He pays us a small amount at the moment and hates paying it. The girlfriend days she wants to move out when she's 30 wtaf?
I think kids are different in their way of thinking to when we were younger, whereas we had to stand on our own two feet at an early age, the 20-30+ age bracket generation today were encouraged to go through University, so due to the incurred costs, the younger generation tend to leave home much later in life - 30 is no surprise to me. I think we as a nation are appearing to want to move away from this culture now of Uni, and wanting ppl in work sooner, not sure if that is the case, just how I interpret the current government trend. I started full-time work at 16, I think that would come as a bit of shock (in a full-time capacity) to anyone that young these days, but I have no evidence to give to base that on.
Yeah I couldn't wait to get out so joined the RAF at 17. This is why I struggle with their mentality of wanting to stay home.
I know how you feel mate, we do find it very difficult to accept, the problem is though it just causes us grief with the other half, so sometimes it's better to let sleeping dogs lie. Although if you are anything like me, you probably won't.
i was paying more than that in 1985 and i certainly wasn't earning much as a clerical officer in the DHSS Come to think about it when i was on the rock n roll i got £11 per week and my mum charged me £4 p.w You should check how much your lad has stashed away as he should be ****ing loaded .
The way the NHS and Social care is falling apart, we'll probs needs our kids to stay at home and look after us when we turn into dribbling old farts.
You got me thinking now, I think my first full-time wage at 16 was about £16, from that I had to give my mum £5, like you I think that was per week, as everything was cash weekly in them days. Another £5 went towards my motorbike (not sure if that was weekly or monthly), which would have left me with about £6 or £11, depending on bike. Cigs were less than 50p, I can't remember how much a pint beer was, but I had enough to go out every weekend, so that would have been mainly Fri and Sat nights, plus watching the Gills every other week (all home games), I expect that was about 50p admission. By Monday morning I was skint, until the next pay day on Friday. Works canteen would run a tab, as long as it was paid up on pay day. I could be out on some of these figures, but it was a long time ago now.
They have it too easy nowadays bro, I see your scenario with my mates and family. My one mate told both his, you either get somewhere by the time you're 25 or your homeless, they both bought pre covid at 22 and 23, now how the housing market is, they are well chuffed they did. I don't get the mentality of some not charging board either, even if you put it aside for when they get somewhere, either buy or rent, otherwise it's not helping them understand costs of running a house.
Easy my arse. You lot got it fukin easy, affordable housing, free uni education, and the rest. Fukin old freeloaders
I was the same, £16.25 per week, £5 board, £1 coach, £1 to watch the match, £3 for an album, luckily beer was only 16p per pint and I used to get tips in my job, which helped.
16p a pint and here you are tallking **** like you had it hard Try being a 19 year old on minimum wage now bruv youd have no fuxking chance.
All relative, easier when you don't give a third of your wage to your folks though. Thing is now, kids don't seem to want what they can afford, they just want it regardless. We didn't have the costs of phones and all the gadgets they have now though.
Definitely not easier nowadays ffs lol. Ludicrous to suggest so tbh. Back in the day you could rent privately and also save for a mortgage. Good luck with that these days if you're on less than 30k.
Other than getting on the property ladder, what is harder now? I honestly don't know anyone who rented then bought, you did one or the other.
When you think about it you are the same as me, we were giving our parents nigh on a third of our wage every week, kids would have a fit if they had to do that now lol.
Sorry I was skim reading and thought that was what the conversation was about. I'll give it a go though... Less unskilled work as more jobs automated and less industry. Zero hours contracts meaning harder to make long term plans. Higher rent to wages ratio, particularly in the South. Retirement age going up. Most of my generation won't ever get to. We're also going to have to pay for furlough for half a century
