How many of you have made it?

[washerdrier]

Another thread about spending money and saving for a deposit to buy a house got me thinking about how so many people seem to be in a situation where they're either renting and saving to buy, just married and saving to have kids or in some other way squirrelling money away for the next stage...

I feel like the generations before us didn't really live like this.

I just wondered by show of hands how many of us have made it... I.e. completed their family, in their forever home, pensions ticking along, fun money available each week. Vs how many of us are still striving to get there? Bonus points for sharing your age.

@Whenthedealgoesdown

We didn't spend much though on furniture and kitchens in our first house like people do nowadays, most furniture was given or second hand and a bit mismatched, kitchen was basic but clean and the previous owner left us the gas cooker

Sounds exactly like our house now! Our furniture is all hand me downs or Facebook market place. Kitchen is 25 years old but good quality so can’t justify replacing it. Cooker was left by previous owner and is hit and miss as to whether it works or not but we can’t afford a new one. And that’s with a 6 figure family income! Childcare costs us £2500 a month. Maybe when they’re all at school we’ll have some money to replace the cooker!