A few years ago, when I still had thoughts of going back to work, I was in Home Depot looking for sprinkler parts. A young man came to help and we got to talking. I asked him if Home Depot was a good place to work and how was the pay. He smiled and said, "Its enough to get by, but not enough to get ahead". The store wasn't busy and I was in no hurry, so I questioned what he meant by "not enough to get ahead". He explained his situation. He and his wife both worked. Had two kid in school that had to be picked up by a day care service. Between their house payment, two car payments, two jet-ski payments and credit cards, it was a struggle each month. He said they were not able to save anything and he couldn't figure out how his parents had managed to save money for their retirement after having raised four children.
I didn't want to make him feel bad, but I knew the answer.
Only his father had worked, they had one car, no credit cards and would haven't even dreamed of buying jet-skis if they had been available.
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