Millennials aren't cheap, they're broke

[tamajane]

Originally Posted by RecentGrad1

What exactly is this "increased difficulty"? Oh, and Millennial life expectancy is better than ever.

Most of them turn their nose up at trades jobs or any kind of manual labor. Oh, the trauma of thumb tendonitis from an iPhone will surely do them in by age 50.

[dysgenic]

Originally Posted by tamajane

Most of them turn their nose up at trades jobs or any kind of manual labor. Oh, the trauma of thumb tendonitis from an iPhone will surely do them in by age 50.

What a load of nonsense. Someone living in their parents house, looking to start a family, in loads of debt is not 'turning their nose up to trade jobs'.

[ncole1]

Originally Posted by dysgenic

What a load of nonsense. Someone living in their parents house, looking to start a family, in loads of debt is not 'turning their nose up to trade jobs'.

I think they're talking about doing it to avoid the student loan debt. Once you have the debt it's too late to avoid it, so the question becomes how to approach paying it all back...