Are you better off than your parents at your age?

[treczoks@lemmy.world]

Definitely. We lived in an old house without central heating, and I know what hunger is. My father died when I was a kid, after a long sickness, and taking care of him and us kids took a lot out of mum.

Now I can support my family from my income, with both kids at unversity without debts.

Yes, we are better off. But the way to here and now was hard.

[showmeyourkizinti@startrek.website]

I am very much so … but that’s 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 didn’t get help and was still using and dealing and struggling last time I heard.

[clif@lemmy.world]

I don't have kids, so yeah.

[stunt_granny@lemmy.world]

Part of me wants to think so; I'm making a lot more money than they did at my age, even accounting for inflation. Aside from my car note, I'm debt-free. All objectively good things.

They had each other though. I'm a few years older than they were when they had their first kid, and they'd been married for a few years before that. I'm alone, and after I had some bad experiences, I don't bother with dating. Whether that's "better" than what my parents did or not, I don't think it's fair for me to decide.

[horsey@lemmy.world]

Only because my spouse’s parents are both dead (early, accidents) and he inherited several hundred thousand dollars and life insurance money. I personally have a negative net worth.

[rebekahwsd@lemmy.world]

Oh, no. Hella worse. They were solidly middle class with two solid careers at this point. And kids, but I don't want that part so that's a wash. But nicer house, nicer stuff entirely. But me and my husband are in a better place relationship wise so I got that over them??

[rbwells@lemmy.world]

Kind of? My dad died before he was my age and my mom told me "he died and I'd never had that much money in my life and all I wanted was him."

So financially I'm worse off than my mom was, but in other (and probably more important) ways, better off. And certainly better off than my dad.

[pantanopete@lemmy.zip]

Yeah, my parents were from a small village without reliable running water and toilets and I'm an computer microchip engineer that lives in a house I own with clean filtered water and a bidet.

[noel_skum@sh.itjust.works]

Mentally, yes. Financially, no.

[noobnarski@lemmy.world]

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.

[thewolfofsouthend@lemmygrad.ml]

Not financially, we used to go on holiday 3 weeks a year in a touring caravan, plus multiple weekends, in my teens we’d go skiing for a week. Based on that alone I’m not even in the same league.

[annafrankfurter@lemmy.ml]

Financially yes. I'm paying more in tax than my father earned when he was retiring. But socially not even close. We didn't have much growing up. So I just spent my time studying and all never really enjoyed any moment. The only "friends" I had were the people who hung around me so they could cheat off of me in exams. And the most cruelest part is growing up I always wanted fancy toys and other such stuff. But now I don't care about any of those. I thought if I earned more all the pain and suffering will go away but it is still there.........

[jumpingspiderman@lemmy.world]

No. Close, but no.

[Guest]

My parents had three kids and owned a 150 m² house in the countryside. I earn more than they used to and I'm renting a single room in a house with four flatmates.

[phoenixz@lemmy.ca]

Happier, maybe. My dad is an okay guy but they weren't happy together, my mom wanted out of the marriage for decades. Financially I'm so far behind, it's not even close.