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Hinakuluiau
11/22/22 9:20:12 PM
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Does it bother you/them?

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MacadamianNut3
11/22/22 9:21:55 PM
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Career wise and salary-wise yeah I'm more successful and they're p clearly proud of that

However they got married and had me when they were 10 years younger than I currently am so

Edit: Brainfart didn't read the "at your age" part so that is even more of a yeah

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Antifar
11/22/22 9:23:43 PM
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My mother had two children by my age.
My dad...I genuinely have no idea what he was doing

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VeggetaX
11/22/22 9:24:37 PM
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Yes I am doing much better than my parents were when they were at my age and they are happy for me.

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Kloe_Rinz
11/22/22 9:25:00 PM
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Depends how you define success

in terms of my career, Im more successful for sure. But relationship wise Im a shipwreck.
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Homeless_Waifu
11/22/22 9:25:25 PM
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Kloe_Rinz posted...
Depends how you define success

in terms of my career, Im more successful for sure. But relationship wise Im a shipwreck.


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Returning_CEmen
11/22/22 9:28:02 PM
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By my age my parents were married with three kids. Buying their second home

But I am making more than they made at my age

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Ricemills
11/22/22 9:33:34 PM
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less.
and yeah it fucking bothers me, a lot.

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Flockaveli
11/22/22 9:34:21 PM
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Less. My parents owned a house. I split rent with three people.
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Payzmaykr
11/22/22 9:45:20 PM
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Much less. By my age, my mom had an impressive teaching career and my dad worked at the Exxon chemical plant. His job was extremely hard to get and he had to have tons of offshore oilfield work, college degrees, and my grandfather (my moms dad) was so important to the company and nation that the White House sent him a letter saying that he was too important to the nation to be sent to WW2 to fight. He put in a good word for my dad, too. Thats how tough it was to get that job, so I can honestly say that nothing Ive done has even come close to eclipsing my parents success by my age.

They also owned a house and had kids, which I dont have and cannot afford. In my defense, their generation got to keep their paychecks and things were not as cartoonishly expensive as they are now. An average house in my city is like $700,000 when the same houses sold to my parents generation for less than $100,000.

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Pepys_Monster
11/22/22 9:46:27 PM
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My dad never made it to my age. I'm more successful than my mom was at my age.

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Gremlynn
11/22/22 9:48:48 PM
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Than my dad? Prolly not more successful in terms of income, but I'm still with my first (only) wife, and I know my son. So like, it all averages out.

Than my mom? Oh so much. Like, soooo much.

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apocalyptic_4
11/22/22 9:54:16 PM
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I'd say so yes but it's not something I'd ever brag about or be proud of considering the circumstances.

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Rarity_BendOver
11/22/22 9:57:30 PM
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Less. But I think it's for the better than I'm taking my time as opposed to my parents or extended family. Lot of divorce and drama shit and alcoholism that I don't have to deal with.

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DarthAragorn
11/22/22 9:58:33 PM
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Better career, less money. Thanks American capitalism.

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g0ldie
11/22/22 9:59:21 PM
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definitely less.

both were college professors with a family, while I'm single and work an office job.

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TheLiarParadox
11/22/22 10:03:32 PM
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More successful, but it was a very, very low bar.

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mustachedmystic
11/22/22 10:11:07 PM
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Less, and yes, I am sure it bothered them, but they were wonderful parents, and were never too hard on me. But the on the other hand I was able to take care of them and they got to spend the last years of their lives at home instead of nursing home. And I will always be grateful I was able to do that for them.

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orangefire25
11/22/22 10:19:57 PM
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VeggetaX posted...
Yes I am doing much better than my parents were when they were at my age and they are happy for me.


