#46

Nah, my family are united around the central premise of

“achievement and successes that properly rile racists up”

#47

feel really stupid compared to my dad a lot of the time

#48

have absolutely zero ambition so have never really thought about it tbh.

#50

On the one hand, I’m still alive.

On the other, my dad got to ‘Deadly’ on the original Elite while I couldn’t even dock in a ducking space station.

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#51

Nope

Mine both had fairly muddling careers really so I’m not really having to aim that high tho, do get overly jealous by my peers doing better than me, which isn’t a good look.

#53

Whether or not you can make a lot of money with the skills you have is also probably down to luck of the times you’re living in. This is probably a golden age if you’re good with computers for example.

#54

Same. He’s really well read, I can’t debate with him about politics (not that we have opposing views) as he runs circles round me, totally up on current affairs, has an amazing knowledge of history etc. Yet he managed to somehow totally f**k things up so I win on balance.

#55

My parents didn’t do A levels, and neither did their parents, so I’m doing better there.

The FiL is an emeritus professor at Sussex Uni though, so best not to be competitive on that front.

#56

Both my parents have Oxbridge degrees and PhDs. :grimacing:

#57

Exactly this, although I’d say my anxiety about the last bit is more that I’m not living up to their expectations than their achievements. Everything they achieved in life is stuff I’m not interested in (house, marriage, kids).

Definitely not living up to my dad’s income though (or probably my mum’s at a comparable age), which is something I’d like to ‘achieve’

#59

asked a pal at work this after reading the thread. he said, “well, i’m 32 and i’m still not on heroin yet so i think i’ve already surpassed them”.

genuinely had no idea :grimacing:

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