This Is How We Survive In Biden's America

[@PocketHealer21]

I'm a 28M living in Canada. Our housing crisis is really bad too and I'm paying $1300 a month for a garage I live in. Sometimes you gotta make sacrifices and I'm moving back to my parents place in order to save money. It shouldn't be shamed - this economy is brutal and moving back home isn't the worst thing ever.

[@austinv9964]

I'm a 28y/o male in Canada as well! My fiancé and I live with her dad. We can't justify how expensive living on our own would be! I can't believe how expensive rent let alone buying a place! Best of luck brother 🙏❤️

[@jonathanbwirukiro3993]

27 y/o male in Canada still living at my parents as well to save some money, and I don't have any problem with that, given the current economic situation. You got this!

[@RowanWalker-j3n]

I understand the pain brother, even in Alberta it still sucks.

[@kenreynolds1000]

53M who has moved back and had kids move back. As long as you are working and saving or paying down debt, no shame

[@lorag4664]

There is nothing wrong with living with your family. It has been the way that people have lived since the dawn of human kind. As long as you are working and contributing to family.

[@meganb.higgins973]

As somebody who is also chronically exhausted and struggling, I started going to the doctor to try and figure out why I'm experiencing these problems. I discovered that I have underlying health issues causing some of that exhaustion. Advice my grandma gave when she was alive that I find helpful is to rest when you're tired and work when you have energy. If at 2pm you're struggling, take some time to rest. If you're wide awake at 2am, and can't sleep, get up and do some chores until you're tired. I promise you, it works.

[@cierralynseventeen2298]

This! I found out I had imbalanced hormones and they were wiping me out. I had to rest alot before fixing the problem. It's okay

[@ivanvidojevic2461]

Thanks

[@milo_thatch_incarnate]

Man, I think it's really all about mental attitude. When I was 20-ish, I rented a single shoebox-sized bedroom in my friend's mom's house lol. I didn't own more stuff in the WORLD than what could fit in that little bedroom (certainly not anything like the several-hundred-dollar LEGO castle behind her). I worked about 50 hours a week in heavy manual-labor construction. And I was happy! Because I was grateful that I got to live with my friend, I was grateful that I had money enough to cook healthy food for myself, I was grateful to listen to the rain while I fell asleep, so many things like that. All the little things. Gratitude really does make happiness.

[@jackcarraway4707]

"My life sucked therefore your's must as well!"

[@TheCerealluvr]

EXACTLY

[@toshawhatareyoudoing6410]

I have been where these girls are. In my late twenties, I was living alone and sometimes had to split my rent in half just so I could have money for groceries or gas. I was driving a gas-guzzling, Chevy Blazer at the time which I shared with my mom (it was her Blazer first) who lived on the other side of town. Finally, I decided to just give it back to my mom and I started taking the bus and I wouldn't own another car for four years. Then one of the greatest blessings happened: my aunt and uncle rented out their spare room to me for half of what I was paying. Because of them (and Dave Ramsey) I was able to pay off my student loan and start saving money and along the way, I got better jobs that paid more. Although I did not enjoy the struggle when I was in it, I am very thankful to God for it.

[@ericbozenhard2773]

@@iamme25yago yeah, because there is nothing more to life than just work work work! Gotta make sure the top 1% stays rich, right?

[@indiasupportstrumpwwg1wga927]

I’m 34 and love with my parents with no job or degree and don’t pay rent. I just drive around and stuff my face with fast food for the past 10 years. Wouldn’t change my past for the world. Oh yeah, I think I have driven around 80,000 miles in a few years.

[@ericbozenhard2773]

@@indiasupportstrumpwwg1wga927 why not? I would rather enjoy a carefree life in my twenties than in my 70s. But... if that situation ever crashes you may find yourself knee deep in dookie without the life experience to draw on so you can dig out. I would rather start from scratch at 20 than at 40. You have more energy. So it really is a matter of perspective, and individual results will vary, lol...

[@Ange1ofD4rkness]

I've heard a LOT of good things about that Dave Ramsey class. I know we have offered it in the past at my work, kept meaning to take it (maybe will if we still do)

[@emilyb1692]

Can’t help but notice the $400 Lego castle behind her in her response video….lol

[@shelbykutil9743]

I noticed that too.

[@larryh7202]

guess thats what she does when shes working from home

[@jamieferrara6456]

I’m sure daddy bought it for her

[@emilyb1692]

I mean, it certainly could have been a gift but if times are that hard, she could/should just sell it for some extra cash

[@liannapfister8255]

My younger brother said one day, when he’s rich, he’s gonna buy me that Lego castle. I love my brother ☺️

[@maceyirene]

This is why I’m choosing to live with my parents while going to college. Live with them till I get my degree and tuition is paid off, get a better paying job, my own health insurance, then look into moving out with either my partner or a friend. I don’t care how old I get, I’d rather be financially stable and independent than struggling to pay for things I need to live. Take advantage of living with your parents for as long as you need, if they are okay with it, till you believe you can support yourself on your own.

[@jonaskeepauthor1935]

“A mental health break of two and a half weeks” Holy crap! When I need a break I may take an hour, if I’m really lucky I might get half a day.

[@madd_megz]

I wish I could do that lmao it'd make my mental health worse if I took 2 weeks off. Lol how tf am I gonna pay my bills?! Lmao

[@googleuser7853]

​@madd_megz or thinking about the work piling up since you have no backup at work because the company is understaffed lol

[@MrGrumblier]

Back in the old days, that was called a vacation. Sadly, that is something that most jobs no longer include, especially minimum wage jobs.

[@domingodelgado3944]

Why can’t she just get drunk at home on the weekends like and adult 😂

[@gameplayandskeches6694]

Mah man believe me a mental health break of two weeks most of the time makes your mental health worse.

[@chrismalaney6620]

I had a group of 4 friends that I lived with from graduation until about 30. We lived in some very nice 5BR houses. Some had gourmet kitchens or hot tubs and pools, huge bedrooms and private bathrooms. We split bills and shared cooking and cleaning. None of us made great money, but we lived well. It's possible.

[@Supertoddy96]

literally most people just dont do this shit, for multiple reasons

[@Cherylmayblii]

@@Supertoddy96elaborate?

[@Supertoddy96]

@Cherylmayblii what's there to elaborate on, groups of 4 friends is far from common to be living together in the same housing situation, does it happen at all yes, is it common, far from it, most people find a s/o out of hs or college and plan from there, if you dont you may move back with parents or live on your own etc

[@Supertoddy96]

@@Cherylmayblii as far as why 1 trust, 2 your friends are friends for how you get along, and their home habits can impact the friendship, like taking out trash, doing dishes being hygienic etc

[@minagelina]

Matt Walsh made a comment about this video about how and why she's right. We aren't made to be working all the time as a cog in a machine and we should be having community and having a purpose. So she's not wrong in that aspect. But since we have to live with what is reality, this is reality and roommates are key

[@RetardationAwareness]

I agree that we shouldn't be spending that much of our lives working, and certainly not that much time working in a concrete hellscape. We should be farming, learning actually important trades, and living off the land alongside our communities. It'd give us purpose, happiness, health, unity, family, everything!

[@jackcarraway4707]

Just blindly accepting this as "reality" abd doing nothing to fix it makes Walsh just as wrong.

[@RetardationAwareness]

@@jackcarraway4707 how is Walsh going to singlehandedly fix the economy though...?

[@ContentGamingHeadset-fj7nw]

The first girl is complaining about having to do non-paid work, like life and house maintenance, on the weekends. A community takes work. Someone has to work to cook the community brunch, to plan a get together, to keep a nice communal home. This girl's issue is that her weekend work is going toward her alone, and not others.

[@wesadams5128]

To be fair 1600 is way to much. They doubled my buddies rent to like 1800$ for a shitty moldy apartment, they wont fix anything. And hes got 2 little girls. Housing is insane right now. And that 1800$ is the cheapest he could find for 2 bedrooms

[@madd_megz]

Alot of these youtubers are disconnected. They don't understand how bad it really is out here....

[@awsambdaman]

Yeah but if you caught what she said she said rents a TWO bedroom..as a single woman, wyd with a two bedroom? And if you have a boyfriend/husband, still why do you have a TWO bedroom?

[@hikaru1675]

That's a different situation your friend is in, tho. The girls can't help him with rent. She still lives with her ex-boyfriend, he pays part of the bills and they have no children as to my understanding. But yeah, you are right with the prizes, they're just insane.

[@lillianahunter1199]

When you pay $1950 for one bedroom...

[@marissalorraine8700]

Yup! We pay 1800 for 2 bed for family of 4. It’s moldy 🤣 no amenities.

[@kelsijodryer6348]

Girl #2. Only $100 a week for food for one person is doable. Learn to cook. Potatoes and carrots, rice and beans. Bananas and rolled oats. Learning how to cook is SO important.

[@RobertLutece909]

It is, but it doesn't leave her any margin for, well, anything. She needs to pay for clothing, medical deductibles, utilities, etc. She needs the internet for work. Things break down and wear out. There's no way she can do all that with $100/week. She badly needs to change her living arrangements.

[@hakunamatata1093]

It's not only doable, I did it for 50-60 dollars a week. As a then 250 pound man.

