That ' s a very different gif <| sep |> People who put their kids in pageants , people who homeschool and people who put political signs on their cars or in their yards . <| sep |> it ' s because a lot of the generations before us were easily able to buy homes on the salaries they were given . Housing prices rose drastically while salaries did not . And a lot of the older generations who have owned their homes for 20 years can ' t seem to grasp that . They seem to think because we are renters rather than home owners we don ' t work hard enough , that we ' re lazy , or that we don ' t know how to handle finances . It ' s a conversation my inlaws always have with me and my SO . They wonder why at 31 we aren ' t home owners yet . What have we done wrong ? Why aren ' t we working hard enough ? Where are we frivolously spending our money ? It ' s really condescending . Our answer is always we work in Toronto , we don ' t want a million dollar mortgage tying us down for 30 years and we don ' t want to spend 4 hours a day commuting . I generally excuse myself from the conversation because I ' m sick of it . They just won ' t accept it . Luckily , my mom understands so we can always vent to her . Thankfully , she ' s one of the genxers that understands .