These posts all have the same issue, they completely don't understand how people lived. They see tv and the brady bunch all flying to hawaii and think everyone did that. I'm 51 and in my childhood eating out was rare, nobody flew anywhere on vacation and people drive the same cars for so long it's how you knew who was coming down the road. The only people I knew who "lived like rock stars" were single males who had no kids and had the boss job at the factory.
Yeah I'm hearing OP and thinking like...sure some aspects mathed out better at some points of their life. My parents bought a used single wide trailer on a single retail income. But all I remember from my boomer parents was absolutely scrimping, crusty air dried laundry, never eating out or getting pizza except on the rarest of occasions, never getting brand name anything, busted ass used cars. I never had a video game console until i worked enough to get my own, and on and on.
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u/big-williestyle 18h ago edited 18h ago
These posts all have the same issue, they completely don't understand how people lived. They see tv and the brady bunch all flying to hawaii and think everyone did that. I'm 51 and in my childhood eating out was rare, nobody flew anywhere on vacation and people drive the same cars for so long it's how you knew who was coming down the road. The only people I knew who "lived like rock stars" were single males who had no kids and had the boss job at the factory.