[@ronaldbeamon5564]

​@@RobertLutece909leave it to the chick who's only 'real' job was Trader Joe's living under mummy until she became the pretty face of the new right wing establishment media surrounded by an expensive studio she probably did nothing to produce/set up for to throw out "solutions" on how this tiktoker can live with the way rent, taxes, inflation are now.

[@kratos.8151]

I can't believe how out of touch Brett is and the comments are here.@@RobertLutece909

[@kratos.8151]

If you want to live miserably yes. People aren't machines. Chances are they're too tired to cook after working long hours and commuting and dealing with anxiety.@@serafaus

[@Raccoon1400]

Finding good roommates can be a crapshoot. I've had great ones, and ones that have been thrown out onto the street for not paying rent and stealing everyone's food. That was in a house the landlord rented out by the room. He'd rent to anyone without proper checks. I'm in a better place now. A friend and I rented an entire house. In other words, roommates can be a nightmare if you don't already know someone who you will get along with, who is looking for the same kind of place in the same area at the same time as you. Michael Knowles had the best take on this. The skyrocketing cost of living really is an issue that has gotten so much worse since 2020. And it wasn't great even then.

[@VanjeAv]

Noooo don't do roommates. Better to move in with your parents if you're at that state. Don't live with strangers.

[@Marilyn344]

Not everyone has the option to live with their parents. It's sometimes inevitable to rent with a roommate or 2

[@scootertheuce.mychannel4pe477]

​@@Marilyn344 relatives, friends but not someone who you don't know at all.

[@sama.scraps]

I have 2 grown adult families living under my roof. My daughter had to claim bankruptcy because her insurance company refused to pay her medical bills (she has a rare condition). Now, no one will rent to them. And my son is a divorced man raising a 12 year old boy. Makes a decent living but can’t find rent affordable close enough to family so his child can have supervision. (Needs it). So there is 8 of us in one house. My daughter has 4 in her room. But we all eat and enjoy life together.

[@shelbykutil9743]

The do t have to be strangers. Live with a friend. Live with a coworker or other students. What do you do when you do t have family to move in with or are supportive of you?

[@VanjeAv]

@@sama.scraps i am so sorry for what your family is going through! You're an amazing person for being the rock for them. When time gets tough, family should always be there for each other

[@ghost307]

"Work from home" means that you don't have to buy gas, pay for parking, buy lots of nice clothes, etc.

[@xristinarose2409]

Please do not recommend room mates. It is honestly dangerous, there are all kinds of crazy out there

[@kydelastra]

The amount of crazies out there has always been a factor. It only seems far more dangerous now because you have 24/7 access to global news, so of course you'll hear about it a lot. But I'll tell you, if you think it's bad now, people used to look for roommates before the internet was available for background checks using these things called classifieds.

[@xristinarose2409]

@@kydelastra agree to disagree. Before communities were smaller and most of the time you had at least a bit of a connection to the person while now these are complete strangers and they get away with doing weird/bad stuff while before the community would shame them/hold them accountable

[@kydelastra]

In some situations, sure. I mean, it was preferable to ask friends over strangers. But disagreement of a fundamental fact (over saturation of bad news IS going to make everything seem worse) is irrelevant, as that disagreement doesn't change the outcome. But I'll take my lived experiences over youthful flights of fancy.

[@SassyShelly]

Why on earth would she feel like she needs a two bedroom $1,600 a month apartment. Get a studio apartment if you live by yourself or get a roommate for that second bedroom and split the rent

[@stephengamber7000]

EXACTLY! I had roommates for years. I liked having roommates.

[@silver9wolf6]

Right!? Like, unless you're working from home and need and office (which she's not if she's "coming home from work", why do you need the extra bedroom? Also, she's making 2000 a month, which equals out to be about what, 12$/hour? Find a different job, there's ton of place who would probably hire you for $15 starting. Am i crazy? I feel like i see signs like that all over? Edit: Oh my gosh she does work from home 🙈 Imma stop commenting before finishing videos

[@oophorror2251]

You can’t even get a $1600 place with $2000 monthly income. She’s not being honest at all.

[@wmd8840]

…did you watch the whole video? She explains why she has a two-bedroom, and why she hasn’t left it (yet?).

[@stephaniechambers2562]

I was in the first girls place about 3 years ago. I had several undiagnosed mental health conditions and autoimmune disorder. But instead of crying to the internet that life is too hard I found a therapist and a doctor that would help me. I started working out to lose weight and started a budget to pay off debt. 3 years late I'm starting to feel a huge difference in my life and by getting my life in order. I still have a long way to go but I'm super proud of how far I've come.

[@basementhomie2674]

Finally someone that doesn't complain online lol If your parents or loved ones haven't told you already : I'm proud of you ❤

[@XRingsofCaturn]

That's awesome and gives me some hope! lol was diagnosed with RA last year and it's been a lot. I try and work 48-55 hours a week to keep up, but obviously I have some bad days due to pain. Have to just deal with it and keep going though. Living in California is hard enough, so just giving up isn't an option. I'm 30 so I hope to have plenty of time to get over the hump 😁

[@kratos.8151]

@@basementhomie2674 People need to complain rather than bottle it up. Don't be so dismissive and unempathetic.

[@basementhomie2674]

@@kratos.8151 complain on the privacy of your home , not online to get a bunch of like of people making an echo chamber

[@NolaBabeBGirl]

It’s ok to talk about social issues. Humans are communal and that way we can relate and share tips and tricks instead of suffering alone. Complaining and ranting are different. I mean Brett makes a living off rants

[@skyraider1656]

I feel so bad for the young people coming out of school be it high school or college, then having to face an economy like we have now. The most important thing is to get off your bum and forge ahead. Believe me, I’ve been in your shoes many years ago.

[@RowanWalker-j3n]

Inflation is sucking us dry, I'm a carpenters apprentice, I work a damn hard job (cribber), work 40+ hours a week, and yet I will never be able to own a house and look after a family with just my income - unless I start a business and move to a random spot in Montana. That's pretty fu*king depressing if you think about it. Edit: I enjoy how a good portion of the comments are "do this do that" or blaming my generation for not wanting to fix a problem that baby boomers and gen X created. The problems facing out government and society are your fault, we are just starting! It isn't like how it was for you. They are ignoring the fact that the price of everything is up! And we are feeling the pinch more then anyone because we haven't had the time to build a base yet. So calm the hell down, stop blaming someone who is pissed off at the fact that they have to fix and suffer from others mistakes.

[@mrs.garcia6978]

You should look into a better paying job. HVAC, electrician, plumbing. Carpentry has been destroyed by illegals.

[@purple.9919]

Legit

[@Zachery_]

“I will never” … not to be that guy with the boomer mentality, but… not if you tell yourself you can’t I say this as I’m meal prepping the Dave Ramsey classic dinner of rice and beans to have for my whole work week as a show to myself I could do it all again, bought a 20 lb bag of beans and a 20 lb bag of rice when I got my first apartment, I’m a year sober, most people can find places to claw back money

[@BULLDOGHOTSHOT1]

It's supply and demand. Not how hard your job is. I learned this the hard way... But carpenters don't get paid well. Try another blue collar field. Linemen get paid well and it's stable. Maybe underwater welding?

[@samantharawson4216]

How much do you make? My family is a one income house with 80k and we own a 1700sqft house in Utah, 30 min away from SLC. It IS possible.

[@davida730]

Not saying these issues aren't solvable, just saying it shouldn't be this damn hard just to barely get by. I'm working 3 jobs just to have the same quality of life I had 3 years ago working one.

[@reaper_exd7498]

DW: “Work harder! Pull yourself up by your bootstraps!” Also DW: “Biden’s economy is in the toilet! People can’t survive!!!!” Neo-cons sure love burying themselves by ignoring logic when it could help everyone including themselves.

[@SirBrass]

Its NOT hard. Stop living beyond your means. Learn to cook on your own so you can reduce grocery expenses. Stop going to Starbucks. Pack your own lunch. Get a flexible side hustle. Cut down your streaming expenses.

[@hs1athome]

​@SirBrass And her having a 2 bedroom is crazy.

[@davida730]

@@SirBrass I cook 90% of my own meals. Only go to Starbucks when using a gift card I got for Christmas. My flexible side hustle is personal training while also working a full-time job and being in the army national guard. All this while waiting out the hiring process on a much better job. But yeah, guess I'm just lazy.

[@toabettertomorrow7949]

⁠@@SirBrasslike a broken record. I wonder what nonsense you say to those that don’t eat out, have zero streaming services, have older vehicles that are fully paid off, don’t go to Starbucks, and don’t buy meaningless, materialistic bs that costs as much as one month of rent?

[@Fankalotr.99]

As a young woman living in eastern Poland - this girl has no idea what "dont have a lot of money" is. Sometimes I wonder how young Americans would deal with reality if they have to live in acualy "hard" contidions. And dont get me wrong - I love my country and I am happy here but econimicly we have to be much more responsible here. Sory for my english, I am still learning :)

[@samm.8052]

I'm at a loss. I related to everything she said in the first video almost completely. It's really hard to see the light out of this tunnel when the cheapest studio apartment I've found near where I live is over 1k a month and rising every 6 months. Video two, though, I have a few issues with. But it is nice to know that I'm still doing better than most of my generation. I think our parents should've explained that this was how "adulting" was going to be, because since the moment it started for me I've never felt like I was at 100% energy again. I love my parents but I really wish I was taught more about society when I was still in high school.

