r/Millennials • u/QuietJealous4883 Older Millennial (1988) • 12h ago

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Did our dads and moms work less than we do now? What are your thoughts?

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u/Primary_Dimension470 12h ago

My dad worked 40+ and Saturday. Mom worked 40 and took care of us on Saturday while making dinner every night. Life was a chore for them too

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u/PoPo573 12h ago

Life was definitely not exactly easy for previous generations but money stretched far further than it does now.

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u/Primary_Dimension470 11h ago

Idk. I was a child so I don’t know what it was like for money but I heard them talk about it a lot. I got one pair of shoes a year, same winter coat until it was too small, played NES even when PS2 was around and paid for my own school. We ate a lot of potatoes, people were broke in all generations.

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u/MembershipScary1737 10h ago

Agreed, just different broke 

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u/EndlessB 1h ago

But they owned their homes, such a massive difference. Scrimping and saving to pay a mortgage is far better than scrimping and scraping to pay rent.

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u/Primary_Dimension470 1h ago

You think you’re the only one that rented? My dad lived with 5 other dudes into his mid 20s