sad reality

They didn't buy 400 rs coffees to put on their Instagram stories

My parents at 24: OMG this house looks great babe lets buy this for our future kids Me at 24: Ok alexa, how to invert a binary tree

They definitely must have sacrificed many things in order to do buy the house. so you don't have to make sacrifices. So take your time and do something great

I am 32. Have 2 boys. A wife to die for. Loving parents. Own one 2bhk in Gurgaon and a 2 storied house in my village for parents. Happy? Yes. Content? Not so much. Greedy head always wants more :D

Mental blocks aka FOMO did not exist then and back then show off was not deeply engraved. Social media might have multiple benefits but it definitely ruined the metrics of human happiness and satisfaction.

We seem to have a more lavish lifestyle - expensive movies, road trips, vacations, eating out and other weekend activities compared to our parents. While our parents did most of these things it was often cheap and wasn't as expensive as today.

Everyone has a different version of happiness and purpose, given their circumstances. Life is about that journey of figuring it out.

Nowadays the concept of family is broken

I have a different take to it which isn't sad. As everyone else has been saying in comments, Older generations did not spend on other things like Cafes, vacations, dates and gadgets as we do. But they spent on housing, which was very basic. My parents bought a 2BHK which is too small, no amenities and very less furnishings. As I see it, housing took highest % of their life incomes. But for us, we have diversified our spends that is hopefully making our life more fruitful. I think that is smart. That is making our lives a bit easier and convenient, a bit more relaxed, a bit more exciting. What wallet allocation older generation followed might be best suited for their time. But for us, self bought housing might be very low in our priorities. So if we are making our lives better in 2024 by spending our our essentials but we are unable to carve out budgets for buying a house, we need not fret it.

Grass is greener on the other side. The fact that we are not bound to a fixed place on the earth and can literally settle anywhere and work remotely, is the greatest freedom in the history of mankind.

1cr is home is new normal

Nice PJs btw