People always talk about "the good old days," and my Gen Z self cannot even remember any day being good. We have all this nostalgia for the past, but was it ever really ALL that ? A Reddit user decided to ask the question we're all thinking: "Was it really this easy back in the day, or do some people exaggerate due to nostalgia?" Here's what people had to say about the financial bliss of the past: 1. "My neighbors struggled financially until the mom started working at Macy's, and I remember thinking it was very prestigious! Made enough to save up for her own shop and gave the deadbeat dad time to try and work LOL. She made really good money. I can't imagine working at a department store and making more than minimum wage now." 2. "My dad was a department manager at Sears. Just in the one store, not a regional manager or anything. We had a four-bedroom house, two cars, my mom stayed home, and all three of us kids were in private school. We went on one big vacation and several small vacations every year.…