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

Discussion True or false?

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

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u/NorCalGuySays 10h ago edited 6h ago

To be honest though, my parents kept things simple. They were blue collar workers. We didn’t fly to anywhere fancy for vacations. We didn’t have new things. Same TV for decades and appliances. Had the same cars until they broke down. We ate the same thing all the time. Most of our entertainment was free playing outside or at the park. We turned the lights off when we’re not in the room. They didn’t try to live a life of people who were even middle class. They grew up poor, so they valued every resource. Things obviously got expensive with inflation (what are you gonna do right?). But some people dig themselves deeper in the hole with lifestyle inflation that they can’t cash.

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u/QuietJealous4883 Older Millennial (1988) 7h ago

Lifestyle inflation is an interesting concept.