[@steak5599]

Most parents do explain to their kids how hard adult life is, but most kids won't listen and always think they can live a fancier life than their parents do. Is not a bad thing trying to be better than your parents, but people needs to be realistic. Also, notice the $400 Lego Castle behind her on the clip? I also don't understand why ppl think 40 hr work week should yield a comfortable life style. A lot of people works 2 jobs to afford what they have.

[@AZRockslide42]

I am moving into a 3 bedroom apartment with two guys from the church later this month. We got to look at the apartment last weekend, and we were blown away. None of us on our own could afford a place like this, but all of us together are getting a realnice apartment perfect for our needs. Life is about compromises.

[@loki76]

How old are you? If you say older than 25 you really shouldn't need room mates in a normal functioning economy. A normal job should pay for a 1bd apartment. At 25 for example people should shift focus to starting a family and having a house or apartment. See THAT is the problem today. People can't afford it. Not here in Canada at least. Now you might not want a relationship and kids and that is perfectly fine. The thing I am getting at is that no one should NEED to have room mates to afford to live today. Remember the time one one man worked and his wife was stay at home and he worked a normal job at the factory and had a house and a car, maybe even TWO cars. All on that salary and he went to a 40 hour work week. Then look at us now. Something went sideways.

[@Squirleypoo]

​@@loki76spit out those memberberries dude. I'm 38, own my home, and live comfortably, but the only reason I don't have room mates is because I have a 14 year old daughter and I don't want strangers in my home, male or female, that disrupt her life. Otherwise I'd gladly rent out that side of the house for an additional $600 a month I could invest or put in savings to remodel my kitchen. Hell, this dude may earn a great living but is opting for room mates so he can save for a down payment on a house. It's easier to save when your expenses are $900 a month instead of $2200 a month.

[@OliviaLee777]

​@@loki76People are getting more greedy every year. Society setting these "expectations". The biggest one being the cost of living has inflated drastically over the years and what people are paid doesn't match it.

[@nevenapalibrk1896]

I work from home too, it is mentally tiring, but house chores, cooking and cleaning helps a lot. I go out with friends and walk outside to recharge. I used to work as a waitress, worked as a promoter for a pharmaceutical company, worked in a pharmacy…I loved people until I got sick of them. Now I literally sing while I work. I may be a “natural” with people and that’s why it was always easy to get a job but I actually really enjoy working from home. I can finish all of my work during the working hours even some house chores if I have time and all of my free time I spend outside.

[@williamwenrich3288]

I noticed many years ago that teens and young twenties expect to be able to buy a house like they lived in with their parents. They don’t remember the house they lived in when they were in elementary school. They don’t know how their parents lived when they fit got married. I’m old. I enlisted in the Air Force. Then I lived with my mother (Dad died while I was in the service) for three months. I got a job and moved into a mobile home. I married and after a couple months we moved to an apartment. Then to a co-op. Then to a series of three houses. The last one is a three bedroom. The house I’m in now (for almost 40 years) is half again the size of our first house. That’s the size of house my sons wanted when then bought their first house.

[@stephengamber7000]

Exactly. I had roommates for years and years!

[@libelinhaa2079]

That's what happens when you grow up constantly looking at fake lives on social media, you think everything is just handed out to you. This people need an lot of growing up and the parents are the ones to blame for not raising them properly

[@ctschneider1]

I don't think it's that simplistic, unfortunately. My parents had their house built in 1996, they were 30 and 33. At the time they built it, it was worth $125k. Totally doable for a two income working family (mechanic and nurse, nothing high earning). That exact same house is now valued at over half a million dollars. I make more than my mom did at 30, and my husband is a business owner, together bring in over 6 figures, and with interest rates, the most we could get approved for was $300k. We couldn't build a comparable forever home- at the same age my parents did- with nearly the same quality, simply because the costs of materials and labor and interest rates and living expenses and land and inflation have FAR outpaced wage growth.

[@BG......]

@@ctschneider1 Did they build the house with granite countertops or solid surface? Did they make upgrades to the house over the last 30 years? I would bet if you built a house with all the basics, no upgraded bathrooms with 2 vanities, no granite, only carpet, linoleum. Also only basic wiring, only 1 outlet per wall, not 2/3 which is standard now, also no high speed internet hookups. I bet you could build a house ~$245k (inflationtool calculator). I would also assume, only 1 tv, no computer, or annual updated cell phone. So that saved around $10k easy on expenses. Good luck finding a lot of the size though, depending on the area, I live in FL for reference, the land prices are crazy compared to just inflation numbers. But also to the land part, did they tell stories on "there used to be cows here" or some kind of tell it wasn't built up? Look outside of the city and you will find a lot more deals. The areas grow around people and the location they bought in might have been a deal then, so you have to look where the deals are now. What you are trying to compare is not apples to apples. Sure, inflation is a factor, but so is the way of living.

[@antilogism]

@@BG...... Seems like California where the build cost is a tiny fraction of the land---at least if in a city with septic and utility access.

[@Carl_Jr]

One of the issues I see a lot with today's generation is, they were never taught how to budget. I've tried many times to teach my children and they never even touched on those topics in school. They are oblivious to the idea. Back when I was in school we took two classes (mandatory). One being home economics and the other was consumer education. Granted this was +30 years ago, but it obviously helped me. I'm 52 years old and have been living on my own in my own house making about $40,000 a year, for the last 8 years. Plus, I have a well funded retirement account which will easily allow me to retire comfortably at 67 years old. It's because I know how to budget!

[@katele6758]

My grandparents both had 9 children, my grandfathers worked and my grandmothers stayed home. They had homes a farm even and property, lets not forget vehicles. Everyone ate. Look at todays economy and the laws and policies being made by the government. I along with my friends will never be able to afford a house or children even. I can not even afford a cat or dog and I have 2 incomes just like a lot of my friends. We live in Ontario Canada and its getting bad everywhere as I can see. Your generation had it very differently. We are not spoiled, the governemnt is breaking us. look into all recent bills (last 10 years)

[@tarrickmerdev2324]

​@@katele6758 My grandparents grew up in a shed on someone else's farm, pasting catalogue pages on the walls as insulation to block the wind. They went into town with the mule and buggy once a month and got a block of ice for the ice box to preserve what they could for a few days while the ice lasted. They couldn't anywhere near afford a car until much later in life. Mostly they caught fish and kept them on stringer. They made do. Just the fact that these people still have a smartphone and internet shows that they are not truly struggling. Those are expensive luxuries to have that are just taken for granted today. I don't know what these people are buying for food, but ramen noodles, rice, and cheap cuts of meat prepared yourself stretch a long way. We all know everything's inflated and crap right now, but don't for a minute think that you actually have it worse than previous generations did even up until very recently. This is still the easiest, most luxurious time in history and the fact that we have the time and ability to watch a video on the internet and argue about it just drives that point home.

[@fuzzycat63]

YES. I'm in my 30s and I never learned a thing about money in school. I took Financial Peace University at age 27 and it completely changed my life; I was never irresponsible with money before, at least not willingly, but I had absolutely no clue how to handle it which kept me in a cycle of small debts and never having savings or any extra money. Now I live on a very low income but I live comfortably and have savings & investments. Compare that to the many, many other people my age who make upper-5 or into 6 figures and can't make ends meet...budgeting and understanding money makes ALL the difference.

[@peterwilder752]

If your complaint is todays generation was never taught how to budget, woulnt that be a failure of the previous generation. I 100% agree, people in general are completely ignorant with money management. But after asking my parents, thats not really something they learned in school in either. Its something that should be taught at home

[@StuJones-gn7te]

A week or so ago, they had some people online claiming 40,000 was not enough to live on. It stumped me until i realized it was because they couldn't cook

[@lp7446]

I was shocked that moving to a better, less expensive area is not more of a recommended solution to these problems. I left NYC in 2012 and my quality of life immediately skyrocketed. (And I got a room-mate, lol.)

[@The_Dudester]

In the two years leading up to college, I worked 3 jobs at the same time. In college, from 6 AM to 10 PM (7 days a week) I was either in class, studying or working. In the five years after college I had two full time jobs to pay off bills (rent, utilities, groceries, car note, insurance and student loan). When I finally got my head above water, I joined the giant music program of a church, which helped with my mental health.

[@The_Dudester]

@@SneakNationCEO A house.

[@valentine8161]

​@@SneakNationCEOYeah, he's lost the most valuable years of socialisation and also cut his lifespan by at least 15 years. Congrats, you play the fools game you get foolish prizes

[@The_Dudester]

@@valentine8161 Umm, actually in college I had a grand time. I did an internship in a District Attorney's office. Spent a lot of time in court and ate in nice restaurants (for lunch) as DA staff makes good money. Senior year, I was student body president and among my achievements in that position I oversaw the construction of the largest bonfire in the school's history (it was a teepee shaped 100 foot tall structure). Also, during my senior year I became a cop (the PD worked around my class hours). The second job I took was at a hotel (long story, but I became General Manager through my police connections). I eventually left the PD to only work at the hotel, but by then I had my car paid off, my student loan paid off and I upgraded from a 200 square foot apartment in a run down building to a 1,700 square foot apartment in a really nice neighborhood. And the music program at the church more than fulfilled my socialization needs as there were over 200 people in the music program. I'm in my 60's and now retired and enjoying it.

