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Brkdncr ,

i know that if they worked hard they could get by.

By worked hard that meant my father, without a college degree, was able to afford:

  • A small 3 bedroom house with a yard.
  • 2 cars.
  • 3rd kid on the way.
  • Wife that was nearly bedridden because of said kid.

I don’t think that’s even remotely possible today.

lemmie689 , (edited )
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My parents were busy trying to control my fucked up sisters children, with my dad dumping as much responsibilty for child rearing as possible on my mom, and my mom passively aggressively resenting it. Same way me and my sister were raised. My family’s a mess.

demesisx ,
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My father was a wage slave like me (working most of his waking week away, working OT on weekends) but at least they already owned a house for twenty years by this age whereas his profiteering generation made sure I’d never own one.

tiredofsametab ,

Quite a lot as I was already out on my own when my mom was in her early 40s.

LemmyKnowsBest ,

I outlived my dad. He committed suicide at the age I was two years ago.

My mom spent age 32-63 paralyzed in a nursing home, so I think I’ve surpassed her life accomplishments at my current age as well.

Tangent5280 ,

Why was your mother paralysed?

LemmyKnowsBest ,

She had ulcerative colitis, and there were medications she had to take for it but after awhile she stopped taking the meds out of vanity because they had side effects that she thought made her look too “puffy,” next thing I know she was in the hospital after having a stroke that paralyzed her at the age of 32 and she lived another 30 years paralyzed like that.

Tangent5280 ,

Wow, sorry to hear that. Terrifying to think we can make one misstep and end up invalid in bed, the rest of our life.

jeena ,
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I was still living with them, actually it was nice, they bought a houst just a coupple of years prior and my dad bought his first Mercedes Benz. They were traveling also, even though not as much and far as me now.

pohart ,

I was there for it. It was a lot like mine, but more optimistic

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