DEBT WAS ABSOLUTELY NOT AN OPTION. So we held our cars and clothes until they were run down, only went to restaurants on special occasions, built/repaired everything ourselves, and went camping for holidays. Nowadays it seems the younger generation want their parent's hard earned standard of living right away instead of slowly working towards it. I see videos of young people whining they have it bad, while they're in their car!!! I didn't have a car until I could fully pay for it. Big difference. I blame lack of work ethics, humility, and credit cards/loans, for a lot of the woes.
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Everyone thinks they worked harder than the following generation, myself included. I do believe, however, that we had more opportunities to achieve "grown up" ( A house, children, new car)milestones vs current generations The cost of housing, education, transportation and food have all gone up without income keeping pace. I did research for a paper showing cost of living in relation to income from 1990 to now. As a boomer I say the current generation(s) do not have the opportunities we did.