My parents are classic.

They are typical "pull up your boot straps" types who say how they worked really hard for everything they had, and that my generation needs to stop buying iPhones and coffees and that we need to learn to go without.

Meanwhile they forget that I know their life when they were in their 20s-30s.

Dad left school at 15 and walked onto a building site and got hired.

Running his own firm 3 years later

Owned first home age 20. Two home owner by 26.

Holidays abroad every year, sometimes twice a year.

In the pub most nights of the week and almost all day most Saturdays and sundays

Takeouts every week as well as meals out regularly

Only dad had to work because back then you could run a household on one wage.

Remember things such as my dad giving my mum 1000 pounds in cash to "go shopping as it was a good week" that's like about 3 grand in todays money.

It's like need I go on.

cool story bra didnt read

cool

people do the same thing today as well

Sounds pretty similar to my life

Built my first house at age 19 after the Asian financial crisis

Had doubled in value by the time I got the keys

Wincel I would also be ashamed if you were my son

Oh yeah me too bro, also my bitcoin investment paid off big time and I cleared my first 5 mil by the time I was 21.

Well ya got me beat, grats

Your parents must be proud of your success

5 mil in throwback pesos?

I don't get it. What your dad did is exactly what you do now to become as successful as him.

Lmao simply not possible to earn the kind of money he did doing that job in that economy, no way no how.

He started his own company after 3 years. That's the essential part. There are so many possibilities today to do that with zero money.

I didn't have any money when I started my company. I had a full time job that paid the bills and worked my ass off, getting the real thing going as a side hustle.

Boomers are based

imagine living such a worthless life you come on a dying bodybuilding forum to belittle and shame your own blood parents

just fcking lol @ pathetic OP

You are 41 you are a boomer lol.

Every generation has its own struggles that other generations can't understand. I'm not saying you're wrong, I'm just saying you're wasting your time if you try to explain it to boomers. Just try to do your best with what you have.

You can still run a household on one income.

If this was true, you wouldn't be here making this thread.

There are winners and losers in every generation

I notice all you young *******s like to complain about everything and blame other people for your problems.

Boomers define entitlement, pass it along to their kids, then shrug their shoulders.

Keep in mind boomers had no problem burying themselves in debt for houses and cars. Just being able to "get" stuff doesn't mean you should. Boomers are facing a retirement crisis because of their bad money habits.


Also, if you play your hand right you, you CAN crush it in life. Don't take "bootstrap" advice from lazy Boomers though.

Zoomers would rather sell photos of their ass-hole online than work a job that contributes back to society