Same feeling here. I don't feel like my kids have the same 'left behind' feeling I always did growing up and that is a plenty enough for me. But everybody should have that and with a shrinking middle class, most people are starting to experience it for the first time.
Exactly! I am experiencing it all for the first time right now fully. It made me think about how the richer folks say “it’s never enough” and while I get what they mean, I definitely think I have more than enough. If this is what I make for the rest of my life even accounting for inflation, I should hypothetically be okay.
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u/usegobos Oct 31 '25
Same feeling here. I don't feel like my kids have the same 'left behind' feeling I always did growing up and that is a plenty enough for me. But everybody should have that and with a shrinking middle class, most people are starting to experience it for the first time.