I am, by definition, lower middle class

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5524411&forum_id=2Reputation#47633929)

the boomer had a thin stay at home wife, a neighborhood his kids roamed till sundown, a local bar, a local mens club, a church community, etc etc

i think most millennials would take any of the above over some more $$, which they would jsut spend trying to chase the above

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5524411&forum_id=2Reputation#47631021)

There's always the IFNB

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5524411&forum_id=2Reputation#47631435)

Top 20% of millennials earn more than their parents did, and not just more but substantially more.

Reflection of the k-shaped economy we have.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5524411&forum_id=2Reputation#47631086)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5524411&forum_id=2Reputation#47631570)

Wow

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5524411&forum_id=2Reputation#47631115)

We're also substantially gayer, browner, and more socially liberal than the Boomers ever were.

In retrospect, I will admit that we collectively deserve our lot in life.

(Fuck all Boomers, though.)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5524411&forum_id=2Reputation#47631408)

So you're saying that we're *not* substantially gayer, browner, and more socially liberal than the Boomers ever were?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5524411&forum_id=2Reputation#47631485)

Sounds like collectively we deserve to earn less than our (straighter, whiter, more conservative) parents did.

And also sounds like our parents were collectively a bunch of faggots and someone should probably say "fuck them."

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5524411&forum_id=2Reputation#47631525)

I don't dispute that, hence my parenthetical

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5524411&forum_id=2Reputation#47631480)

He was able to buy about 6 properties over his career for sums at or under $150k each that are all now worth over a million a piece.

We routinely went on ski vacations where lift tickets were 30-40 bucks and runs were pretty empty.

Now... I make a million a year running my own business which is stressful and I'm constantly grinding and hustling to maintain that or a similar level of income. If I stopped by income would probably drop to like $200k which is basically abject poverty in socal.

I was able to buy a 1.5 million dollar townhome and pay off my student loans but lol at my quality of life being anywhere close to my dad's or really any boomers over the last 30 years.

My wife's parents are even more egregious. Retired cop and her mom was a literal checker at the grocery store. They own a home that is 2 blocks from the beach in a very HCOL part of socal. The home itself is worth around 3 million for land value alone. They bought it for $550k over 30 years and still haven't paid off the mortgage. Her dad has multiple pensions and disability from working for various Law enforcement positions and can just coast till death.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5524411&forum_id=2Reputation#47631465)

My dad is also kinda an asshole and I'm really not close with either of my parents but still at least pretend to have a relationship by calling and checking in every month or two.

My wife and I were able to buy our home in cash and pay off student loans despite no help from parents and he made some comment insinuating that we have it so much easier because the "economy is booming" which was funny as my particular business generally does better in a recession.

I did seethe with rage at the comment though. The fucker ignored the fact that I graduated undergrad in 09, depths of recession, finished law school in 2012/13 when hiring was still extremely shitty and then started my own business 5 years ago, exactly a year before Covid shut down everything and while housing prices simultaneously doubled in the span of 3-4 years.

Right around the time I made a decent chunk of money and could have afforded a 2-2.5 million dollar home, interest rates went through the roof.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5524411&forum_id=2Reputation#47631660)

Also, wife's parents are horrendous with finances and retarded in all sorts of other ways. Also given our very HCOL area, she would never be able to afford to live here if I wasn't around.

House paid for her in cash gives her security if something ever happened to me or in the more likely scenario that she divorces me.

It also is a tangible asset i could sign over to her in the event of a divorce and use that to offset her significant interest in my business.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5524411&forum_id=2Reputation#47632709)

I was watching some netflix doc on gut health with my wife last night and they were indicating that gut health is causing anxiety, depression, and a host of other mental health problems.

I commented that yeah it probably has nothing to do with us being surrounded by screens 24/7, receiving txts and emails 24/7, and people wanting responses 24/7." Also, I'm sure the toxic loop of GC being force-fed into my brain in the most addictive ways from billboards to my screens is absolutely optimal for mental health.

My wife assured me it was NOT the above and was definitely "Gut Health". Women are 180.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5524411&forum_id=2Reputation#47631673)

My dad was well into top 1% income at my age.

I'm at a faggotty 98th percentile.

Not to mention the fact that I literally am in the red every month (ie. spend more than I make) due to housing + childcare costs.

At my age, by dad was always looking for new ways to invest his excess cash -- even though he had a MUCH MUCH nicer house, a SAHM, multiple kids in expensive private school and multiple nice vacations a year.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5524411&forum_id=2Reputation#47640604)