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JuanCarlos1
11/22/22 10:25:05 PM
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Payzmaykr posted...
Much less. By my age, my mom had an impressive teaching career and my dad worked at the Exxon chemical plant. His job was extremely hard to get and he had to have tons of offshore oilfield work, college degrees, and my grandfather (my moms dad) was so important to the company and nation that the White House sent him a letter saying that he was too important to the nation to be sent to WW2 to fight. He put in a good word for my dad, too. Thats how tough it was to get that job, so I can honestly say that nothing Ive done has even come close to eclipsing my parents success by my age.

They also owned a house and had kids, which I dont have and cannot afford. In my defense, their generation got to keep their paychecks and things were not as cartoonishly expensive as they are now. An average house in my city is like $700,000 when the same houses sold to my parents generation for less than $100,000.


Cool. My dad also worked for Exxon as a manager until 2008 when there were lots of layoffs. Remember him traveling to Dallas and Brazil a lot. Of course that means Im less successful at 35.

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OudeGeuze
11/22/22 11:16:14 PM
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my dad was a car salesman, i run a brewery and recently joined the board of directors for the brewers guild for the region im in
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Kakapo
11/22/22 11:17:00 PM
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No and no.

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Verdekal
11/22/22 11:17:30 PM
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More but that's not saying much.

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FL81
11/22/22 11:17:57 PM
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Hinakuluiau posted...
Are you more or less successful than your parents were at your age?
less

Hinakuluiau posted...
Does it bother you
yes

Hinakuluiau posted...
them?
yes

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Uglybass69
11/22/22 11:20:39 PM
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More, they are happy for me.

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Robot2600
11/22/22 11:57:54 PM
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career, yes. buying power? no.

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WilliamPorygon
11/22/22 11:59:31 PM
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less, and they weren't even that successful

of course it bothers us

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VampireCoyote
11/23/22 12:00:16 AM
#30:


about the same, at my age my dad worked as a cashier at a gas station and my mom was a waitress

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Boombam99
11/23/22 12:02:07 AM
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Way less. My dad basically got a super high paying job the week he graduated college and stayed there until he retired
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h23456bca
11/23/22 1:02:56 AM
#32:


More successful than my mother was at my age, but I can't imagine I'll ever be as successful as my father, at any age.

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TehLizardKing
11/23/22 1:06:54 AM
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Way less

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bigtiggie23
11/23/22 1:28:14 AM
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More.

My parents depended on low wage jobs and food stamps to raise us. Plus we generally lived in a place until we missed rent for some reason then moved to somewhere cheaper.

I support my family easily with my job, plus I have maintained the same residence for over 20 years.

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AlephZero
11/23/22 1:33:42 AM
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at my age my parents had four kids and a home

i jerk off three times a day and get blackout drunk by myself several times a week

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TerraSeeker
11/23/22 1:38:21 AM
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My parents were already married and had 3 kids. I'm way behind. Mind you that ended in divorce.

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KogaSteelfang
11/23/22 1:49:55 AM
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Kinda both.

Socially, I'm so far behind that it's not even funny. They had been married for about 14-5 years at my age. My brother was 12ish, and I was about 10. They both had friends and big family circles. Coworkers that they got along with and just all around had a lot of people in their lives.

Me, not so much. Nothing at all to show for myself. No friends. Not dating, never had any kind of significant other. I feel like such a loser being nearly 40 being in this situation. It bothers me a lot, and I'm sure it bothers them too.

On the other hand, despite working constantly they had no money. Dad blew all his the instant he got it. All of mom's went towards bills and food. Often had to let the power be cut so we could have food, or go hungry for a week till she got paid again.

On that note, once my brother and I grew up and got jobs we managed to get the household on it's feet and have all of us start saving money. We actually managed to get ahead of the bills and can actually afford some luxuries now. I haven't been employed for quite a while, but my savings and some other endeavors have paid enough to keep my finances on a slow decline instead of a nosedive. I believe I've currently got more money than either of my parents have ever had... Which isn't even a lot. It's a lot to us, but almost certainly not to some of you. :/

So yeah, I'm more financially secure than they were.

