My mom was telling me about how hard her dad worked so much harder than us now make ends meet. He was a school teacher with a stay at home wife and 8 kids. To be able to pay off his mortgage sooner he borrowed money from his teenage kids. She goes on to complain about our generation expecting too much. I deadpan look her in the eyes and say “there’s no amount of money I could borrow from my teenage kids that could possibly put a dent in my 500k mortgage.” But this is the is the reality my mom grew up with. As a teenager my mother made enough money to put a sizeable dent in her fathers mortgage payment; and a teacher on a solo salary could afford a house and 8 kids. But you’re lazy for working 60 hours a week and expecting to afford both a house and a vacation in the same year.