Absolutely. Both me and my siblings. My parents were in an okay spot at this point, but they supported us to do far better.
Times were pretty borked compared to now, at least in this country.
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Yea, because I have a little more money saved for retirement otherwise I am about the same.
Oh yeah
hell no. At least they had a car, a mobile home, and prospects for the future
No. Close, but no.
No.
Better: I live near the sea so I can easily cycle to the sea for a swim in my lunch break. My PC is a lot better than the one my dad had at the time and relative to inflation costs a lot less, even without inflation it isn't that much more. Worse: Pretty much every other way. I guess my job is safer but we both have to work while my mum didn't have to work. We don't have kids either.
I am very much so β¦ but thatβs only because both my parents were shithead drug addicts in their 20s. My mom got in AA and turned her life in to a better place but she was starting again from the bottom. My dad didnβt get help and was still using and dealing and struggling last time I heard.
Financially maybe, my parents were probably still at university at my age. They'd make more money than I do afterwards though.
And they had already found each other, while I've never even had one relationship yet.
In terms of satisfaction? No. In terms of finances? Not sure. By my age, my parents were together, my mom had my sister and my dad became a step father to her, they had a lot of friends and were very popular. Me...not so much in any of those things. But I'm living comfortably in my own apartment, no kids or S.O. so I have a lot of spare cash and a lot of things I like. I don't know if my parents had the same pleasures as me at this age.