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I've had to take care of a disabled parent since I was 16 with very little help from family or the government. When my mom was my age, she had been on her own for a decade and was just about to give birth to my younger brother. My dad at 23 was going between jobs, he wouldn't get a permanent full time job until he was 27. I've had one for a year now. I got it mostly through a lot of help from some good people, though. I have been pretty lucky so far but I certainly wouldn't say life is "good".

I don't have much hope that I will ever be eligible the receive CPP. By the time I am in my 40s or whatever the cut off for the change is, I'm sure the age will be into the 70s, and I'll probably be dead by then. I'll probably never own my own home but I don't have any real desire to.