Boomers are trying to totally retcon history and make it seem they never ate out except on very special occasions.
My Boomer parents did not go out to eat that much, and we cooked a lot of food at home.
Oh wait what actually happened was they went to the bar basically every night instead and mom cooked lazy ass spaghetti all the time.
Sunday dinner was probably the only time we had real meals.
But they were still spending tons
Oh wait what actually happened was they went to the bar basically every night instead and mom cooked lazy ass spaghetti all the time.
Sunday dinner was probably the only time we had real meals.
But they were still spending tons
middle class folks could afford to eat out at least a couple times a month, maybe not at some fancy restaurant, but they could at least visit their local diner or restaurant.
You'd have to be genuinely dirt poor pre 2000s to not afford to be able to do this.
You'd have to be genuinely dirt poor pre 2000s to not afford to be able to do this.
My Dad had made like $45k with good benefits in the 90's with a solid Christmas bonus.
We had a really nice house in an all white suburb, two family vehicles including a nice minivan and a pickup truck. We took one really nice two-week vacation every year to the beach and one week long camping trip to the local state park.
We got pizza delivered twice a month and would go out to an Applebee's or some other chain restaurant once every other month and they were able to afford school clothes and supplies for all of us kids. I am one of six children. My mother occasionally cut hair in the basement to supplement our income for like $20 a cut on women.
When he got a raise to probably around 60,000 because he was promoted to management they were able to save up and purchase lakefront property within 5 years. We even got a boat and a jet ski.
Eventually they paid a firm to design a solid wood log cabin style house that the Amish built and framed. He built every single piece of wood in that house from the cabinets, to the stairs, to even the bed frames and doors in his barn with his own hands. That property is easily a $2 million dollar property now. It's my favorite place on Earth.
That's how far $60-70k went in the 90's-2008ish.
We had a really nice house in an all white suburb, two family vehicles including a nice minivan and a pickup truck. We took one really nice two-week vacation every year to the beach and one week long camping trip to the local state park.
We got pizza delivered twice a month and would go out to an Applebee's or some other chain restaurant once every other month and they were able to afford school clothes and supplies for all of us kids. I am one of six children. My mother occasionally cut hair in the basement to supplement our income for like $20 a cut on women.
When he got a raise to probably around 60,000 because he was promoted to management they were able to save up and purchase lakefront property within 5 years. We even got a boat and a jet ski.
Eventually they paid a firm to design a solid wood log cabin style house that the Amish built and framed. He built every single piece of wood in that house from the cabinets, to the stairs, to even the bed frames and doors in his barn with his own hands. That property is easily a $2 million dollar property now. It's my favorite place on Earth.
That's how far $60-70k went in the 90's-2008ish.
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Do you know the MOST important of your childhood story?
- Your mother was AT HOME with the children.
