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Gen X woman from Maine, maker, baker and Harley enthusiast. Making the most of middle age, owning my things and finally playing more than working!

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Emkay207 · commented on 6 posts

about 3 years ago

Person Compares What Young Boomers Had Vs. What Young People Have Now, Says The New Generation Is Screwed
Person Compares What Young Boomers Had Vs. What Young People Have Now, Says The New Generation Is Screwed

I will agree that things are harder now, but with 2 college degrees I still walked to work because I couldn't afford to register my car. I didn't start making a livable wage until I was in my 40's. Everyone worked a side gig. If you didn't have a family you had roommates, multiple, just to get by. Cell phones, cable tv, a computer? Forget about it. In my 50's now, I have plenty, which to some millennials appears to be a lot. Assuming it was easy for me to get here or that this somehow happened in my 20's or 30's is delusional. Plus, I was always paid less to do more than my male counterparts while constantly being sexually harassed and don't get me started on the holidays I had to work because I didn't have a family. I suffered plenty but I pushed on because that is what you do. I have a millennial nephew that worked hard and was able to pay off his student loans within two years of graduating and bought a home two years after that. And my degrees were not frivolous liberal artsy ones

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