[@valentine8161]

@@SneakNationCEO I don't have "daddy's money" either big boy. And even if he was it still don't change the fact he will live flat over a decade shorter and be riddled with chronic diseases from his early 40s if not earlier.

[@valentine8161]

@@SneakNationCEO I was more so stating the facts, not proposing things. Although a good start would have been to live in a cheaper area and suck up his pride and live with family while working himself up. He could have done all his 3 job nonsense that way too for an even greater reward. Work smart not hard.

[@sercastamere9853]

Your family are the best roommates. I don't know why America has such a hard time with this culturally, the world understands this. By all means raise your kids to be adults by 18/20 but DON'T just toss your kids out at that age because it's "just ehat you do", no they actually have to havr been raised to take care of themselves by that point and a parent is baseline called to hep their children flourish, otherwise don't have kids.

[@mtngrl5859]

Most of my friends (I'm an older viewer) have all of their kids living at home even though these kids are making 80k a year. They live at home rent free, get free food, free laundry service, and are living a 1.2 million dollar home for free. They range from 25-35 years old, they aren't going anywhere. So, this myth that people are thrown out at a certain age, is not what I'm seeing.

[@nunyabizay9253]

Some parents don’t respect their adult children and will vandalize their things, steal from them, still try to hit them, bust into the bathroom while you’re showering, create fights for no reason, blackmail for fun, etc… if you have a healthy loving family and you’re unmarried then sure stay at home, but some families won’t even let you have privacy.

[@blueiris1542]

Some ppl don't have good relationships with their parents, some ppl still get treated like a child by their parents, lack of privacy, you can't do what you want. Even if you have a good relationship with your parents, you still can't do most of those things in peace.

[@User-os4mk]

Try a lot of people may not have a good relationship and parents may be physically abusive. While that would be the best option, some can not

[@pharmcat8484]

I stayed at home until I got married at 30. Paid off my student loans in a year and saved a sizable down payment for a house.

[@SimpleIdeaz]

The issue is they were sold the American dream but things cost too much.... There are ways around it but the struggle helps. You grow

[@rightinglegends9289]

I always had a roommate from the time I moved out of my Parents home in the early '90s till I got married a decade later. It allowed me to save up for that entire time and I was able to put a large down payment on a house when I finally got married. We did not over buy, we bought a house that needed a little work but was in our budget, lived there for 5 years, sold it for a hefty profit and upgraded. My wife and I have done this with several homes and now are looking for the home we will live in during our retirement years, all because we have budgeted and saved and put in work where we could instead of paying others for what we could do.

[@robinfriend2340]

getting a roommate sounds so simple until you understand that letting a stranger into your home is potentially dangerous and they can stop paying rent and you will have a devil of a time evicting them

[@inhale1]

Valid point. She would have to vet the person well, or know them fairly well before hand.

[@Wyomingchief]

Well first of all life is very risky, and I think most people understand the dangers in letting a stranger into your home. First of all that's why you don't invite strangers into your home. Surely she has a friend Circle large enough, to find somebody else in a similar situation or needing a place. I mean my God we're not talking about putting a classified add out asking for a roommate. There's a lot of safer options. I don't know I guess I just feel like you're making the assumption that she's not smart enough to figure that out?

[@SassyShelly]

Absolutely. I don't think I would ever consider even a stranger as a roommate It would have to be a friend a co-worker or something someone that I at least knew a little bit beforehand

[@St3f1]

when i moved to a new place there weren't as many singles in the church looking for roommates my random roommate never paid rent and then i lost $800 of the security deposit because she destroyed the walls in her room. Never again!

[@JoyJoy-sc1ov]

I moved to NYC in the 90s and didn’t know anyone. Interviewed different people who were looking for a roommate. I found one through a Roommate Finder company. You get a vibe from someone and talk about lifestyles and expectations. I’m a woman and my roommate was a guy. It was a great experience. My new roommate introduced me to his friends since I was new to the city. Ended up dating one of his friends. Young people today seem to think they are entitled to a big home and more luxury without all the work.

[@KristerHenriksen]

my adult life beginning: took 2 years trainee as a mechanic, got the certificate. Went to University, and every single day I had time, I went back to the workshop to work. My life for 5 years (trainee and bachelor) was work and study. No summerbreak, no christmas break. I work and work. I was exhausted. But My older self thanks me for understanding, that this was needed. Now I've just finished my Master's, and got an amazing job that pays good and only 6-7 hours each day, and I just bought my first house. Had to go through what felt like hell at the time, but came through

[@andrewsonuy7671]

"I get home at 5:30" "I also work from home" o_O

[@batmanforpresident9655]

Voting for Biden is like hiring Dylan Mulvaney as spokesman for your company.

[@billylocke9633]

SpokesWOMAN!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@moonsigil]

Hey, at least Dylan can string a coherent sentence together 😂 The bar is on the FLOOR

[@bigmyke2008]

Why do you post this same joke in every comment section I see?

[@LacieAnimations]

@@bigmyke2008cause it’s true 💀

[@staceyst2dios608]

lmao

[@KS-bl11111]

I was declared by my state govt as disabled bc of my severe ptsd. The board inherently roots against you. However I realized after the diagnosis what that meant, and never stopped working and providing for me. Yes, not everyone can, but your self respect is so much more important. If you're unwell to the degree you can't help yourself, ok. Just don't give in to victim mentality.

[@tankjoyride7533]

Yeah, lifestyle choices are a big part. I work 55hrs a week. 7:15am-6:00pm without a guaranteed break/lunch 5 days a week. That said, I'm left with 3 to 4 hrs to divide between my small tasks, my wife, my son, my vehicles, my Studies and my parents(they're gracious enough to let my budding family stay under their roof so rent isn't an issue.) I'm 27 and happily married. So, I hope she starts making better decisions.

[@siobhanchristine-bligh183]

you dont pay rent freeloader lmfao

[@jbmaranatha2023]

they won't make any compromises. I suggested to 3 different women facing homelessness this past year, to get a cheaper studio apartment away from the expensive downtown area but no, all 3 women refused to give up their 2 bdrm apartments in expensive areas. they instead expect/demand everyone give them money, but when people give them money, it only postpones the issue for one month. they refuse to consider a smaller apartment, or roommates, or less affluent more humble areas that are still safe with working class family neighborhoods instead of more affluent shopping districts.

[@retnuh1262]

25M I was feeling this then I started measuring how long it realistically takes to accomplish the basic chores the second they come up rather than waiting until the weekend. I realized it takes 5-10 min per task (at most) every day which still gives me plenty of time to stare blankly into the void (decompress). Now my weekends are relatively free for me to attend hobby classes, church, hikes, etc. Maybe not everyone's jam, but I put myself on a strict laundry regiment every week which maybe costs me a little extra than many weeks in a big batch, but washing, drying, folding, and putting away 7 days of clothing is way more manageable and I look forward to doing it and knowing I tackled that chore and don't have to worry about it again until the following week. 7 days of clothes takes only about 10 min to fold and put away.

[@virtual240]

I worked jobs in the past that required me to work 60-72 hrs, 7 days/wk, which gave me 0 days off. This was a manually labor type job and mentally drained me. I'll never work in a factory ever again because the work conditions were unbearable. No company should work people 7 days/wk.

[@Brittanysplittany]

That’s why it’s important to have a Sabbath - we’re designed to have a day to rest!

[@johngrimes412]

Too many people are unstable to be roommates with, but it sounds good on paper. Also, jobs aren't equally draining. My current job I've done 100 hours compared to a factory job of 50 hours, and the latter was brutal on taking up your energy.

[@kasiedean5283]

Literally, yes. I survived some of the worst roommates ever

[@arirappos]

Honestly loved I found your channel. My grandmother and mother held full time jobs and used to sue us clothes to save money. Domestic duties have been underrated, acting like is glamorous, everyone needs a side hustle, learn a skill,, find a second income.

[@lloydpartyof5257]

My hubby and I have 3 kids. Live in the Tampa Bay Area 10 minutes from the beaches. We rent a house and pay all our bills on time. We both work I work nights. He works days. No day care. 3 kids 5 and under. We make it work!!! We live “week to week” like everyone right now. Before we were together we had roommates!!

[@gingerlee726]

I remember working nights when I had small children at home. My health was bad, mental health especially with never getting to sleep, marriage suffered and my kids got a shell of what they should have. It should be week to week at worst if you got to stay home or go to school. But that's honestly so sad. Housing should be cheaper as well as food and household items.

[@MrRymank1979]

He probably pays most the bills or all the bills😆

[@Mike-qc8xd]

We did something similar?

[@gingerlee726]

@@Mike-qc8xd I'm sorry. I'm sure Brett won't be experiencing that so it's hard to take advice from her.

