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re: let's ease up on boomers and millennials, Gen X sucks with money too

Posted on 12/30/17 at 11:34 am to
Posted by jdeval1
Member since Dec 2009
7525 posts
Posted on 12/30/17 at 11:34 am to
I remember those days. Come get your LSU mastercard at 25% interest and you'll get this nice new tshirt
Posted by GreatLakesTiger24
Member since May 2012
61616 posts
Posted on 12/30/17 at 11:34 am to
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Yes and this troll starts a new thread every week about each generation to antagonize the board.



you don't have to open threads you don't like
Posted by Bunk Moreland
Member since Dec 2010
70192 posts
Posted on 12/30/17 at 11:40 am to
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So what generation is a 36 y/o?


I've seen some things they are tweeners called Xillennials. Chick I work with who is 36 is like this -- kind of in the Keeping Up With the Joneses lifestyle like a gen X'er, but a little more level headed than a millennial, although prone to some of the narcissistic social media whoring.
This post was edited on 12/30/17 at 11:42 am
Posted by yellowfin
Coastal Bar
Member since May 2006
99045 posts
Posted on 12/30/17 at 11:43 am to
They teach that class in high school now. I go talk to the classes about things like budgeting
Posted by lsunurse
Member since Dec 2005
129146 posts
Posted on 12/30/17 at 11:43 am to
That's good.
Posted by yellowfin
Coastal Bar
Member since May 2006
99045 posts
Posted on 12/30/17 at 11:44 am to
Millennial
Posted by cssamerican
Member since Mar 2011
8241 posts
Posted on 12/30/17 at 11:58 am to
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$23K in non-mortgage debt at 40 Year’s old?! Jesus H, how does that happen?

Car notes
Posted by jdeval1
Member since Dec 2009
7525 posts
Posted on 12/30/17 at 12:00 pm to
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$23K in non-mortgage debt at 40 Year’s old?! Jesus H, how does that happen?

Buy a 40k vehicle with 15k down?
Posted by YeahYeah
Member since Jun 2016
2248 posts
Posted on 12/30/17 at 12:02 pm to
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We also started college were living on our own at a time where you could be tailgating at LSU and sign up for a couple credit cards and get stuff for doing so(anyone that went to LSU in the mid to late 90s will know exactly what I'm talking about). Very easy to rack up credit card debt at a young age

So the lure of a free t-shirt was enough to make you sign up for a credit card you knew you couldn't pay off?
Posted by redstick13
Lower Saxony
Member since Feb 2007
41400 posts
Posted on 12/30/17 at 12:06 pm to
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So the lure of a free t-shirt was enough to make you sign up for a credit card you knew you couldn't pay off?



How can you build credit if you don't rack up big credit card debt?
Posted by Paul Allen
Montauk, NY
Member since Nov 2007
78717 posts
Posted on 12/30/17 at 12:08 pm to
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Xillennials


1977-1983

Too young to be a gen x’er, too old to be a millennial
Posted by Teauxler
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2010
3853 posts
Posted on 12/30/17 at 12:10 pm to
People have been convinced that getting their masters will make them financially more successful in life. While doing so, they are amassing huge amounts of debt along the way. So you get a worthless masters degree that costs you tens of thousands of dollars and leaves you in debt for the next ten years and keeps you from building wealth.

Sad sad !
Posted by Jake88
Member since Apr 2005
80861 posts
Posted on 12/30/17 at 12:10 pm to
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45 year old Gen Xer probably has kids ranging in ages from 20 to 10 which are Gen Z
Mine are 6-14 years old at 45.
Posted by jdeval1
Member since Dec 2009
7525 posts
Posted on 12/30/17 at 12:16 pm to
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Mine are 6-14 years old at 45
I'm 42 and mine are 12
Posted by Jake88
Member since Apr 2005
80861 posts
Posted on 12/30/17 at 12:16 pm to
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The study showed that the single most indebted birth cohort in the nation at that time were 44-year-olds, who owed on average $142,077 — most of which was mortgage debt
This isn't really a big deal. $200k house with 20% down gets you above that level. A modest car note and student debt can put you way above. Debt is not a problem if you can pay it off.
Posted by TigerstuckinMS
Member since Nov 2005
33687 posts
Posted on 12/30/17 at 12:24 pm to
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44-year-olds, who owed on average $142,077 — most of which was mortgage debt.

Highlighted the important point for you, you no house having millennial frick.
Posted by GreatLakesTiger24
Member since May 2012
61616 posts
Posted on 12/30/17 at 12:58 pm to
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Highlighted the important point for you, you no house having millennial frick.

Xers have about $44,000 more in mortgage debt than boomers did at the same age, but have increasing CC and student loan debt since 2014, 42% think going into debt to handle day-to-day purchases is “just a fact of life.”, and nearly half make partial credit card statements.

living beyond their means! sad!
This post was edited on 12/30/17 at 12:59 pm
Posted by TigerintheNO
New Orleans
Member since Jan 2004
45434 posts
Posted on 12/30/17 at 1:02 pm to
those numbers don't look so bad, when compared to other generations

non mortgage household debt at 23K isn't bad if you are looking at student loans and two car notes


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The study showed that the single most indebted birth cohort in the nation at that time were 44-year-olds, who owed on average $142,077 — most of which was mortgage debt



mortgage debt isn't necessarily bad debt, if most gen X purchased their first home at age 35 or earlier, they would have a great deal of equity. A $142K in debt on a 300K home is a bad thing.
Posted by 19
Flux Capacitor, Fluxing
Member since Nov 2007
35690 posts
Posted on 12/30/17 at 1:34 pm to
Amen, brother.

I can't afford to pay off my student loans...or rather, I'd be a dumbass to.
Posted by specchaser
lafayette
Member since Feb 2008
2743 posts
Posted on 12/30/17 at 1:51 pm to
BS. people in their 40s have kids in elementary through high school.
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