I also find it incredibly stupid, considering that they were in fact, the generation that raised us. The prevailing message from them seemed to be NO BE DUM DUM BURGER FLIPPER! BURGER FLIPPERS BAAAAD LAZY AWFUL! GO TO BIG IVY LEAGUE SO NO BE BURGER FLIPPER! -economy crashes- WHY YOU TAKE OUT SUCH HUGE DEBT? ARE YOU…

No no, honey, that would be complaining and whining. Just suck it up, maybe you'll be able to buy a house when you're 40!

It's being delinquent. My sister and parents are in that situation.

I know it's scary! But it's something that I would like to accomplish some day. I don't know if I will ever be able. I WANT KIDS AND A HOUSE AND I PROBABLY WON'T EVER HAVE THOSE.

Did you have to wait for five years, possibly even longer to get your chance? While you were waiting, did you become increasingly obsolete by hiring standards?

You can't default on a student loan.

Aww yeah, failed media people! Mine led me to food service. WOOO! I think I'm gonna try my hand at internetting for a while, maybe make some internet videos. If that doesn't work out and I've paid off more of my debt, I'll try school again.

I'm currently 21. And I agree. You could specialize so much that they were able to get a job in your field immediately, doing Molecular Interpretive Dance Zoo-Keeping, because there aren't enough qualified people in that field. But, if you were not able to meet the right Metaphysical Organic Gate Engineer at the right…

That's the benefit of having a sister get boned by a college. Not the fact that she got boned, but that I could have some foresight. I got turned down by my dream college, but financially that was the best thing that could happen to me. I haven't been able to do anything with it yet, but I at least have something, I…

Well, I went to community college, and I live at home. My parents, luckily, are stable enough to support me. My older sister got boned in college though, and has a massive amount of debt because of it. I saw what was happening to a lot of my friends and family, and tried to avoid some of it.

I totally get you. I think my dad is dyscalculic? Dys..caluh. Calculic? um. He's awful with names, and math is like a foreign language to him. He was never diagnosed, but I'm sure he's got some form of that. I'm also terrible with names, which sucks because I don't know half my regular's names - but I know their face…

Arbitrarily determining where a generation is is stupid. My parents are technincally baby boomers, yet they are only in their early 50's. Derp?

I hope to god wages have increased, even if for my own parent's benefit. I think that, at least in the Millennial generation, technology has become a part of primary needs - and honestly, a cheaper way to do something with your life than college. A good laptop can be somewhat affordable, and if you can get internet,…

I loved college too, I'm glad that I was able to go. I'm also lucky that I don't have nearly as much debt and it looks like I can kill off a good deal of it with some saving. But I consider myself lucky, even while living at home. And I think I know what dyscalculia is, it's like dyslexia for math and numbers, right?

I'm sure it will get better, comparatively speaking, than where I am now. I'm 21, and have been scrimping and saving every damn penny I make. The day I go to the bank is always a good day. I'm proud of my financial situation, despite the fact that I'm living at home. I want a big ole nest egg and I have a nice eensy…

You actually have a house.

I don't think this generation was ever expecting everything to be sunshine and roses immediately. My dad came out of college during the recession of '83, and he's seen all the ups and downs that come with this economy. But even he has said that when he left college (without a degree no less), he never had to move back…

Yes, exactly. It's like "It's not like we don't want to! But nobody is going to own a house when the job you have doesn't pay you much more than minimum wage and you already have a house sized loan in the first place!"

Yes, thank you. Of course every generation has its hardships, but even my dad (who left college during the recession of '83) is like "uh, wow, even I had money to spend when I was your age, I didn't need to work even that hard, and that was a shitty market!" It's the fact that our hardships are being looked over that…

Yup. That's something that bothers me a lot.