Reddit User Shares Boomer Grandmother’s Story

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Others couldn’t help but compare their lives to their parents’ and grandparents’:

“My nan raised three kids on her bank job and my grandfather’s war disability in the ’50s. In a three-bedroom house. My mom has no idea how I’m always broke, with a degree and a good job. Gee ma, you sold your house for $2 million and nan’s house for $500,000. Huh. I live paycheck-to-paycheck with some savings because my rent is higher than any mortgage you ever had. And I have a roommate.”

—u/hyperfat

“I think about this a lot. Both my sets of grandparents were very, very working class, but they still owned their homes. My dad’s parents lived on my granddad’s factory paycheck and grandma didn’t work. Meanwhile, mum’s parents both worked (Nana was a cleaner at the high school, and granddad drove taxis) and they could afford a lovely semi-detached house and holidays to France in the summer.

Like, what was the bar for ‘not working hard enough’ back then? I work two full-time jobs and I’m trying to get my master’s degree while also making peace with the fact that I’m getting too old to start a family and I’ll never own a home because it’s too expensive.”

—u/DreyaNova

Source: https://www.buzzfeed.com/shelbyheinrich/reddit-boomer-grandmother

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