My boomer dad asked me last week why I'm still renting at 43.
I told him a starter home in our area is $410,000.
He said "so save up."
I said the down payment alone is $82,000.
He said "that's not so bad, break it into pieces."
I said after rent, insurance, and daycare I put away maybe $400 a month.
He did the math out loud. Got to seventeen years. Went quiet.
Then he said something I didn't expect.
"I put down $3,200 on our first place. I had it saved in eight months working at the plant."
Then he just sat there for a second.
"I always thought you kids were exaggerating."
That's it. That's the whole conversation.
He wasn't being cruel. He genuinely had no idea. Nobody ever showed him the number.
Most of them aren't defending the system. They just never looked at it.
After rewatching this I can safely say,
1. Ace & Chelley met years ago because he mentions she was living in Florida not New York
2. They exchanged numbers NOT just social media handles
3. Ace did not do press week because he was afraid of slipping up like he did here
i have to lose 10 pounds and clean my room and get a new job and be more outgoing and make more friends and change my wardrobe and fix my gut issues and stop sleeping so late and get a masters and meal prep and stop being myself