I am sick and tired of the baby boomers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"now I am 30 and make 180k and can't afford to buy a the equivillent sized boomer house because I bought after 2005 and can't sell my current small one."

And of course none of the boomers understand why this is happening because to do so would admit that THEIR having these things is the result of luck and not just their hard work.

My in laws bought a house in N. Arlington for $35K 30 years ago. My FIL went right out of college into a cushy job and was head of his division without 10 years. He retired making over a million dollars with a BA.

Whereas me and DH have grad degrees and are struggling, making less than $100K. Of course ILs don't get it, since $85K was a lot to them when they started. We are always being asked why we don't buy a house someplace a little further out, like Del Ray, or why we don't just save a little? They literally DO NOT GET IT.

I'm so tired of me and DH being made to feel like losers because I didn't have the opportunities and LUCK they did.

Did you go into high paying professions, or do you have liberal arts grad degrees? If you're not educated in anything money making, how is that the boomers' fault?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:WHY don't you boomers understand that the rules have changed?

My father, the lawyer got:

-a BA
-a JD
-a job in a respected firm making tens of thousands of dollars in bonuses every year
-a nice, cushy life

I graduated law school 30 years later and I got:

-a BA
-a JD (from the same school as dad! And graduated higher in my class than him! And worked my ass off in prestigious internships every semester from 2L on)
-an LLM
-a job at a respected firm making shit bonuses
-laid off for economic reasons
-bills that I can't afford to pay

HOW did I not work as hard as him?

I--and tons of others in my position--played by the old rules. But THE RULES HAVE CHANGED. And the baby boomers had a big part in the why of that.

Your plight is not the Boomers' fault. You just didn't understand how fast the legal market was changing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'd just be happy if the area boomers would get the F out of Whole Foods and stop ramming my cart / leaving their cart in the center of the aisle blocking 78 other people while they ponder: Icelandic butter? or Plugo? hmmm

ITA! It is so annoying.

Sure thing -- but can you leave the double stroller outside? Oh, and, I believe that's your preschooler ramming my cart -- how adorable -- is that her sib running loose in the parking lot?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

I'm a boomer and worked for every single thing I've ever had. Our generation didn't feel entitled to things we couldn't afford. Now, everyone has a cell phone, computer, tivo, cable, etc. Get a second job if you can't afford things...that's what we did.

+1

YES!!!! I was 25 before I had my first computer and my first cell phone.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"The 51 million members of Generation X, born between 1965 and 1976, grew up in a very different world than previous generations. Divorce and working moms created 'latchkey' kids out of many in this generation. This led to traits of independence, resilience and adaptability. Generation X feels strongly that 'I don't need someone looking over my shoulder.'" Gen X -- face it, we rock. We should go on strike.

This is all part of the baby boomer generation's narcissistic characteristics. "It's all about them."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Precisely, PP. Social Security was never designed to serve as greens fees for healthy 67-year-olds with hundreds of thousands in retirement accounts. Bring on the means testing! I don't care how much you've paid into it, boomers.

What's your HHI?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Precisely, PP. Social Security was never designed to serve as greens fees for healthy 67-year-olds with hundreds of thousands in retirement accounts. Bring on the means testing! I don't care how much you've paid into it, boomers.

+1

My grandparents sold the house in Walnut Creek, CA that they bought in 1972 for $41k in 2005 for $850k, moved to Vegas and bought a house for $150k and are living large. Grandpa gambles his SS checks every single month. The ENTIRE check. It is disgusting. We pay taxes for him to play Keno.

Sorry, but he's just as entitled as you are to be rich. How are you going to make it? Blaming previous generations ain't gonna cut it. Why don't you spend the energy investigating growing, high paid jobs so you too can be the envy of your grandparents? I made my first million at age 38, partly through luck but partly through a lot of effort and discipline. I was born in 1966.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
Precisely, PP. Social Security was never designed to serve as greens fees for healthy 67-year-olds with hundreds of thousands in retirement accounts. Bring on the means testing! I don't care how much you've paid into it, boomers.


+1

My grandparents sold the house in Walnut Creek, CA that they bought in 1972 for $41k in 2005 for $850k, moved to Vegas and bought a house for $150k and are living large. Grandpa gambles his SS checks every single month. The ENTIRE check. It is disgusting. We pay taxes for him to play Keno.

Your bitterness and sense of entitlement are amazing. This attitude is the result of a generation of children who expected goody bags at every party, a trophy for every sport and every wish granted immediately so that their "self-esteem" wouldn't be damaged. It would never dawn on me to resent someone the way that you resent your grandparents. Heaven forbid someone plays a round of golf when you could use that money for a new iphone, ipad, fill-in-the blank. Self-centered much? Grandpa should cut you out of is will.

[Anonymous]

9:35, standing ovation. ITA!!!!!

[Anonymous]

I people were talking about the social security crisis due to the number of baby boomers since the 1980s, yet the bponders did nothing to fix it. The fact is that they will, as a group, take out more money from the system than the put into it. The fixes being talked about now, to take effect 10 plus Yeats from now, will help them and hurt the rest of us.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Precisely, PP. Social Security was never designed to serve as greens fees for healthy 67-year-olds with hundreds of thousands in retirement accounts. Bring on the means testing! I don't care how much you've paid into it, boomers.


+1

My grandparents sold the house in Walnut Creek, CA that they bought in 1972 for $41k in 2005 for $850k, moved to Vegas and bought a house for $150k and are living large. Grandpa gambles his SS checks every single month. The ENTIRE check. It is disgusting. We pay taxes for him to play Keno.

Your bitterness and sense of entitlement are amazing. This attitude is the result of a generation of children who expected goody bags at every party, a trophy for every sport and every wish granted immediately so that their "self-esteem" wouldn't be damaged. It would never dawn on me to resent someone the way that you resent your grandparents. Heaven forbid someone plays a round of golf when you could use that money for a new iphone, ipad, fill-in-the blank. Self-centered much? Grandpa should cut you out of is will.

. Yeah, their baby boomer parents raised them.

[Anonymous]

You know you are getting old when......you read this thread.
If you are all so smart, figure out how to make it work out for you.
Stop bitching and start a revolution! You sound like a bunch of brats having a temper tantrum.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I L-O-V-E this thread. I am a 67 year old boomer, and I am so happy I have pissed off all of you. Never did a group of people deserve it more. By the way, Bruce Springsteen is over-rated. How's that for a smack down!

Springsteen is a boomer.

Think kurt consonant.

Kurt Cobain. Damn you autocorrect!

[Anonymous]

This is all part of the baby boomer generation's narcissistic characteristics. "It's all about them."

Actually, it sounds more like the narcissism of the X'ers.

[Anonymous]

Precisely, PP. Social Security was never designed to serve as greens fees for healthy 67-year-olds with hundreds of thousands in retirement accounts. Bring on the means testing! I don't care how much you've paid into it, boomers.

What's your HHI?

$275K in a baseline year, this year has been much better so will be more like $400K.

What's your point?