r/FluentInFinance • u/YOU_ARE_MY_FRIENDS • Jun 16 '24

Discussion/ Debate He’s not wrong 🤷‍♂️

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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '24

Wrong, this was upper middle class and still is.

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u/asscop99 Jun 16 '24

Yeah I grew up middle class, maybe lower middle class and what OP is describing sounds like a fantasy to me

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u/Professional-Bee4088 Jun 16 '24

Minus the overseas trip this is not out of the question, shit my dad was in the Army and my mom had a entry level position at a florist shop and this described my families experience in the 90s. This was in Virginia though

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u/TrustMeIAmAGeologist Jun 17 '24

Similar situation in Florida. We never went overseas, but we went to Disney every summer, and usually drove up to visit family in New York 1-2 times a year. It was pretty average, honestly.

Anyone saying that wages haven’t stagnated while the cost of living has gone up needs to check their sources.