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Are you better off

Cactus · Senior Member

It's a bit hard to say. I feel better off in some ways that are not strictly material-for example, there have been advances in medicine since my parents were my age. I feel our country has advanced with regards to certain social issues. Then again, maybe some things have gotten worse.

Materially (which is how I think you meant it) I don't know. There are different variables involved. I don't have some of the assets they had but I also don't have the expenses. Most significantly, I don't have children, so that's a big savings.

I don't feel particularly stable-I wouldn't be surprised if I ended up worse than they do.

dqm either · Don't Quote Me

In the mid to late 70's my parents were "middle class black". With a qualifier.

I'm middle class without the qualifier. I guess not having the qualifier makes me better off but my parents accomplished much more by reaching middle class than I did. So in a way I feel like they were better off.

Do I think my kids will be better off? My first one is well on her way.
My 2nd is so into being a 20 year old right now that I can't even predict where her life will be when she's my age. I was already fully entrenched in adult life by the time I was her age and she's still such a child.
My 3rd will have a life so much different than mine that I can't even quantify better or worse. She wants a career in the military and it doesn't even compare to the life we have now.
My 4th I don't know yet but I think she will be like my first.

RichardInTN · I believe in I.D.I.C.

I'm NOT better off than my Father, and I likely never will be (unless I get an inheritance... or win PowerBALL... LOL).

It's just a fact of life that I have come to accept.