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I’m 31.

• war1025 6y ago
  I am also 31. I live in the Midwest. I have a house, two cars, and three kids. I'm a software engineer making good but not great money, and my wife stays home with the kids. I don't feel that this situation is uncommon around here. I make more than the majority of my friends individually, but we're probably on the lower side of the spectrum when it comes to household income, at least among my friend group. That said, I completely agree that it used to be much easier to get a good paying job with a high school diploma or less. I went to university. My dad graduated high school. His dad went to school through 8th grade. There has been a significant trend towards delaying adulthood. Part of that seems to also mean delaying the ability to earn a living wage and support a family.
  • mydongle 6y ago
    You're doing great and I think you should keep doing what you're doing. A non-insigificant number of young people like me are likely going to die at much earlier ages due to financial insecurity and all the problems that come with poverty. Depressed since you can't get a job. Then eventually not being able to afford a roof over your head due to increasing rent and cost of living. Suicide starts to become a serious consideration. No other options. Girls rightfully want guys who can give them financial security, so guys like me are doomed as genetic deadends due to not being born with the right conditions or with the luck to get ahead in life. Back then, they would've sent us to fight some rich fuck's war. Some of us might think that was preferable since they won't hire us to do anything else worthwhile for a living wage.