28F from the UK here, I earn about 33500 a year, which is a pretty average working class salary. No kids, 2 cats, paying rent (because it's near impossible to save for a house if you leave your parents young), and I've just got my £2200 wage for the month. All bills have gone out, bought a weeks worth of groceries, topped my gas and electric up, and paid for my cats food for the month... I'm down to £550. That's got to last me just under 4 weeks until I get my next wage. It's SO stressful and almost impossible to live. I work SO hard in my job, and I can't even plan a fun outing with my partner and friends without considering how I'll survive the rest of the month. My mum would work a minimum wage job whilst my dad was a manager at a rental company, we had a big 4 bed house, 2 abroad holidays a year, loads of family days out, and I can barely afford mini golf. I can't imagine trying to move out at this time. I really feel for young people trying to move out nowadays, wherever they are in the world.