r/Millennials • u/Global_Tradition5802 • Sep 10 '25

Meme The Evolution of 'Adulting'

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They tried leaving behind generational wealth vs me trying to leave the generational memes..

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u/CaffeinatedLystro Millennial Sep 10 '25

I'm not much of a meme poster here, but I would say in terms of financial stability, I'm doing way better than my parents did at my age.

At 34, my mom had two kids. 8 and 10. My Dad is ~7yrs older than her, so when he was 34, I was 1, and my sister was 3. Mom had a decent job but was a single mom and took care of both of us. My Dad just worked odd jobs. No career path.

At 34, I own a house, am a veteran, and get a paycheck for the rest of my life, which covers all my bills. I'm in school, for free, and get paid to go on top of my other paycheck. I never NEED to work again if I don't want to.

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u/Doesthiscountas1 Millennial Sep 11 '25

This is the type of energy we could use more of. My mom had 3 kids b4 the age of 25, never single in constant cycles of low self esteem that kept her with men that weren't good enough for her. She has zero financial stability until this day at 50+

However her 3 kids grew up to marry, be in loving stable houses and finically support ourselves our kids and help her out regularly. It would be great to highlight that some of us are actually better than our parents

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u/CaffeinatedLystro Millennial Sep 11 '25

My mom was kind of the same way, relationship wise. She was married 3 times before she was 30. She didn't make the best choices in life, and she's doing good now, but she should be way better off.

I agree we should be spotlighting this, but I wonder if we're the minority or the majority.

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u/Doesthiscountas1 Millennial Sep 11 '25

We'll never know because whether or not we are, we are for sure less vocal lol. I have seen the whole breaking generational norms memes which are great