Australia, I would say a touch worse, though I've made better use if it.

Worse economically. Mom had a union job into getting her associates into well paid career in healthcare. Parents bought a house, new cars, jet ski, went on vacations. I don't have any of that. I'm working on a trailer and land to put it on. I made better romantic decisions, so better that way. Dad was drafted, so better that way.

I'm trans, so if I were born into their generation it would have been way worse for me.

Pretty sure they both had better sex lives than I have but that's my own choices.

Worse. I wouldn’t have been able to get a house if it weren’t for an unexpected inheritance. By the time I was my kids age my dad had taken me all over the country and I’ve only been able to take my kid to places within a few states. All the investment vehicles that my parents told me to trust have just sucked money away so I have no retirement savings other than whatever is left of theirs when they pass. My vehicle just turned 20 and while it’s reliable, I can’t afford for something to happen to it.

All I have going for me is that I’m not in tremendous debt but that means my credit is poor because I don’t constantly owe people money. My parents were able to get loans without automatic denial based on credit checks because those didn’t exist when they were buying homes. They were able to get a house, watch the value double or triple over the next 15 years, and sell it for a huge profit.

I am less financially stable but far happier.

Kinda depends.

My parents divorced when I was a baby.

My mom is probably doing fine. She was fake and selfish and none of the rest of us talk to her, my immediate family that is. All her fam, parents and siblings, were across country and kept in touch rather surperficially. But she always has local connections and worked two jobs and got her finances in order at 40 and bought a house and is now retired. And probably doing fine.

My dad never did well. He was the opposite, wasn't greedy, worked as a chef at Denny's for 14 years, always had a lot of deep connections and loving friends he helped out and us kids treated like family. But he basically only ever made ends meet, so that he could afford space for us kids in his apartments and be reasonably comfortable.

But after us kids became adults, my sis and him would loan each other money back and forth to cover bills in a pinch. They did that a lot.

He only really got on his feet after his mum passed and left him and his bros some cash. But he moved into the desert, away from everyone, and his health has never been great, and he's going blind, and working as an in-house aide to others worse off then him, and he can barely keep his lights on, let alone afford to get the treatments he needs, or ever retire.

My sis is married and seems to be stable. She, like my dad, moved around a bit, with her husband, after her kids left the nest. She was too much like my mum so I don't keep in touch, but I haven't heard anything about her struggling in many years.

Like my sis, I am married, and I think that helps a lot. Having a two income home. I'm a home owner, we, me and my spouse, are both on track to retire, barely, and we are managing alright otherwise.

It's not great. And we all about break even. But I think if my parents had stayed married or just shared a house with each other and us kids they woulda both been retired comfortably years ago. Instead they struggled with one income about equally to how we now struggle with two.

So, it kinda depends.

Ofc, they got me at my age now and I'm sitting here playing CS.

By what metrics? Savings? Mean annual income? Lifestyle? Peace of mind? Spousal trust? Family relationship quality and/or quantity? Leisure time? Mental and/or physical health? Respect of others? Number of mortal enemies?

Better, but they had 6 kids to deal with vs my 2 dogs.

Can't even imagine what I would do with 6 kids, I suppose I would be budgeting and looking for discounts for everything I buy.

Way worse.

Mom no idea, haven't spoken 30 uears

Dad definitely not. He's a big farmer and I hurt my back so I'm therefore lazy and no longer employed

Significantly worse.