Parents say our generation have it easy.
Honestly this has driven a bigger wedge into my r/s with my parents. We were never really on good terms to begin with but I don’t understand if it’s me who is wrong.
Last time earn $2,000 very good can feed family, now eat what
I make x5 times starting salary my dad did when he was my age (mid-twenties). In his mid-twenties, he can get married, pay for BTO, have 3 kids.
Sure, the first few years were a struggle, but he eventually also increased his salary gradually over a decade and lives a comfortable life now.
My dad was also paid for OT work horh, my mom never had to work except that time part time during the financial crisis.
They put a lot of financial pressure and expectations on me since I was a kid, so it drove me to work very hard to earn above average for my age. But I can’t seem to afford what they did when they were young.
I can BTO with my gf, but we deffo can’t afford to have kids right off the bat. And we’re already in our late twenties.
They think we earn a lot because they see our salary then compare with last time salary and cost of living
My parents like to say we have it easy. Say that we earn a lot of money, so should give them more allowance and all. Like you serious bro?
If I give you money and luxury, you won’t have grandkids because we won’t be able to afford having children. And they keep saying we using grandkids as a hostage to not give them money.
Like hello, I only earn a bit more than average, my partner and me not rich leh. You two are the ones living in a f-ing condo, and your kids and struggling to afford the life you had (which isn’t even luxurious, I’m only asking for apartment and the ability to raise kids).
None of my siblings went to uni by the way, so you can see my parents prefer living their life instead of investing in us.
Insist that our lives are so good now, we have it easier than them
I had a huge fight with my dad because he insist that Singapore’s system is perfect. If he can retire, we can also.
And I’m not an economist, but I think he’s rly downplaying how much more difficult it is for us to survive, let alone thrive in our current situation.
Things are just so much more expensive today than 30 years ago that our x5 starting salaries doesn’t justify anything.
I understand he worked hard to raise us, but I’m working hard too. Does our generation really have it easy??