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Aug 30, 2015
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workindev
My wife has never worked
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POLL: Financially are you better or worse off than your parents were at your
titlecoug
8/30/15 10:40am
I have more debt (student loans) but live a similar lifestyle
nashty
8/30/15 10:45am
Way worse off financially. Divorce will do that to you
LaserCoug
8/30/15 11:44am
Meant for OP
LaserCoug
8/30/15 11:46am
So hard to say. My parents lived in a nice home that cost $25K (or something).
CosmoK
8/30/15 10:50am
are most people comparing 2 incomes to 1?
ds7
8/30/15 10:50am
My wife has never worked
workindev
8/30/15 11:11am
would you say that is the norm in today's economy?
ds7
8/30/15 11:43am
Nope
workindev
8/30/15 1:20pm
I'm comparing 1 income to 2. My mom and dad both worked but my wife doesn't work
jzzlvr
8/30/15 12:05pm
nope
Kerbouchard
8/30/15 1:44pm
I am way worse
JOPE
8/30/15 11:04am
Too hard to compare. That was 36 years ago.
KingDave
8/30/15 11:04am
Not sure why it is so hard to compare. Compare salary, standard of living, etc.
Kerbouchard
8/30/15 1:46pm
Grew up poor so its not hard to do much better
CBaass
8/30/15 11:09am
My parents were also poor growing up but stressed joining an MLM and not going
Slim
8/30/15 11:15am
My dad retired with a corporate pension and got a real nice return on his SS
Busiturtle
8/30/15 11:14am
This is very hard. Bills are so much different now. Not just inflation
byu1
8/30/15 11:18am
Better. And that should only increase
spugeddy24
8/30/15 11:24am
Real wages haven't moved much since we were children, and boomers have lived
ag4cougs
8/30/15 11:27am
At the age I am now my parents already had 7 kids that they could barely afford.
OceanMang
8/30/15 11:55am
boom! Congrats braheem...looks like those nethers are functioning well after all
OhYePoorFools
8/30/15 2:51pm
Yeah duder. A little Betsy coming in January.
OceanMang
8/30/15 4:25pm
Ha Ha Ha! we'll have to wait to see the young lass before
OhYePoorFools
8/30/15 8:10pm
I have no idea.
Belboz
8/30/15 12:09pm
My parents had a 5 bedroom home when they were my age and I'm still renting
cougarnerd
8/30/15 12:30pm
I make a lot more than my parents ever did
marticorp
8/30/15 1:16pm
my parents retired at 50. I am not on track to retire anywhere near 50
ray ray
8/30/15 5:26pm
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