[@onesith4528]

It might just be because I'm in the military and I have a housing allowance, but I am fervently against roommates. Last thing I need is coming home to no food, dirty dishes and woman's clothes thrown all over the place.

[@redwall1521]

yeah, living in California. It's a juggle between paying exorbitant rent prices versus dealing with emasculated men who have no personal responsibility for anything and try to pawn off any criticism of how they trash the common area as my problem, not theirs.

[@musiccatchristin]

It is a life experience, as long as you can lock your own room 😂 i lived with an old lady having exchange students - great experience. Lived with locals my age - not something i look back to xD

[@onesith4528]

@@musiccatchristin I'm glad you had a good experience. If I'm gonna share my house with anyone, it will be my wife.

[@marcelsgroot]

@@onesith4528 You still get dirty dishes and womens clothing thrown all over the place then :)

[@violetsky__7649]

I’m an only child so the whole roommate thing only worked for me if they were clean/quiet which is rare!

[@DarkLights275]

I'm just mad that they told us that DEGREES were the answer "Get a degree so you can have a good job, earn money, buy a house, and build a family". I got my first degree 2 years early because of running start and I can't get hired anywhere because they don't hire people my age, even with being, I dare to say, being overqualified, I can't get a job. It's sad and no one told me this could happen.

[@ME-zl8ts]

I am in Vancouver Canada, a nurse made it to the news because she couldn't find an place while making over 60k+ a year and was living in a van. And the news women had the audacity to question the whole world, and not the fact that this nurse can't find a place on 60k+ income. I mean the first question would be, what are you looking for?

[@whalesequence]

Isn't Vancouver extremely expensive? Or is that just an overblown outrage news thing

[@augustshades]

@@whalesequence its expensive. like mental expensive. but you could live in mission for example and drive 30 minutes each day. mission is a normal town with normal prices. chiliwack, surrey, etc lots of places to live that are a drive into van. but people always want to live in van for their instagram pics. honestly its dumb.

[@whalesequence]

@@augustshades I found plenty of affordable places in Abbotsford from some research. Granted that and Mission are still pretty far out, about an hour drive one way with commute traffic. I can see the 60k being an issue, but you make a good point about the pictures and social media clout for van life.

[@AnonymousProPublicaHakr]

I saw that too. Someone who takes are of sick people and she has to live in a van. That should be criminal. Lmao, that’s the very definition of lunacy -

[@PaulGomori]

@@whalesequence It is the most expensive city in the country to live in. Has been for many years.

[@kirkchartier7141]

**I am personally not for the roommate thing I did it once. **I got somebody that was a praise and worship leader of our church. **He was definitely a professional part-time christian unfortunately the other half was satanist. **That was definitely an eye-opening experience for me. One that couldn't be equaled without death or grave bodily harm. **Last I heard he was still in jail

[@karirouse4420]

I had a roommate until I was 27 then I moved in with my now husband. We’ve owned our home since 2017 and thank God for that. My sister at 38 last year who has been a nurse for almost 20 years decided to find a cheaper apartment and got a roommate to not be wasting her money. She don’t want too but her rent in OC went up $1000 in 4 years and was about to go up again so she moved to a nice newly renovated apartment in LB and saving $500 in rent

[@patriciageorge2531]

My granddaughter is 20 yrs old. She moved into a 1 bedroom apartment right out of high school. She completed her apprenticeship as a long hair color specialist and while building her clientele she worked at a pizza place both helping to run it as well as delivery. She travels, she attends concerts (including Taylor Swift), she enjoys seasonal sports of snowboarding, upland game hunting, kayaking and fishing. She spends time with friends. She keeps her place immaculate, does her own laundry and shops and cooks her own food. It can be done. But to get where she is she worked while in high school, started her apprenticeship while a senior in high school. She bought her own car at 16 which she still has. She learned how to network early in life, building relationships where they provide so much for each other. And I know so many her age did not do all that. She is fortunate, but she has built her own life.

[@purple.9919]

Inspired!

[@kymhall59]

I agree with Brett this woman is not making sense. . Yes look for a cheaper apartment. I am thought not ok with roommates who do not pay bills and have to many emotional issues like this to try to live with.

[@samu-chan]

you lost me at taylor swift

[@surlespasdondine]

@@samu-chanreally? This young woman has her life together but you will only fixate on one singer she likes? ok...

[@patriciageorge2531]

@@samu-chan I only included that to show she even budgets well enough to afford even expensive concerts. But, I agree with the other commenter about fixating on just that one thing.

[@jalenc1997]

My husband and I lived with another couple for a while and it was hell on earth... by the end of our lease they had 4 more pets than we'd started with and they didn't clean up anything... we basically vacated the upstairs and left it to them and when they left a week before move out leaving us with the final clean up I literally cannot even describe the vile conditions it was left in...moral of the story beware who you room with 😭

[@this_is_my_stop]

I lived with roommates from the age of 17 to 32. The apartments were small, in disrepair, in bad neighborhoods. Most of the time, we did not have any common spaces- no living rooms, etc. We also had insane landlords and some wildly ridiculous roommates - And I mean multiple roommates who were violent, skipped out on rent and utilities, stole from us, were arrested, seriously damaged property, who we evicted or we took to housing court, and some who developed severe mental illnesses (the notables include a pyromaniac and TWO with schizophrenia). My husband and I even had roommates after we were married. I celebrated the day when I didn't have weird gross mystery food appearing in my refrigerator or a roommate stealing my clothes, lighting curtains on fire, or burying all my silverware in the yard. No, that time period didn't put us in a better economic position. No, we didn't pay off our student loans. No, we didn't accrue a big savings account. We were just able to survive that time period. We work as hard as we can and we still can't afford much- We have had one economic pitfall after another and we will probably never be able to buy a home. But we do have our own rental house now for us and our child; it's pretty nice and it's in a decent middle class neighborhood. We have lived rural and urban and all over the country, and it is bad EVERYWHERE. I don't know anyone who has affordable or reasonable housing costs right now.

[@awiselittlehomestead777]

When my husband and I got married 4 years ago, we rented a TINY $500/ mo. apartment, saved up, bought a home and we now have an $800 mortgage. Live below your means, people!

[@sewerrat7612]

Can't imagine finding rent that low $500 is less than ot cost to rent a room.

[@nicolepence1142]

$500/mo homes do not exist anymore.

[@patriciageorge2531]

@@nicolepence1142 they do, maybe not in every neighborhood/region of the U.S., but it is possible. Speaking from firsthand knowledge. And that for a 1 bedroom 1 bath with walk in closet, small kitchenette and about 250 sq ft of space. It is a basement apt, but in a nice waterfront neighborhood in suburb of Baltimore.

[@AlexMinor]

Where do you live? Cause I need to move there. I’d live in a shoebox if it only cost me $500/month.

[@awiselittlehomestead777]

@nicolepence1142 I should have specified that it was a studio apartment in a duplex. Not an entire house for $500. But yes, they do still exist. Probably just in little towns though.

[@angelwatcher374]

I have a job where I haven’t seen my boss in almost two months because he’s been having health problems. Despite my concern for him and all the stress I’ve been dealing with, I don’t break down until I’m all alone at home. And, no. I don’t record myself to get pity from random strangers on the internet.

[@richardhoffman5769]

I started my mill job this morning at 5 am, it’s 9pm and I’m just finishing running mail. I do this 6 days a week, welcome to equality

[@Rita__000]

The way they talk about having roommates...like? I live in Poland, I share a small flat with three other people (so it's 4 of us) and still pay a ridiculous amount of money. I can't even imagine having a whole apartment for myself.

[@katele6758]

i am in Canada. You need 3 jobs to rent a small one bedroom in Ontario. The costs for living is getting to be unreal. There are over 2 million people using food banks, over a 75% increase in 2 years. The apartment I live is 1700$ if it where in New York my place would likely cost 5000$ a month and good luck finding a full time job anywhere as companys clued in its cheaper to have part time staff. Where are you living Brett? for the first time ever I feel as though you are out of touch. Eventually its going to get a lot worse and you will feel it too, no matter your circumstance. The government may be deliberately enacting laws and policies that will have us all homeless and hungry while they are eating steak in many mansions we bought them... with everything we had.

[@ladidaohoh3168]

This is all due to bad politicians though, that’s the elephant in the room people aren’t talking about this, I can 100% tell you things were NOT like this under Stephen Harper at one point the Canadian dollar was worth more than the U.S dollar. This is 100% a result of Justin Trudeau’s policies, that’s just reality.

[@victoriancarwash4393]

my sister and i almost immigrated to canada in the pandemic thinking it was this paradise country…. almost trapped in the university scam as well

[@MagicalSakuraArt]

I was/am suffering from hypersomnia due to hypothyroidism. When I got my medicine dosage adjusted I had way more energy but I fell ill shortly after I started the new dose. I haven't had much time to experience that extra energy because I got RSV. I'm looking forward to maybe having enough energy to do stuff after work like going to the gym. It's been rough because RSV lingered for the full two months, so the hypersomnia returned. Today was the first day I wasn't nodding off at work. And to be clear, I was getting 8-9 hours of sleep yet I was still tired.

