48 Things Boomers Got to Experience That Have Pretty Much Disappeared from the World

Let’s get real for a second. The average family these days can’t sustain itself on a single income. Nowadays, all the adults in a household have to work in order to make ends meet. Heck, some of us have to work more than one job to pay our bills. It wasn’t always like this, and we miss those days.

Were things perfect back then? Definitely not! But a lot of us have a wistful feeling of nostalgia and resentment when we think back to the times when one-half of a couple could work a full-time 9-5 job and afford to buy a brand new house. What’s that like? Now most of us have to work longer hours on top of juggling household chores and child-rearing. Whatta drag.