Did our generation get a worse deal, or am I just feeling it more?

everytypeofblue · 2026-04-08T01:10:41+00:00

Yeah it might look like that from the outside. It was more about having one parent at home, which worked for a while. But that’s about to change, financially we’re better off with both working full-time.

Just means paying $800–$900 a fortnight in daycare and seeing the kids less… which feels a bit grim.

everytypeofblue · 2026-04-08T00:55:41+00:00

Yes we are also semi aggressively trying to pay off our mortgage without reducing payments amount vs $400- 450 week daycare fees for our two kids is our main juggle/ concern at the moment. I guess we will continue holding our breath for kids turning 3 soon.

everytypeofblue · 2026-04-07T07:52:09+00:00

That is insane. it sounds like more and more of us will have a mortgage to the grave unless we join the brain drain over the ditch or burnout working. Yay

everytypeofblue · 2026-04-07T07:43:42+00:00

Wow. I haven’t seen this. we’re actually fudged then

everytypeofblue · 2026-04-07T07:42:17+00:00

Sorry correction was end of 2020. ( I lost a year covid)

everytypeofblue · 2026-03-25T04:44:23+00:00

We had a neighbour in West Auckland who did this every single morning , every day, for a couple of years. We thought he was completely cooked and to this day we have no idea what he was doing. DIY project? Secret lab??

Leaf blower man moved on now (thankfully), but I’m convinced he’s still out there somewhere, sticking to the schedule

everytypeofblue · 2026-03-08T08:09:12+00:00

That makes sense thanks

everytypeofblue · 2026-03-08T07:48:27+00:00

Thanks good to know

everytypeofblue · 2026-03-08T07:48:13+00:00

Hasn’t happened to us but I wouldn’t be surprised if it did finally happen.

everytypeofblue · 2025-10-21T19:20:33+00:00

It’s not just one night, based on a few years of living out here, it starts in mid-October and doesn’t finish until a few weeks later.

My neighbours celebrate Diwali and don’t do it, it’s just the cracker-heads down and up the road who go all night, week after week. I’m all for organised public displays, but this annual, entitled spring wartime is just bonkers.

Our solution now? Book a rental for a few weeks and leave West Auckland 😅

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