[@josephhyland8904]

$9,000/month!!??? WTactualF? I've never made anything close to that. That's with two degrees in chemistry. $9,000/month right out of school with a bachelor's degree? On what planet?

[@CeiliRain1]

I actually have a lot of sympathy for her. I feel so bad for her. Because I think Michael hits it on the head when he says she’s experiencing a crisis of meaning. This economy is so incredibly discouraging for our young people. Rent is through the fucking roof, even with roommates. Groceries, gas, bills, all of that is so incredibly high right now that it’s near impossible to make it on your own. Me and my boyfriend want to get married, and the biggest thing that’s keeping us from doing so is finances. We barely qualify for most apartments. I understand conservatives who are like yeah this is part of life suck it up but look at this fucking economy! It’s nearly impossible to try to leave the nest and live on your own. We really weren’t made for work to be the center of our lives. It’s necessary, but it’s not supposed to be the most central part of our life. This woman breaks my heart.

[@davidordaz5251]

I can relate im disabled and live with my parents and cant afford a apartment or house havent been able to work for a while due to a medical issue if i was on my own even with a part time or full time job i still wouldn’t able to afford anything

[@CeiliRain1]

@@davidordaz5251 I’m disabled as well and can’t work a full time job. It’s part I the reason we can’t afford an apartment. It’s really difficult.

[@CeiliRain1]

@@iamme25yago I’m not trying to argue that those factors aren’t in play. I mean obviously the girl in this video isn’t really being that proactive, but my original points still stand.

[@Dragonroar871]

I agree, I live at home with my family luckly enough, I'm at uni and have a job on the side. My bf however works full time in a warehouse, he gets paid well anf when he thought about moving out he said he would love to move out with me but understand my decision to stay home and try to save. He has gone through all of our friend group that has full time jobs to room-mate with him but none of them will move out because they can't afford even with full time jobs.

[@ContentGamingHeadset-fj7nw]

Yes I think the issue is that the girl's weekend work just goes toward maintaining her single life. Not to a community of friends or family. A community takes work to plan and maintain but it's energizing work.

[@darksharkgames264]

These videos give me a crazy respect for my brother he was doing full-time college and working like 60-80 hours a week while managing a subway

[@m_5373]

"Work is tiring" 😂🤣🤣🤣, Welcome to real life, 8:06 🤣🤣🤣.

[@pharmcat8484]

You make me think of Blanka.

[@seanharris8419]

She works from home and is complaining about being tired. I don’t have the words.

[@m_5373]

@tattooed_countryboy I'm working since 16 and I'm now 27, at the day in one job and in the night studying programming to be my second Job soon, I can't see videos like this without laugh 😂

[@m_5373]

@@seanharris8419 Me too 😂

[@edtourigny3127]

That's why they call it work, otherwise they'd call it recess.

[@ConservativeVeteran]

My favorite waiter at Cracker Barrel put himself through law school and had a wife and four kids at the time. He had flexible hours and made great money. He's now a successful lawyer with five kids! It can be done. I've worked two and three jobs my entire life.

[@WiinterKitten]

The second girl just call me broke and poor😂 Like on a weekly basis I have to live off 75-100 dollars til the next paycheck. I pay rent, phone bill, can’t afford to eat out😂

[@stevedallas4942]

I didn't hear it all. I was busy playing with my dog. 2k per month and crying??? I lied about my age to get a job a 13 to pay the electric bill, then built my own business through 8 years of struggle!!! The younger generation just needs a spanking through a reality check.!

[@flightoftherazgris3269]

At 39, I've been working 40h jobs since I was 16 here in Texas. Currently, I work a very physical and hazardous job 45 - 60 hours most weeks. On my weekends, I run a drone business, partly for extra money and partly because it's fun. Given all this, I still have time for myself AND have time to spend with friends and family. It's a matter of time management, multitasking, and a real desire to get what you want.

[@lesliemerlino6791]

My children are 25, 22 and just turned 20. Oldest - lives with roommates, Middlest - owns her own home, Youngest - Lives at home and is working towards buying his own home in a few months........ They all have great jobs and either don't have or are working towards degrees at small community colleges as opposed to high-dollar schools...... Also choose to live in areas that are in line with their incomes. It can be done if you make good choices... My oldest did struggle living in more expensive areas, but she pulled it together and got on track and moved in with roommates. Even moved back home for 6 months to get caught up on epenses....

[@fuzzycat63]

I definitely think part of this is that we don't teach kids how to handle stress. It's just work harder, hustle, don't be lazy, be available 24/7...then we don't teach them how to handle money or the difference between a TRUE need and a want and we're turning them out into the world with lots of education and no information on how to actually live, and then blaming them when they end up like these girls. If we actually taught kids how to properly budget, how to manage a home, and how to leave work at work & decompress rather than buying into the "you need to be available 24/7" they'd actually be able to be functional adults. I feel for them.

[@jackcarraway4707]

​@@iamme25yagocool story boomer

[@kimberlykroemer2755]

I live in a house with three roommates so that I can pay just $750 a month and save to pay off my student debt. I LOVE living with roommates. Not enough young people live with roommates, it’s a blast. The thing is, when you live with roommates, you have to learn how to communicate well and be less selfish. It is great for growth!

[@lindsay9824]

Weirdest roommate story. My friends roommate would eat chicken wings on the toilet and leave the bones on the bathtub 😂

[@yomercecordero]

One of the problems I see is young people trying to have what their parents/adults have right off the bat without taking on account that it took us years of work and sacrifice to get to where we are. It takes time, perseverance and money to have what you want. Lots of planning, saving and budgeting came before we could achieve whatever level we have now.

[@maryanne.sanders]

I agree with this. But also, my best friends parents bought their home 20 years ago for $125,000 and sold it last year for $450,000. Income levels haven’t quadrupled in the last twenty years. Housing is INSANE right now.

[@geraldelizabethweeks]

I just had a convo with my daughter who was asking me for some meal ideas for what she has in her freezer. She has a cash flow problem and has to live on what she has - which fortunately is not too bad. We brainstormed a bunch and we talked about the times I was really broke and what we came up with. Resourcefulness' is learned and experience the best teacher. There were times we (my husband and I) were so broke. Like go hungry broke. Like lunch was sometimes two 10c bun from safeway and no butter. Safeway used to have this sale in the early 90s and would sell 1lbs tubes of REALLY cheap ground beef for 2 for a loonie. They had a limit of 4 per person. I was in university, full class load, My scholarship covered only tuition, so I also was working 30 hours a week near minimum wage job. Hubby was unemployed, no EI. Student loan only could cover books because being married they expected my spouse to cover living expenses. After rent and car expenses (gas and insurance) we had about 50$ a month for food. There were 4 Safeways on the way home from work. We would take our stack of change, and go in and out buying ground beef till we got stink eye from the cashiers, and then move to the next one. We would get about 50 tubes of ground beef. And that was our meat for a month. A sack of spuds, econo size generic pasta, ramen and we had some staples like flour to make bread and biscuits or pancakes or whatever, and yeah, it wasn't super healthy but we got through it. I know dozens of things to do with ground beef. Did this for I think 2 months till husband was able to go back to work. lol.

[@RobertLutece909]

@@maryanne.sanders Housing has always been like that. I can't afford my mother's house, even today, because her neighborhood became pricier. So you don't buy there - live somewhere cheaper. The mistake people make when looking at the numbers is assuming they're going to be paying the median price for their first house. No. You buy the cheapest house you can afford and trade up when you have the resources.

[@jimbothegymbro7086]

wages have only grown 7x what they were in the early 90s while housing has gone up 20x since then, it's not that we aren't saving, it's that it is not attainable unless you're an economic wizard or win the lotto

[@RobertLutece909]

@@jimbothegymbro7086 Housing has not gone up 20x since the '90s. That's ridiculous.

[@Lawrence_Talbot]

I’m tired of hearing people cry that they can’t afford a house straight out of college. News flash, none of us did. We got either single bedroom/studio apartments, roommates, or we moved back home with our parents for the first few years. We also budgeted to save money. Yes we can all agree the economy is crap today compared to 2019, but there’s a difference between truly struggling vs making bad financial decisions.

[@libertybell8852]

It's also much more expensive now, but there are things you can do.

[@SnoopyReads]

Nah, no one had roommates until Biden became president

[@blueiris1542]

I didnt even know ppl still want to buy houses after college nowadays. The house market prices are crazy right now.

[@becca53444]

No. Studios aren’t even affordable with an average income. It is not even close to the same as what you grew up with. Wake up. They’re bankrupting the younger generations.

[@haruhianderson4019]

The studios are literally as expensive or even more expensive than one bedrooms nowadays.

[@retnuh1262]

Location plays a huge role too. My university was in the middle of nowhere and I was able to easily afford my mortgage for my 3bed 2 bath house of $900/mo working part time-minimum wage with roommates (in fact my roommates effectively paid me to live in my house with positive cashflow). There were no big kid jobs there though. After graduating I sold my house and got a job in Silicon Valley. Now I pay $2370/mo for a tiny 1 bedroom apartment. This makes my budget a bit tight even though I now make 6-figures.

