Oh, piss off. When I compare how well off we were at the same age—not even a close comparison. They are waaaat ahead of where we are except for the one(s) who deliberately and consciously chose to pursue careers or jobs that are relatively low paying. And btw, 3/4 I am thinking of own their own homes or rather have mortgages at rates we could never ever have dreamed of. And retirement accounts. Sure, lower than the balance in ours—us in our 60’s, them much better off than we were at their ages. In fact at least one has a bigger balance in their retirement acct. than any of their aunts and uncles except for one who put herself through pharmacy school while working a full time job at a wage they have never had to accept—and raised a child on her own because her ex makes dead beat dads look great. Two of those aunts/uncles has zero retirement savings, something that terrifies us and is making us re-think our own retirement and how much we can scale back when our siblings who have always worked can no longer work.