For a lot of Millennials, "we can't afford that" was practically a childhood mantra. Vacations? Maybe once a decade. Piano lessons? Too expensive. But one Redditor's post on the r/Millennials forum struck a nerve by questioning whether some parents really were struggling — or just playing frugal while sitting comfortably on six-figure incomes.
The thread opened with the kind of vent that feels both personal and universal. The poster wrote, "I'm not sure what the point of this is. Just venting, I guess." Their mother is a Boomer, their father a late Silent Generation baby, and they grew up what they believed was solidly working class — buying new clothes once a year from Walmart and being told money was always tight.