[@zacharyo3824]

As a guy who works in a grocery store I hear people complain about inflation and I complain too usually along with them so I'm at fault for this too but the same people who complain about rising costs buy the ritzs crackers, buy the oreos, buy the sugery drinks, I will take the complaining seriously when I see people being frugal with food. its just fun to complain.

[@milo_thatch_incarnate]

THIS. It's amazing how many people genuinely don't know that even though the boxed cereal and soda is cheaper at the store than fresh produce and meat, it won't fill them up, AND it's addictive, and so they'll be back in two days getting more, and end up spending way more money overall. I'm really grateful that my family lived in lower-middle-class "almost poverty", and my mom taught me how to shop very frugally and make tasty meals out of beans, rice, and cheap veggies.

[@ryleebrettsmommy2704]

Eh food is the one place I'm not skimping like yeah I buy great value brand and I am frugal in other places. But no I'm not going to starve or eat food we don't like because the economy sucks

[@ContentGamingHeadset-fj7nw]

​@@ryleebrettsmommy2704if meat, vegetables, and starches all fall into the category of "food you don't like", I have bad news for your medical budget.

[@maddyfarraj-realtor]

Wow. I was a single mom going through a divorce spending all but 200 on my rent. Had to save for a cheeseburger from McDonald's! I was 23. Working over 60 hours a week. I literally can't listen to these 20 somethings crying about working 40 hours. Also, I will say, rent is absolutely crazy expensive and it's not easy to get a new apartment. You have to have at least 3 months rent saved for deposit. Not many can handle that these days. Inflation and cost of living have us making less than our parents in the 80s.

[@cocolove9916]

exactly im 22 nurse in toronto and work mostly 50 hr weeks im so tired of my gen complaining while living unrealistically...

[@gingerlee726]

You think we should have to work 60 hrs a week and completely miss our kids lives,not be able to save unless it's for a 2 oz meat patty? It's not a badge of honor you got used and it's only worse now. Lets stop shaming people and use that energy to force our government to use some of the hundreds of billions on making life better IN America rather than another war.

[@thekillerreborn2228]

3 months rent as a down payment is your credit like 400… tf… i have never had to do that and i live paycheck to paycheck as well yes i have heard some people having to do this but it is only the people who dont have well enough credit to show they can make the payments :/

[@thekillerreborn2228]

But i agree i work 70-90 hrs a week i couldnt listen to this i almost had to stop this video just from the woman crying about having to work 40 hrs a week. Like boo freaken hoo get another job… or downgrade your two bed into a studio or 1bed 😂

[@maddyfarraj-realtor]

@thekillerreborn2228 yeah. Where I live, apartments require 3 month down payment. I have shown quite a few of them. It's sad, really. It makes it really hard for anyone! My clients have to come up with 6k just live. And no, it's not even about credit. Crazy right?

[@trevorjbailey9726]

Only 40hrs a week? That's insane. I work 18hr days. Between my unpaid internship, my 2 jobs 1(48hrs a week), the other at 20hrs. Plus a full time college kid. Up at 0400 most mornings in bed at 2300. Come on people you can do it.

[@TimWells]

That's a $400 Disney Lego castle behind her in the response video. Obviously, she's not that hard-up for money.

[@icewaterforicequeen]

I saw that almost immediately. What the frick? I wish I had that much time, space, energy, focus, and money.

[@inhale1]

Or she's very poor with money and has no ability to avoid impulse buying or budget properly.

[@Souls-at-zer0]

Y’all forget that someone can be gifted something or have baught it when they HAD MONEY, most the shit I have I got as a teenager! Idk why yall assume we will throw or sell all of our stuff away as soon as a bad check comes in😂

[@mrs.garcia6978]

@@Souls-at-zer0if I had an expensive toy at 25 ish yo from teenage hood and I needed $ it would be sold that day. Priorities.

[@Ntmoffi]

She could of gotten that before with her BF.

[@4RILDIGITAL]

It's challenging for young people, especially recent graduates, to navigate through this tough economic situation. It's indeed crucial to make informed decisions about finances, housing, and jobs, keeping long-term implications in mind. It's all about choices we make and how we prioritize things in life.

[@this_is_my_stop]

It's not even about living above your means, in my area if you rent you can either pay $2,100/ month for your family and children to live in an acceptable 2-3 bedroom house in a decent lower middle class neighborhood, or you can pay $1,800/ month to live in crap-hole 1 bedroom house in an awful neighborhood. Or you can go live in your car, or rent month-to-month busted out window single room occupancy rooms at the motor inn. Those numbers may change for different parts of the country, but not much. Those are the options to "cut costs" nowadays as a family.

[@SomberP]

I wanted a roommate the whole time I lived in my previous city, but everyone I knew either was already living with their parents, or just didn’t want roommates. Finding a roommate I don’t know was something I don’t feel comfortable with. My parents were multiple states away, and I finally decided to leave my salary job to go live with them. I’m struggling to find another similar level position, but just working part time $20 an hour and living at home I’m able to save more than I was and am happier than I was before. I feel like a burden to my parents, and am losing hope in finding another job, but that’s where we’re at now.

[@SomberP]

@@iamme25yago lol what? I have a bachelors degree and am currently taking two certification courses for Analytics and Software Development to further my career when I reenter the workforce You know nothing about me why make such a dumb toxic comment

[@ItsAllCulturalMarxism]

Multigenerational house holds are more common now. I live in one and it works alright. Live in an area couldn't afford if we didn't split the bills and we have a normal life without having to working 60 to 70 hours a week and neglect time raising my kids or spending time with the wife. It's just the best way and also when your parents or in laws pass on you can inherit the home and continue the process with your kids and their kids. Gives everyone a better shot to go to school, work and live comfortably.

[@kodylarson2983]

Yeah I don't really get the stigma around this, this is something humanity has been doing since ancient times. It's normal for families to stay together or least it should be normal in my mind.

[@nicoledoubleyou0621]

I agree. I'm a single mom of two and we've been living in my mom's house, I couldn't afford it any other way. I don't receive any child support (it is not possible he is not here anymore...) or anything like that, never been married, My kids each have a bedroom, they are the center oftheir grammys world, the house is paid for, no mortgage and will stay in the family. I feel very grateful. We are not wealthy but we have everything we need.

[@juliannarogers4706]

Another thing that is hard when it comes to buying/renting a house or apartment is that you can get something cheaper because it’s older--which means mold that can cause you health problems along with medical bills down the line.

[@nickd2296]

She doesn't need a 2-bedroom apartment for herself. Either get a husband or get a 1-bedroom.

[@Pikawarps]

This is the key. She fell for the ‘get the place you wish you had, not what you can afford’

[@Pikawarps]

Lmao, she actually had a roommate all along! Her ex!

[@darthseagraves]

Husband.

[@bigmyke2008]

Get a husband AND a 1 bedroom

[@buncer]

Most 1 bedroom places I see are barely cheaper than most two bedrooms. This is in Georgia, and most of the time you can’t find one bedroom places, and when you do they’re within ~$50 of the cost of a two bedroom place in the same area. It was the same in Virginia when I lived there.

[@user-mj7gm6gj9v]

When I was in college, I lived in a house where rooms could be rented for $400 a month. I rented the cot behind the couch for $75 a month. Everyone there was working, schooling, and trying to save money.

[@erinross5553]

Girl I dream about getting off at 5:30 everyday 😂 I work long shifts

[@kaileighpost]

"She sits and does her little clicky-clacky," It had me laughing, so hard!!!

[@greypolar2720]

If you think this is funny or normal, you've gotten lost in the sauce. My coworkers work multiple jobs and still have to get roommates to afford housing, never mind food or utilities. Having roommates causes a sense of instability, cause you never know when they're gonna leave, and I firmly believe the base thing people want is a feeling of stability.

[@rowaystarco]

A result of regular American wages not really growing since the early 80ies, while it has grown in many other western countries. The gap between regular middle class and the very rich has widened a lot in the US. And yes it has happened under both Republican and Democrat governments.

[@ContentGamingHeadset-fj7nw]

Why aren't your roommates on the lease so you have some guarantee they won't leave?

[@greypolar2720]

@ContentGamingHeadset-fj7nw It doesn't matter if they stay during the lease. It's the fact that the stability of your life is at a roommate's mercy at all. They could move after the lease is over and you'd have the same problem. If living alone was more affordable, that would improve people's mental state considerably.

[@howardkurtus7069]

living with strangers is dangerous and expensive. Almost all my roommates to date have been absolute garbage and the struggle of living alone is worth magnitudes more than the "savings" roommate could provide.

[@tbc9096]

Yeah I hate people. Thank God I’m married and it’s just me and the wife.

[@kakerbakertheprettyok2354]

I had roommates for 4 years after college. Between that and living in an area with a lower cost of living, I paid off my school loans and can now afford to live by myself.

[@loki76]

Congratulations you at, what 28 years of age can finally live alone in an apartment. I did that at 23 and didn't even have a very well paid job. This is the BS about today. Same salary equivalent today and I would be living with room mates. People are in denial, economy and inflation and so on is wildly out of control and some people don't even realize it. At 28 back in normal times people used to have 2 kids and a house by that age.

