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7. My dad just turned 55

Reply to Rod Beauvex (Reply #6)

Thu Jul 24, 2014, 12:18 AM

Jul 2014

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My mom will be 60 in 2 years. So their not terribly old, but from my age that seems like they're fossils.

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I got in a fight with my parents today... [View all] minivan2 Jul 2014 OP

Buck Up! Anyone who pays income tax is a socialist. easychoice Jul 2014 #1

I have to agree rock Jul 2014 #51

$8,000 is way too little. Esp. for a college student. delrem Jul 2014 #2

Your parents are living in a past era newfie11 Jul 2014 #19

I may be off a little on the numbers but I'd remind them that... BlueJazz Jul 2014 #3

I agree with you. And I'm probably your parents age. postulater Jul 2014 #4

Who is paying your college cause I am paying my sons and I KNOW it is harder today seabeyond Jul 2014 #5

How old are your parents? Rod Beauvex Jul 2014 #6

My dad just turned 55 minivan2 Jul 2014 #7

I'm 54. Not a fossil yet. LWolf Jul 2014 #49

Feel like my parents don't understand how much more difficult abelenkpe Jul 2014 #13

My parents are the same way laundry_queen Jul 2014 #21

I'm at the tail end of the baby boom, and I can tell you that I *know* phylny Jul 2014 #25

Gen Xers weren't born in the 50s, and if born in the 60s, were infants TransitJohn Jul 2014 #41

I though I was clear.. Rod Beauvex Jul 2014 #47

People currently 66-72 are not Gen X TransitJohn Jul 2014 #48

BORN between 66 and 72 marions ghost Jul 2014 #50

Eh - More like 78 JustAnotherGen Jul 2014 #54

or more like 1980? marions ghost Jul 2014 #58

Most 32 year olds JustAnotherGen Jul 2014 #62

That's not at all what he said TransitJohn Jul 2014 #63

I agree. kcr Jul 2014 #56

If this deadbeat nation wanted to even approach exceptional JEB Jul 2014 #8

Inflation Warpy Jul 2014 #9

Reverse calculating it comes out in 1975 dollars Paulie Jul 2014 #10

Like we trust the official number Warpy Jul 2014 #11

We have become a "minimum wage nation." JayhawkSD Jul 2014 #12

Not enough to live on xfundy Jul 2014 #14

I feel you, I'm 20, and made just over $14,000 last year. DEMTough Jul 2014 #15

Were you looking to them for additional support? Nuclear Unicorn Jul 2014 #16

They have a problem with socialism? mwrguy Jul 2014 #17

I'm 24, making 19,000 a year and barely getting by with student loan debt. Gravitycollapse Jul 2014 #18

That was a great salary malaise Jul 2014 #20

Is it 40 hour per week job and what would you be doing? badtoworse Jul 2014 #22

Its not 40 hours a week Travis_0004 Jul 2014 #55

k&r for the truth, however depressing it may be. n/t Laelth Jul 2014 #23

Refer them to any online inflation calculator to teach them how privlleged they are eridani Jul 2014 #24

^^^This^^^^ FSogol Jul 2014 #26

Exactly.. sendero Jul 2014 #27

+1000 nt Javaman Jul 2014 #45

ROFLMAO snooper2 Jul 2014 #46

Your parents are just happy your willing to work while in college, thus B Calm Jul 2014 #28

Wife is an academic librarian- here is what she thinks: JanMichael Jul 2014 #29

excellent points G_j Jul 2014 #44

Oh come on marions ghost Jul 2014 #52

nope. My wife talks to these kids all day JanMichael Jul 2014 #60

There are other factors in this marions ghost Jul 2014 #64

yes, in the bigger picture- there are many other factors...however, JanMichael Jul 2014 #66

I see the OP as a general statement marions ghost Jul 2014 #68

Except that it's NOT. MKay? JanMichael Jul 2014 #69

How ridiculous marions ghost Jul 2014 #70

8k is four times more than I was making in school Tetris_Iguana Jul 2014 #30

have you seen tuition rates recently? eShirl Jul 2014 #31

As a recent graduate, yes. Tetris_Iguana Jul 2014 #34

"I made it. If you didn't it's because you're a whiner." abelenkpe Jul 2014 #35

Oh BS abelenkpe Tetris_Iguana Jul 2014 #37

Great right wing talking points abelenkpe Jul 2014 #39

Assumptions assumptions Tetris_Iguana Jul 2014 #43

You are hilarious tkmorris Jul 2014 #36

do you d_r Jul 2014 #32

There's nothing wrong with being a socialist. surrealAmerican Jul 2014 #33

I don't know how old you or your parents are or how well off your parents are. ladjf Jul 2014 #38

I'm a boomer, no kids, but I know it's a heck of a lot tougher for young adults now than when I raccoon Jul 2014 #40

Message auto-removed Name removed Jul 2014 #42

I agree with you fredamae Jul 2014 #53

Where are you going to be working? dilby Jul 2014 #57

Some people are just stuck in the past Taitertots Jul 2014 #59

Most college students have an inflated idea of what their labor is worth taught_me_patience Jul 2014 #61

How many hours per week will you be whistler162 Jul 2014 #65

At your age, consideration of moving to another country avebury Jul 2014 #67