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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]People want more things now. Bigger houses, eating out, house cleaners, more than one car, vacations, college for their kids, etc. I don’t know if things were actually cheaper but you are not comparing apples to apples. [/quote]

Consumerism is an added an expense - technology, Nike sneakers, video games, fancy vacations — but other than that most people just want what generations used to easily have.  Many families used to have housekeepers including both my parents when they were growing up. They were middle clsss/upper middle class living in a regular suburban neighborhood in fairly small homes. They went to college (cheap), took vacations to California, NYC and Florida. Medical care was inexpensive. Now all that crap is cost prohibitive.

So, OP, I hear ya! Just change the subject when she talks to something you both enjoy chatting about.  [/quote]

No one in my family went to college before my dad, my mom didn't go to college, for example. It wasn't common for everyone to go to college in previous generations. We live much more conspicuous lifestyles now than previous generations. By far. People traveled by car to go camping, kids wore hand me downs, expensive summer camps weren't the norm, limited technology. Our lives are much more complicated now and we pay dearly for it.[/quote]

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