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NoxObscuras
11/23/22 1:51:45 AM
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It's very possible that I've passed them already, but they had me very late, so I know very little about their finances in their 30's. But I know if I reach 6 figures by around 46/47, I'll have surpassed my mom. And I'm only 33 now, so that's definitely going to happen.

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AzNDarkSamurai
11/23/22 1:53:19 AM
#39:


More than my mom. About the same as my dad if we adjust for inflation.

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Hoodroar
11/23/22 1:56:04 AM
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Less, my upbringing was worse and there are less opportunities now so fuck anyone who gets on me for it. >_>

At least I've never been in prison, addicted to drugs, or had kids while unemployed. Better in those aspects.

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stage4saiyan
11/23/22 2:00:24 AM
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It depends.

My salary now compared to my dads at my age is approximately 3 times greater.
Im single and childless. By my age he had 2 sons.
I live by myself in a house. By my age he had a house as well, but slightly smaller.
I have a Masters degree whereas he was a high school dropout that spent 8 years in the military.
I have more of the frivolous things I want like cars, guitars, etc. but he had greater fitness (the Darwin kind, not physique) and had reached a level of maturity I simply havent due to not experiencing fatherhood.

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Nintendo_Porn
11/23/22 2:54:08 AM
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My parent makes more than me, married, and still has the nerve to act like she's poor and ask for money - me on the other hand can be financially stable with, or without employment being debt free.

Taught me a lesson - doesn't matter how much money you have if you are just bad with money management. So, on that level I guess i would be more successful.

Also don't care much for how my family is doing financially since i don't depend on them.

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tehzeldafanboy
11/23/22 3:00:44 AM
#43:


KogaSteelfang posted...
Me, not so much. Nothing at all to show for myself. No friends. Not dating, never had any kind of significant other. I feel like such a loser being nearly 40 being in this situation. It bothers me a lot, and I'm sure it bothers them too.
That sucks you feel that way, it's a shame you see yourself as a loser just because of other people. They really aren't important enough to get upset by, most people are really very worthless. I'm sure you're more interesting than the average person at the very least

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Glob
11/23/22 3:06:08 AM
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Career wise Im more successful than they ever were, at least as far as legitimate income goes.

Dont know for sure what theyd make of it, as theyre both dead and I had no contact with either of them for years before that happened. Id imagine they would not approve of what I do.
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Nacen
11/23/22 3:13:45 AM
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Less. I'm an absolute failure on every level.

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Oubliettes
11/23/22 3:20:55 AM
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i mean, i'm way more successful than they were at my age, but they're miles ahead of me atm
so it's kinda a toss up there i guess
my dad went to prison for a year over weed when he was my age
my dad was a total hippie (went to woodstock and shit) and smoked weed semi-regularly
had literally never been in trouble in his life and his dealer set him up as the fall guy all under the guise of "helping him" by paying for his attorney (who was actually in business with the dealer and keeping my dad from talking)
he and my mom own a super successful business and have a lot of commercial real estate investments now tho

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The_Wheelman1
11/23/22 4:39:07 AM
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Less. My dad retired from the millitary at around my age (35) and got a stable job afterwards. My mom has worked as a registered nurse for many years.

Im still single and barely getting by on things. I feel like a disappointment because my parents had high hopes for me but i had no passion or dreams to become anything.

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rexcrk
11/23/22 4:43:28 AM
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Way less lmao.

Doesnt bother me though. If it bothers them, they havent said >__>


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DKBananaSlamma
11/23/22 4:46:42 AM
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Yes and no? I make more money than them even factoring in inflation, but I still don't own property unlike them when they were my age. So we're probably even >_> They're proud of me either way lol

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Questionmarktarius
11/23/22 4:47:58 AM
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The_Wheelman1 posted...
I feel like a disappointment because my parents had high hopes for me but i had no passion or dreams to become anything.
Embrace the nihilism.
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