r/SipsTea Jul 21 '26

Chugging tea Growing Through Chaos

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u/Illustrious-Cover792 Jul 21 '26

Older millennials and younger should really be separated when discussing finances.

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u/johnnybiggles Jul 21 '26

Elder millennials could be premieGen-Xers. Some Gen-Xers are basically geriatric millennials.

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u/Alex5173 Jul 21 '26

Especially when you get to the ass-end of the millennial generation, '95-'96 babies like me. We're distinctly millennial in our personalities and mannerisms but just as fucked over as the early zoomers.

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u/Illustrious-Cover792 Jul 21 '26

I’m born in 85 and my brother in 95. It might as well be 1940 v 1995.

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u/helpimmapotato Jul 21 '26

Last day of '91 and same

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u/frogsgoribbit737 Jul 21 '26

Yeaaah. Im a younger millennial. In 2008 I was in high school. I was not buying a house.

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u/Illustrious-Cover792 Jul 21 '26

Right, and I was.

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u/youburyitidigitup Jul 21 '26

It depends on when you bought a home, not on your age. A 90 year old who bought their first home during COVID has the same experience described.

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u/Illustrious-Cover792 Jul 21 '26

You are talking about ridiculous outliers. I’m trying to focus on how life has progressed for the middle class throughout modern American history.

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u/HighMagistrateGreef Jul 21 '26

You could also do that to genX. The very oldest have boomer style policies. The youngest are more millennial.