A Singaporean man in his 30s shared his struggles on Reddit, feeling overwhelmed by the financial pressure of supporting his non-working parents while witnessing others achieving financial success. He highlighted the disparity between social media portrayals of affluence and his own reality, where he works two jobs and struggles to make ends meet.
Singapore an in his 30s says he feels left behind in life because even with “2 jobs, I can barely provide for my parents”On the r/ask Singapore forum on Thursday , he wrote that while people around him going on vacation, having six-figure savings, eating expensive food, buying Rolex watches, buying flats, and other such examples of prosperity in their 30s, they barely have any money to put away at the end of the month despite working two jobs.
The money the household makes is not enough to qualify for subsidies, but the post author feels that they don’t have enough to survive. The biggest piece of advice commenters gave him was not to let what he saw on social media dictate his happiness. As one Reddit user wrote, “Repeat after me. Social media is smoke and mirrors.”
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