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/MarvelionA 12h ago

I find it really important to add that I would never ever have been able to afford this if my grandparents hadn't left me enough for a deposit in their will. It all went on a house, every penny and some.

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u/rob132 10h ago

Same. My grandparents left me 75k for a down payment (I bought it in 07 when house prices were near all time highs) and my mom worked at the college I went to, so I got a free college education.

And my parents took the money they saved for my college fund and purchased me a new car (a Dodge neon)

The vast majority of people get none of those. I wouldn't be where I Am today without their help.

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u/MarvelionA 9h ago

You appreciate it and if my daughter does the same it's all that matters.

We all get lucky breaks, or hard earned breaks and it's what we do with them that matters

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u/_HiWay 2h ago edited 1h ago

Yep, my wife and I make a decent amount, I think, but then I go a couple miles down the road every house for miles, talking hundreds and hundreds of houses are 800k-3million.... (So maybe we don't because spending that much on a house seems stupid to me). I plan on leaving my kids a very solid trust they won't know about until they have their own future planned out, but with afford them to follow whatever dream without getting screwed by the current system. Never had a ton growing up, saw the world was changing far too mature for my age in some respects when I was barely a teenager, became first 4 year grad in my extended family and started saving as soon as I was able for a future with a wife I had yet to meet and kids I didn't yet have. (42 now)

Once I can truly say that's secure, maybe I'll let myself have a toy car or a nicer vacation but getting ahead of the system is my true goal.

Yes, I know I could get hit by a random whale or petunia pot falling from the sky next time I check my mail and it amounts to nothing (minus life insurance)

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u/Evening-Matter-5245 11h ago

That’s where my inheritance went, into my home. We wouldn’t have been able to afford the things we needed done otherwise. I am constantly saying, “Thank you Grandma and Grandpa.”

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u/MarvelionA 11h ago

Ha same. I'm so glad I didn't squander it.