My cohort graduated college in 2008 into a recession. We couldn’t get jobs that weren’t basically minimum wage and definitely couldn’t afford houses.   Maybe because of the recession there was just this feeling that we were all in the same boat, but I don’t remember people being this stressed about it. We got roommates, lived with our parents, some went to grad school to put off paying loans.   Most did not own a home until their 30s, some in their late 20s. I get that it sucks but no one has been able to afford these things right out of college for quite some time.