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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I had a degree, roommates and cooked at home when I was in my 20s.  That was the 1990s.  Not sure things are so very different now.[/quote]

Housing and degrees are more expensive now.[/quote]

You missed the point, which is that it's normal to have room mates and cook at home in your 20's. Why do young people now expect own housing and going out to eat to be the norm?

I also had room mates until I was about 28 - I got my own apartment after finding a well paying job in a low cost of living area and it just didn't make sense to share housing anymore - even had a den in my apartment for my hobbies. [/quote]

Having roommates and cooking at home in your 20's doesn't get you as far ahead as it used to because degrees and housing are more expensive. [/quote]

But we also didn’t have home WiFi, Netflix, Spotify, and goodness knows what other subscriptions.  We had a landline and antenna.  No cable.  Drive beater cars and fixed them ourselves (or traded services like cooking and cleaning with someone who could).

[b]Kids now think they should have all the stuff their parents have as soon as they move out. [/b] That is not and never has been feasible.  Toughen up, cupcakes.[/quote]

What proof do you have of this? I see people keep saying this over and over again and it makes me think you're either gaslighting us or really dont get what we're dealing with.

My friend group is pushing 30. Everyone has at least a master's degree or higher. I am married and own a home and I recognize that I am blessed and unique in that way. Most of my friends are still living in group housing, literally scraping by. We have potlucks and game nights as entertainment rather than going out for drinks or to restaurants. We all have student loan debt up to our eyeballs. Many of us have been stuck in the same $30-40k pay band since we began our careers because we are competing with cheap Indian labor in the tech sector. We've all basically accepted the fact that we will work until we die, and a serious illness will likely bankrupt us.

No one is complaining because we can't have all the luxuries our parents can afford. We're miserable because we were told that a good education meant eventually getting to the middle class lifestyle they had. But everything has changed so much that none of the prosperity they enjoyed looks like it will ever be attainable for us. And instead of recognizing that we were legitimately f*cked over by the choices your generations have made, you're gaslighting us into believing we just need to eat more beans and be happy. [/quote]

Agree.

Honestly, I'm a 20 something and I posted before on this thread. I'm not saying we MUST HAVE everything our parents have when we move out but damn, it would be nice to be able to have some nice things as a college educated adult!

The poster on the first page suggesting that we cook beans in a crock pot is so insulting. I did that as a struggling college student. Why should I have to struggle as a young professional. We as a generation are being told to keep our heads down and hustle till we are in our 40s by a generation that had it made fresh out of high school/college. We are all wondering what was the point of going to college if we graduate and can't find a job. I just did the job hunt and it was pretty quick by normal standards. 3 weeks from the time I interviewed until my first day but things are pretty tight. Everyone says "save money and don't eat out!". If I make just enough to cover bills and I have $15 left over every pay check, you can bet your ass I'm gonna get a bottle of wine with that, it isn't going in savings.[/quote]

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