Young people are continuing to bear the brunt of rising interest rates and rent while older Australians are still splashing out, new spending data indicates.
When I got married the first time, I was 22 and my parents were in their late 50s. Strangely, it was getting divorced four years later that helped me out because, even though it wiped out all my savings, I ended up living very cheaply as a single person and I was making good money (late 80s now, before wage stagnation was bad). By the time I got married again in 96, with a small amount of help from my parents (and because real estate crashed around then), I was able to afford a down payment for a reasonable mortgage.
yeah but how old were you when you got married?
How old were your parents?
At my age (45), my parents had paid off their house. Me? I just managed to get the mortgage going last year. And I earn a fuckton more than they did.
When I got married the first time, I was 22 and my parents were in their late 50s. Strangely, it was getting divorced four years later that helped me out because, even though it wiped out all my savings, I ended up living very cheaply as a single person and I was making good money (late 80s now, before wage stagnation was bad). By the time I got married again in 96, with a small amount of help from my parents (and because real estate crashed around then), I was able to afford a down payment for a reasonable mortgage.