Saving and Complaining

This is more of a rant about the emotions a lot of people have about being in the middle class and struggling.

A lot of people in my life and a lot in this sub complain about the middle class being hard to live in and unable to get ahead. Maybe also saying the previous generations had it easier than us.

I see these complaints but then see their budget and it’s $500-800 a month into their 401k and another $200 into HSA. A lot of these people are saving a solid amount every month but are never “getting ahead.”

Not sure what the point of this post is. Maybe others can either clarify what this phenomenon is to me or share my frustration with the mindset to the current middle class.

My current situation to claim to be middle class:

27M 80k year base 100k after overtime MCOL Wife a SAHM with 1 kid 1 coming 2 paid off cars worth 4k and 8k Fixed a foreclosure in 2022 mortgage is 950 Max out 2 Roth IRAs

TLDR: I feel grateful to be in the middle class. Curious why others don’t.