40-year-old homeowner says economy doesn’t add up: ‘I’m making the most money I’ve ever made, and I’m still living paycheck to paycheck’
fortune.com
“There's this wild disconnect between what people are experiencing and what economists are experiencing,” says Nikki Cimino, a recruiter in Denver.
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Gen X here and I can’t afford to contribute to my retirement. Even had to withdraw some during unemployment. I’m either working until I die or hoping assisted suicide becomes legal in 20 years.
Yep. Same. I do pretty good for myself and I'm more fortunate than most, but I had to borrow money from my dad recently for a series of expenses I couldn't absorb in real time. I got the "you don't know how to budget" sermon. It felt as fun as you'd expect
I said fuck it and gave him a list of earnings and expenses (I'm pretty frugal) and he was like, "oh..."
Oh hey, this is what my partner and I have been experiencing for the last year or so.
Did he clap afterwards?
Gen Millennial here. I can assist you on your suicide that day for a hot meal so I can at least eat on that day. Maybe someone from Gen Z can assist my suicide if I leave him my blanket then.
A hot meal? If you're eating the person who just suicided then you could probably stretch those left overs out for at least a week or two.
You might be on to something here....
Sounds like a modest proposal
Is that when you die but take a billionaire with you?
On the bright side, 9mm is cheaper than a retirement home. Somebody's getting a blowjob on my 60th birthday, and it ain't gonna be me!
Damn, that's dark. Like my favourite kind of humour.
X here too, 53yo, cannot contribute to retirement. At 67 I will have to sell my house because I'll not be able to afford taxes, insurances, power, repair, etc
Assisted suicide vs... illegal suicide? What's the difference?
Illegal doesn’t pay out insurance claims. Not that I can afford life insurance….