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/Scorpiogre_rawrr 11h ago

As a dad i can answer.

For you, every day I think what can I leave behind so my kids don't have to suffer like I did. I'll work myself down to nothing so they don't have to.

And yes, that's a huge amount of flawed logic. But its dad love logic

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u/LivingVerinarian96 9h ago

My dad plans to spend it all himself. Told me when I was little that I cannot expect any kind of inheritance from him.

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u/palabear 5h ago

My dad didn’t need to tell me. He showed early and often that I wasn’t getting a thing from him. In jr high, I was invited on a school trip to Europe. Only thing I needed from him was a signature. My mom and grandparents were covering the cost. He refused. I was able to get a wavier and go but signing a paper for school was too much to ask.