me at 16: well i certainly hope i’m a homeowner by 25. no sense in flushing money down the toilet in rent. plus my spouse will help pay the mortgage
me at 26: i am never going to financially recover from the events of the February 2025 Build-A-Bear splurge
by age 20 you should have:
- joined a discord you don’t talk in
- a video game you spent too much money on
- an unhealthy attachment to a fictional character
- a friend from a completely different part of the world that you never met IRL but you’d trust with your life