It seems like everybody in my generation that's doing well financially have their parents paying all or part of their living expenses.

I have to pay rent, and all my family members like cousins had their parents buy houses for them, or their parents are paying their rent. My sister married a man whose parents built their house for them. They're all on their parent's insurance plans, and I have to pay my own insurance. I wasn't eligible for financial aid in college because my parent's made too much money, but I was in school with people whose parents were paying their way through school and they were getting financial aid from the government.

And people will talk down to me about how broke I am, or, giving me unsolicited advice from somebody that never had to pay rent or mortgage in their life. The only financial help I ever got from my parents since being an adult is being wired $100 from my dad one time, a decade ago, when I was stranded.

I feel at such a disadvantage to my competition. I work with people and collect the same wages as people whose parents are paying their rent for them.

>>81932296 (OP)
>I feel at such a disadvantage to my competition
It's not fair but that's life. Nobody's equal in everything. That's why you should mainly compare yourself to where you were previously. As long as you're trying your best to move forward you've got something to be proud of.

>>81932296 (OP)
>My sister married a man whose parents built their house for them.
She has the right idea. Marry into wealth. Its the only way. My cousin did something similar.
>be late 20s broke RISD graduate
>meet girl at experimental art exhibit
>she tells you about some project shes working on
>pretend its super deep and will change the world
>she likes you
>segs
>surprise, you find out she has insanely wealthy parents
>move into massive $6000/month brooklyn apartment on parent's dime
>both jobless artists
>he keeps sending me their work like wacky furniture and other statement pieces
>her parents love him, hes so authentic
>set to get married and have her dad buy them a house

>>81932366
The financial help of parents and grandparents to younger generations is hiding the poverty rate of young people. I bet if magically parents stopped helping their children the homelessness rate would skyrocket to tens of millions.

I still have to live on my own in this world were most people besides me are getting help. It is absolutely bleak but most people think it's fine because they're getting help.

>>81932296 (OP)
Not entirely. I knew a guy who came from a single immigrant mother and made it pretty successful. But he got into real estate to he's basically a con-man.

>>81932462
Real estate seems even worse to make it in on your own. You'd be competing against corporations and people that inherited their properties.

I know somebody that owns multi millions in properties and is a land lord, and most of his properties he inherited from his parents.

How do you compete against that? It would be rough.

>>81932502
>>81932462
But yeah, good on him to make it anyway. I've been thinking I should probably scam people instead of treating people in business with good intentions. It's not really getting me anywhere.