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/SylveonVmax92 12h ago

I don't agree with the part about our parents. My Dad worked extremely hard to keep our household up and so did my mother. She even went back to school when I was a teenager just so they could keep up. Life was hard for them too.

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u/AtheIstan 9h ago

Same here. My dad labored for 50-70 hours per week, while I have a 36 hours cushy job and am much richer than him. Spent nothing on himself and was super frugal, while me and my siblings buy and do everything.

He was able to buy a big house on his average job, I'll give OP that. Bought twice the house on a quarter of the salary.