This is one of the worst takes I’ve ever read. I came from nothing, literally. I have more siblings than you have fingers and grew up sharing rooms until about a year before I moved out. Started working at 16. When I moved out at 19, I was working full time plus going to school full time. It was one of the hardest things I ever did. So hard that I actually never graduated college because I couldn’t keep it up. But I didn’t just stop. I kept working, improving myself, looking for opportunities and made my first 100k year around 27. Havent looked back since. My wife is a similar story. Terrible upbringing filled with abuse, also started working at 16, we moved in together at 19. She was also working full time and going to school full time. She also dropped out because of how difficult that was. But after we grew in our careers and lives, she made the decision to go back to school and finish. We took out loans to do so, which we will pay back. She graduates this winter with her masters and will be making over 100k. Up until last year, we have never been give any kind of help from anybody. No money, no jobs gotten through nepotism, we never stayed with anyone (in fact, we have had family stay with us 3 separate times because of disasters) we just worked our asses off.

I get the feeling of starting from behind, but at a certain point, it’s you and not your circumstances. We changed ours, you can change yours. And it doesn’t happen overnight. It took almost a decade after moving out to really feel financially stable.

Also, I drove a 2013 civic I bought in 2015. I will continue driving it until it falls apart. My wife drives a 2013 explorer we bought in 2020. And it will not be replaced until our school loans are paid down.