"We're not exaggerating about the hopelessness of the cost of living. Buying a home now is genuinely more difficult than it was in the Great Depression. Our wages genuinely do not cover our skyrocketing food costs. We are struggling more than you ever did, and we're tired of being told we're being dramatic. All we want is to be comfortable. Not rich, just comfortable."
"STOP TELLING US TO HAVE KIDS!!! If we say we don't want any, assume we mean it! Don't tell us, 'Oh, someday you'll change your mind,' or 'It's better to have kids than to end up alone.' PLEASE, I'M BEGGING. Respect our opinions, and know that our world shapes our views differently than it might've shaped yours. A 'good life' is no longer defined by marriage, a white collar job, and a white picket fence with two kids and a dog."
Young people accuse older generations of exacerbating or wrecking housing markets, politics, and education while resisting change. They report severe cost-of-living pressures: wages failing to match food and housing inflation, and buying a home becoming harder than during the Great Depression. Younger adults express exhaustion at being labeled dramatic for seeking comfortable, not lavish, lives. They reject pressure to have children, insist that childlessness or single life can be valid, and ask for respect for differing life choices. They demand that older generations acknowledge current economic realities and stop imposing outdated definitions of a successful life.
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