[@nunyabizay9253]

It’s not funny that we can barely live off one one income, whether it’s a studio apartment or not. It’s fun for you guys to point and laugh at a crying woman but she does have a point and we can have more nuance on this topic.

[@RobertLutece909]

He's some nuance for you: To be barely living off of one income at her age is normal, and it always was. When I was her age I had roommates, and I worked a hell of a lot more than 40 hours a week. To rent a two bedroom apartment on my own would have been unthinkable. Sure, once you've hit your stride in your career in your 30s you can do a lot better, but it's ridiculous to expect all that when your career is just starting.

[@nunyabizay9253]

@@RobertLutece909 So you expect me to be married living with my parents with no privacy until I’m 30? 😂 some of us have been working since childhood and got married at 20-23, the issue is apartments are just as expensive as having a mortgage + car insurance + groceries + phone bill (even just a flip phone) + medical bills, etc… We want families to thrive, people to get married, and for people to have more kids (and raise them well). Let’s make that possible. Wages used to be more balanced out with the cost of living/mortgages etc… but since most of y’all are half way to death and already established with a home you don’t need to worry about these things even a fraction as much as younger couples and singles do.

[@RobertLutece909]

@@nunyabizay9253 No, I expect you to get roommates and work more than 40 hours a week. I expect you to take jobs you'd rather not do because they pay more. I expect you to cook every meal, pack your lunch, clip coupons, get by with one used car that your repair yourself (if you need a car), wear your clothing out, and repair things you'd rather just replace. In short, I expect you to do the things people in previous generations did. Rents are not "out of balance" with wages unless you've decided you simply must live in SF, NYC, or a handful of other pricey metros.

[@loki76]

It's always fun for people like Brett she started acting like a kid and then landed this job and make likely millions and sit at a desk making judgemental videos. Life must be so hard look at the normal peasants. Brett never had a struggle in her life.

[@nunyabizay9253]

@@RobertLutece909 my man works well over 80 hours in a SINGLE week and I work as much as my body allows me to (some of us have autoimmune diseases), I’ve never had a job I liked (always just for the money), I cook my meals and pack my lunches, I always use coupons and discount codes, I don’t even have a car, I’ve worn the same shirt to work for 2 years, my dad repairs everything I need, I get used cheap furniture off of Facebook marketplace if something breaks, and yet I still can’t afford a home. I’ve been doing this for years smartass, you’re so out of touch with reality. Some of us have siblings to take care of and pay things for, some of us have grown up in abusive homes where our parents literally STOLE money from us regularly, some of us had to drop out of highschool to start working even though it affected our future drastically (and job opportunities). But you don’t comprehend any of that. And I’m DEFINITELY NOT getting roommates while married you’re absolutely insane 🤣 you want that roommate to hear my cheeks getting clapped by my husband? Also I don’t live in NY or SF or any of those places. You’re just simply living in lala land because you probably bought your home 20+ years ago. Even trailers are going for 280,000

[@rachelselby8786]

Even when I lived alone for a couple of years, I was in a tiny one bedroom apartment and that’s only because I couldn’t find a studio apartment available to rent. I couldn’t imagine having a 2 bedroom apartment to myself-what a waste of money.

[@DanielleJ-p6u]

My son has special learning needs, and struggles with a couple very specific academic challenges. He's not stupid, he just needs a little extra attention in a couple specific areas. The schools solution: give him a crutch so he can pass his classes. I'm trying to figure out ways that he can be taught/learn so he can function in the world; Their solution is to get him through school so he has to rely on academic crutches and not be able to function in the world. The school is NOT preparing kids for the world, and they're not even got that on the radar. That is no longer their goal. I homeschool him, and will not lower the bar for my son. I'm going to strengthen him so he is capable of reaching the bar!

[@NR-cq6uu]

When I was younger I was roommates with my best friends. NOw that I'm older I have my own house. I mean... situations change. You have to save. Also sometimes where you live is expensive. Some places are cheaper than others to live.

[@johnbelt5204]

Just a 411 for all the kiddies. I'm 62 years old and my brother and three close friends shared a house when we were in our twenties. The concept of roommates did not just appear in the last few years. It's been around since people lived in caves. Biden has just made it a requirement again.

[@utsxslv]

I work 40 hours a week. I have a special needs child who has at least one appointment each week during working hours. So I work later on Tuesdays and Thursdays to make up for the time that I missed during the day while I'm at the doctor. I have appointments and phone calls and all sorts of things to do that can't be done during work hours either. I work 24/7. Well, I do occasionally sleep.😂. I think the difference is, I started working at age 14. This is what you do. It looks like she hasn't had to work up until recently. I blame her parents.

[@nunyabizay9253]

Some of us have worked since childhood with abusive parents who stole our money and our future. I doubt that’s her story, but some of us are super tired by our 20’s just because life has never been easy and it’s only been a struggle. It would be nice to afford at least a trailer home on one income and have the opportunity to pay for trade school or something. Some of us still don’t even have a car…

[@utsxslv]

@@nunyabizay9253 You make a good point. We don't know her backstory. Just reading your story makes me tired. I was very blessed to have a good family that took care of me. I started working at 14 to make some money to buy my own things that I wanted. I've been working ever since then. I hope one day you can get all of the things that you need and want. Have a great night!

[@nunyabizay9253]

@@utsxslv thank you! Having a good family makes a world of a difference. I couldn’t even finish highschool because of mine, so my job options are limited and it’s taking forever to get my GED. It’s really hard to get ahead in life so late but it’s not impossible so I at least have that hope.

[@samael2112]

About finding a cheaper apartment, that is not always the best option. Paying more is usually the best way to avoid unsafe areas.

[@CaptainCJ97]

Truth

[@gingerlee726]

A variety of unsafe living conditions happen. Bugs,poor fire safety, noise pollution,poor insulation for weather,violence,drug sales,thefts ECT. Sometimes that 400 more is about quality of life.

[@rowaystarco]

Well, "unsafe" areas tend to become "safe" when enough young people buy there. In my city (in Europe) the "unsafe" areas have moved further and further out of the city as the former unsafe areas got popular with hipsters. Say what you want about hipsters, but they have an ability to turn scary places into areas with a lot of restaurants, small shops and life.

[@dj393]

Right. The cheaper apts in my area are in towns more like a small city where you hear guns at night and its high crime. I mean, I hear guns at my house but its because there is a shooting range down the street and I live more rural, lol.

[@dj393]

​@@rowaystarcoAnd rents go up in gentrified areas.

[@elliepettek5003]

Ive worked 2 jobs for the past 13 years. 1 being military and 2 working at a metal refinary, and i have 3 kids. You cant say the word tired you just keep doing all the stuff and i have plenty of time to do the things i love.

[@GabbyGONow]

I remember in college I started at 16 , I was living with my grandma in a 1 bed room. I slept on a couch. I worked 2 jobs while i was enrolled in 22 credits worth of classes in a semester. I was captain of cross country team, running I was president of the agriculture club. My brother died and grandmother died all with in a year. Talk about a mental break . I was alone and would of done anything to have had a 2 weeks or at least a day of grievance from school or work . I missed being with my grandmother who was my rock because no one could cover my shift and I regret it so much.

[@diamondthree]

i disagree on Brett's pro-roommate stance. Roommates should indeed not be the answer. The country has plenty of space. There's no rational economic reason that people who work reasonably productively should have to suffer in that way. We need to resolve the underlying housing market issues before telling people "that's the real world" when they are depressed about having to get roommates.

[@CarniBarbie]

100% agree! People should make a living wage in which to survive if they are working full time.

[@Carcassbits11]

The population has been exploding in the last 20 years, before mass immigration there were more homes available

[@jackcarraway4707]

Being ignorant, callus and out of touch are staples for conservaturds like Brett Cooper.

[@hannahfaye6562]

In the current reality, having roommates is a solution, but people would rather have depression because of their financial situation as long as they have the expensive place to live in on their own than be less comfortable for having a roommate.

[@hannahfaye6562]

@@CarniBarbie Increase of minimum wage also increases what people pay. It's a fucked up cycle.

[@jamesmiralles2377]

I live in a third world country and most of the entry-level employees here only get one day off (mostly on a weekday) and can't even rent a room, much less a house. Mostly just a bed to lie on. These kids are lucky and this is definitely worth a #FirstWorldProblems tag.

[@T1MB05L1C3]

I have a converse point: No one wants a roommate. When I first moved to where I am, I sought out a roommate to reduce my rent (which isn't crazy, thankfully). Everyone I asked led to a dead end. So it seems like no one wants a roommate

[@justinmadill240]

Fair point, no one wants a roommate and everyone who does can't get one

[@omppu65]

Where I live there are apartments that are only rented for roommate-use and it can be so that u can live alone in a 2 person apartment until someone else applies for the same apartment but u always just pay your own portion of the apartment no matter if you've the roommate or not

[@T1MB05L1C3]

My undergrad university had that. Ended up with one bad roommate, one good one, and one that was ok

[@davidjolley9271]

One thing that came to mind was if you need a roommate in order to survive then you probably should not get married and have children, because you need more resources to take care of a family compared to taking care of yourself. And on that point as well, you probably should not date as well, at least until either the culture changes towards more of a traditional framework or until the economy improves so that you can afford to date..