Is that still valid today? It seems to me that while most younger men are struggling, that a higher percentage of those between say 25-40 are doing better for themselves than ever before in my experience.
I had a piece of used specialty equipment for sale. This 25 year old "kid" called me and said he wanted to look at it. Since I knew his Dad and Grand-dad I decided to humor him. This guy had been a total loser and embarrassment to his family several years ago so I did not expect much. He had been in HS with my Grand-daughter and the school had kicked him out for good before she graduated...he was so bad even the Army would not take him. Anyway, he showed up kinda sheepishly and gave the piece of iron a good once over and made me an offer of $110K instead of the $125K I told him I wanted. After few minutes of haggling I shook his hand at $120K and told him to call when he had the financing lined up...he said "No, I'll pay cash" and he offered to ride with me to Grinnell to his bank so that I could see that his check was good. It was. It got me to thinking about how a HS dropout who made his living trimming trees could save up that much cash. When I mentioned how impressed I was with him he just winked and said "I quit staying up all night and sleeping all day, and I don't have a woman".
I wonder how many of them like him there are out there? When I was his age I was married and a young father doing all kinds of deals just to keep a roof over our heads, many times just by the skin of my teeth.
I had a piece of used specialty equipment for sale. This 25 year old "kid" called me and said he wanted to look at it. Since I knew his Dad and Grand-dad I decided to humor him. This guy had been a total loser and embarrassment to his family several years ago so I did not expect much. He had been in HS with my Grand-daughter and the school had kicked him out for good before she graduated...he was so bad even the Army would not take him. Anyway, he showed up kinda sheepishly and gave the piece of iron a good once over and made me an offer of $110K instead of the $125K I told him I wanted. After few minutes of haggling I shook his hand at $120K and told him to call when he had the financing lined up...he said "No, I'll pay cash" and he offered to ride with me to Grinnell to his bank so that I could see that his check was good. It was. It got me to thinking about how a HS dropout who made his living trimming trees could save up that much cash. When I mentioned how impressed I was with him he just winked and said "I quit staying up all night and sleeping all day, and I don't have a woman".
I wonder how many of them like him there are out there? When I was his age I was married and a young father doing all kinds of deals just to keep a roof over our heads, many times just by the skin of my teeth.