When I was a kid, my mom spent $200 at the grocery store to feed our 7 person family for the week. 25 years later, I am spending more than that just to buy food for myself. I honestly don’t know how most people make it. I’m lucky and have a good career. Can’t imagine what it would be like without it.

I was thinking about this exact same thing the other day. My parents used to load two trolleys with the weekly shop for us and for what it costs them, I can only fill half a trolley now. 

Have salaries gone up to match inflation over these years. Fuck no. 

House prices have gone up even more. 

It's becoming impossible to live normally, enjoyably, without going in to debt, unless you've got some huge, above average salary.

No wonder people are having fewer kids. 

What a fucking world.

There is nothing more powerful in this world than words.

Our parents should count themselves lucky man

I think the only way people are doing it is with debt. It's either debt or inheritance, and the generation of inheritance is ours and it'll likely be the last one.

Similar story here. Parents bought the house I grew up in late 80s for 120k I think, with combined salaries at that time of what I think was around 60k. Compare that with house costs at multiples of salaries today and you get an idea of what a shitty situation we're in. 

My parents had normal jobs too. Not well paid by average. My dad's perhaps a little over average but nothing crazy. 

They sold that house at a 550% increase twenty years after buying it. 

We're fucked.

Yeah dude. It’s insane. To expand.

My mom and dad’s first house was 150k. Huge 4 bedroom house in a nice suburb. My dad made 75k/year at the time. Mid 90s. 

Same house today with some modern addons is 600k. During the 25 years since, my dad’s salary went up 35k. The house did a 4x while his salary did a 30% increase. 

I literally don’t understand how my neighbors with kids can afford it. They don’t make as much money as me and have way more responsibilities. 

I’m not very conservative with money. I don’t save a lot; but I still don’t get it.