Posted on 04/03/2024 10:25:29 AM PDT by Drew68
A fancy Millennial/Zoomer word for what we used to call boyfriend/girlfriend.
[“I’m still reeling, my whole life was flipped on its head,” the 29-year-old says.]
Welcome to the club, honey. 2008 for me.
Oh yeah, nobody was worried about me, either.
You’re lucky to have your parents. Be good to them.
[I KNOW WHERE SOMETHING IS BECAUSE I AM THE ONLY ONE IN THE HOUSE]
Thank you. LOL
American women are so messed up. Thanks to decades of ‘girl power’ feminism telling them to hate men and to not have kids.
Randi Oakes? I’ll be in a cab outside the airport.
Hurry. The meter’s running.
*** Today, many young people are saturated with “influencer” culture and believe that “luxury lifestyles” should not only be attainable, but that they’re entitled to live them.***
This is it in a nutshell. It took us 25 years to afford the home of our dreams. These kids want new everything right out of the box.
We’ve taken modest vacations, and only when we could afford it. I’ve never been to Europe, just Canada and Mexico, and both before you needed a passport to get there. My husband has traveled the globe for work trips several times. There was always a house to maintain, kids in school, and pets that needed care, so somebody had to hold down the fort, even if we could’ve afforded the airfare a time or two.
This younger generation seems to be born with silver spoons in their mouths, and when they don’t have it, because of social media, they think they are missing out if they don’t indulge themselves constantly.
Two are better than one because they have a good return for their labor. For if either of them falls, the one will lift up his companion. But woe to the one who falls when there is not another to lift him up. Furthermore, if two lie down together they keep warm, but how can one be warm alone? And if one can overpower him who is alone, two can resist him. A cord of three strands is not quickly torn apart.
Ecclesiastes 4:9-12
While this sounds incredibly difficult for this woman, imagine how much worse it would be to be a stay-at-home mom with a husband who loves and provides for her. She would be expected to cook and clean and would also have a pile of kids to nurture and love.
That was the living hell that young women had to live with back in the 50’s.
Thank goodness those days are over and women are now free to live with their parents until they die. Then they can inherit the house and live by themselves with their 10 cats.
Freedom!
/sarc
These people live in leftist hellholes and wonder why they’re so poor. Paying $3200 or $3100 a month for rent is insane. I pay less than $1500 a month for the mortgage on my house and I have three bedrooms, two bathrooms, and an oversize two car garage. And I bought my house brand new a little over eight years ago. $3200 a month would pay for pretty much all my living expenses, including food and vehicle costs.
Yeah, we were riding high in 2007, followed by twelve years of intense struggle.
It’s not a “singles tax”. It’s a “I’m not married to a rich guy like my friend” tax. Plenty of women married to average guys can’t afford to do those things either. Her friend could shake off the job loss because she has a rich husband. She should have found one too instead of devaluing herself in “situationships” with boy toys.
She needs to find a guy that gives good wallet.
Yes. I had three strands 20 years ago.
Now, it’s almost just me.
I don't ask, "Where is [item]?" I ask, "Where is [item] TODAY?"
It has never ceased for me.
I just need one rich woman.
Maybe 2. Or 3. LOLOLOL
“After a four-year string of unsuccessful situationships, the former ad exec is happy to be on her own for a while, but nothing hits her harder than the financial disparity between her and her partnered friends. “Even when I was employed, I couldn’t afford to vacay in Cuba or jet off to Malawi on a whim,” she adds. “It’s awkward to explain that to someone who has two incomes funding their vacation.””
First world problems. I’ve been out of work for 9 months now, and I am the sole provider for a family, don’t talk to me about the “single tax”. Brats.
Yeah, but you don't get to take the train down to NYC to have cocktails or show up at an impromptu club night.
The “Singles Tax” seems more like a “Stupid Tax”.
The idea of taking public transportation is appalling to me, to say the least. Not to mention, I have zero interest in cocktails or showing up at an impromptu club night. Being out in nature appeals to me much more.
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