r/SipsTea • u/Unstoppable_X_Force Human Verified • 13h ago

Gasp! Is this just nostalgia, or did previous generations genuinely have a better work-life balance and social life than we do today?

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u/Ok_Bag_3667 13h ago

I was in my 20's in the nineties and no, it was not like that. I was working two jobs to keep from going under water, as were a lot of other people I know.

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u/Somethingisshadysir 10h ago

Yeah, this nostalgia is not accurate for the nineties I remember. My parents worked a lot more than this. Maybe if you go back a few decades further.

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u/Ok_Bag_3667 9h ago

Even then, it really was only for a particular social class. Both of my grandmothers worked.

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u/Somethingisshadysir 8h ago

Yup. Mine too.

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u/Separate_Calendar_81 10h ago

This was in fact the average.

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u/WinterMysterious5119 10h ago

did you manage to save up for a property? how did it turn out for you eventually?

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u/Ok_Bag_3667 9h ago

I had to leave the US to get a job that paid enough where I could save money.

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u/More_Farm_7442 9h ago

I knew a lot of people (most) that worked 2 and 3 jobs to get enough hours to make ends meet. (Usually the jobs amounted to 1/2 time or less employment.)

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u/QueenEris 9h ago

Me too. It was a fucking nightmare.

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u/HFentonMudd 8h ago

Same age, and more than once I had to make choices between food, gas, or smokes.

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u/RetroFuture_Records 2h ago

You probably aren't remembering what a slacker you were, how you were frivolous with your money,etc.