Time for some personal experience. Both my fiancé and I are employed. Most would consider our combined income to be very good. Considering the economic climate

Time for some personal experience. Both my fiancé and I are employed. Most would consider our combined income to be very good. Considering the economic climate we are both doing well. The problem here, and why I think trends like "never married" and "living at home" are up, is that even though we make a very good wage we still aren't middle class due to student debt. So instead of buying a house we pay over $3k each month on our student debt. Instead of purchasing new cars and a house (thus pumping money back into the economy) we have to pay rent. The point of this post is that even if you are one of the lucky ones to get a well paying job right out of college you'll most likely have to put off purchases that used to be the norm for middle class.